It is your first day at Department P in Moscow, and your assignment is to find out who murdered private detective Golitsin and why. The KGB is under secret surveillance, and you are the one watching it.

Your superior says this is only the first test of your loyalty to the hardliners. As you investigate, you must decide who to trust, including your Uncle Vanya, who may know more about the murder of your parents than he admits.

Your superiors may also have their own hidden agendas, including the overthrow of Gorbachev. The KGB is presented as corrupt, and you must act quickly and carefully to uncover the conspirators before they uncover you.