1975. Washington, DC. The Vietnam War is over. To protect her mother, Flora has been faking it since she was a teenager, until she's exposed. Accused of smuggling weapons, Mercer must become a spy. To find the one priceless object that can save his life, Max pretends to be an intelligence agent who promises to make the charges disappear if Mercer gets the names of anti-war protesters. But Mercer won't play ball, and Flora begins to wonder: Is he for real, or is he just a faker like her? Could death be the ultimate price for faking it? "A masterpiece of esoteric duplicity with more twists and turns than a runaway rollercoaster." —David R. Thompson, author of Shanghai Ruby's