No one is born a spy. In one way or another, every "righteous" clandestine operative is sought out, enlisted, and trained for the difficult and often terrible work intended to ensure that the principles of freedom triumph over ideologies that seek to dominate and enslave. The year is 1977; the Cold War is intensifying. Helena Portland--Laynie to her family--is set to graduate from the University of Washington, when recruiters from Marstead...