In a private atomic bunker the corpses are found of Christiane und Frank Stratmann, a couple missing since the Gulf war of 1991. Their baby daughter remains missing, her sister and heir Isabel Schadt has an illegitimate one of the same age. Also involved is Frank's former Rumanian innovation firm partner, Cosmin Radu. After Tom obtains DNA 'intimately beyond duty', the genetics command surprising conclusions. Suspended chief Dr. Dorothea Lehberger confides, drunk, into Katrin Stoll she acted as bait for terrorists aged 17 and unwittingly had an indirect partner in a triple death.
—KGF Vissers