A missing plane resurfaces – and so do long-submerged secrets…An RAF Dakota, presumed lost at sea during World War Two, has just been discovered at the bottom of a drained lake over twenty years later – complete with the skeletal remains of the pilot and a strange cargo of rubble.Why are the Soviets so interested in it, even attending the dead man’s funeral?Why has unassuming civil servant David Audley been tasked with leading the investigation – and what was the plane carrying that some will kill for?