In American two young men meet and become friends. One is Irish/American Liam Devlin, the other is Irish/Russian Thomas Kelly. Their destinies take them to Ireland, where their friendship is put to the test.
Irish-American Liam Devlin has been blackmailed by British Intelligence to track down a Russian assassin. The only person in the West who can identify him is a young Russian woman, Tanya Maslovskaya. He killed her father. Subsequently she was adopted by Ivan Maslovksy. Tanya is now a famous concert pianist currently performing in Paris. Devlin is told to persuade her to defect.
Irish-American Liam Devlin has persuaded Russian concert pianist Tanya Maslovskaya to defect in order to identify a Russian assassin who is operating in Ireland. When the killer learns of ehr arrival he tries to stop her.
Tanya, a defecting Russian pianist, has helped Liam Devlin to identify a Russian assassin. But before the man can be arrested her escapes from Ireland to England to seek revenge on all those he believes have betrayed him.