Set during the Balkan wars in the late 1990s and at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, this intriguing novel is a love story that brings together Daniel, a cynical Canadian journalist on the edge of burnout, and Lili, a conscientious Serbian-Albanian interpreter who grew up in Paris. As with all good love stories, this one concerns the obstacles and barriers, seemingly insurmountable, that the two lovers must overcome. Aware that any fraternization between journalists and tribunal interpreters is strictly forbidden, Daniel and Lili must play a protracted game of hide and seek in order to spend precious moments together, all the while resisting the temptation to share confidential information that each knows the other has.