In the early autumn of 1999, on the eve of the inevitable invasion of federal troops into rebellious Chechnya, Paco Arraya receives the task of infiltrating the structures recruiting militants in London mosques. The game goes too far: Paco and his friend and colleague Alexey Kudinov are captured by bandits. Completely unexpected forces are trying to save Russian intelligence officers. But first of all, we have to understand who these kidnappers are. “On the Other Side of the Pond” is the common title of two books by Sergei Kostin from the series “Paco Arraya, Secret Agent”. Both take place in London, where Russian intelligence officer Paco Arraia poses as a CIA officer and solves problems with the help of “colleagues” from the British intelligence services.