Organized Crime. Drug Smuggling. Islamic Fundamentalism. A powerful mix for a complex, sometimes dark novel Malika waits for someone to pay her price - a few scraps of heroin. The smugglers' village, close to the Afghan border, is cold and unwelcoming - its only entertainment, the women who will put on a show and give themselves to anyone willing to pay. A Russian gangster on the run from the KGB finds himself...