Atka Natas is an agent from the oppressive regime of Likidazia. He visited his estranged wife, Vera, a chemist who was implicated in a group of exiles and tried to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, an honest local police officer and former lover of Villa, contacted her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and hopes to sell it to Americans. However, before he did so, Villa tried to kill him after an argument about letting their parents leave Liquiatzia.
