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It is 1980, and the Democratic People's Republic of Laos is very pleased to be rivalling in its first-ever Olympics. Of course half the world is boycotting the Moscow Summer season Olympic Video games to protest Russia's recent invasion of Afghanistan, but that has made room for athletes from countries that are usually too small or underfunded to be competitive - countries like Laos. Ex-national coroner of Laos Dr. Siri Paiboun may be retired, but he and his partner, Madame Daeng, would do almost anything to have a chance to visit Moscow, so Siri finagles them the work of medical oversight for the Olympians. Most of the athletes are young and innocent village people who have never worn shoes, never mind dreamed anything as marvelous as the Moscow Olympic Village. As the competition gets hotter, however, Siri starts to think that one of the athletes is not who he says he is. Fearing a conspiracy, Siri and his friends investigate, liaising in hidden knowledge with Inspector Phosy back in Laos to see if the man might be an assassin. But Siri's progress is derailed when another Lao Olympian is accused of murder. Now in the midst of a murky international incident, Dr. Siri must get around not one but two paranoid and secretive government machines to ensure justice is performed.
