A Watcher and the son of a Watcher, he approached Amanda and Nick Wolfe in Paris, in fear of his life. He told them that he wanted them to steal the computer from one of the diplomatic delegation to an Eastern Bloc country, which contained the evidence that the man was a traitor. Lured by the promise of a stash of diamonds hidden with the computer, Amanda agreed to help, but the attempt failed when she sensed another immortal and their burglary was blown, she realized that the diplomat was the Immortal, Vladimir Rankov, a man with whom she has a past.