SAFE HOUSE, 2025
… And I walked down the long dark hallway looking for number twelve. After struggling to make out the number “12” on the door, I knocked and heard “Come in,” whereupon I entered a spacious room lit by the setting sun with two windows.
To the left, closer to the window, stood a desk with a massive glass inkwell, above which stood a bronze deer with broken antlers.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin sat in a kosovorotka with his collar unbuttoned on a small sofa. Next to him sat Trump.
ANCHORAGE, AK, 2025
A beautiful evening sunset panorama of Anchorage can be viewed from several locations, offering stunning views of the mountains, water, and city skyline. Popular spots include Earthquake Park, Point Woronzof Park, and the boardwalk at Potter Marsh.
For Putin-Trump summit they booked the entire Northern Lights Grand Hotel with a miniature golf-course in the courtyard.
MOSCOW, 2025
In the 15th underground level of a Central Moscow government building, a Russian secret committee convenes under dim lights. Cigarette smoke drifts over a massive oval table as men in dark suits murmur over glasses of dark liquid. Among them is
Mironow — officially “retired,” unofficially indispensable. He is tasked with keeping the Alaska meeting under control, whatever it takes.
I am Special Agent Mironow, former General KGB Markow.
Both my names are fictional.
SUMMIT IN THE NORTH, 2025
An unprecedented summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is scheduled in Anchorage, Alaska. The location is no mystery — the entire Northern Lights Grand Hotel is booked solid with security, press, and staff.
But the two leaders are not there. They are hidden away in a separate, undisclosed “safe house” somewhere in the city, known only to a handful of people. One of those who know is Special Agent Mironow.