This terse bleak gritty novel of lies and layers of deception centres on a young trafficked woman from Transnistria. Anastasia, 'Nastya' to her friends, holds the balance of power in the British Secret Intelligence Service between Bea, the Chinese expert and art historian, and 'Ammer, the radio ham who is Head of Russia. In action from Tiraspol to Tallinn, from a brothel in Berlin to a bar in Bangalore, on board the International Space Station and the Chinese Station Tiangong, Nastya brings the "Dima" trilogy to its startling conclusion.