Spencer MacIntyre

In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear powers while struggling with a wise foreign minister and a belligerent commander-in-chief.

An ex-championship boxer turned sports gambling addict finds himself in the crosshairs of a vicious gang.

Five interconnecting stories each told by a stranger at a bar all converge on the worst night of the year.