Con artist Simon Templar (Val Kimler)—a top-notch expert not only at picking pockets and pickpocketing but also at duping gullible citizens—was on Red Square, where this smooth-talking hustler skillfully befuddled a crowd of credulous Russians by posing as a miracle worker. Simon is a lone wolf who moves easily from place to place, leaving no trace behind. That is, until he gets tangled up in a deadly web of intrigue and deception when he is hired to steal a scientific paper—the life’s work of a beautiful young scientist.