Irina Kusak flees Czechoslovakia to seek her Nobel-laureate father in Austria. She finds herself drawn into a political intrigue with terrifying consequences. Is she the bait in a trap to snare her father, or is she playing a part in an even more insidious scheme with incredibly high stakes? Set against the backdrop of peaceful Austrian countryside, Irina's nightmare journey becomes a flight to evade THE SNARE OF THE HUNTER.