No1 New York Times bestseller Justin Scott's gripping thriller follows an undercover spy, battling in the frozen wastes of Russia to protect his country and confront his past The Russian Empire, 1916: at war with Germany, racked with dissent King George V sends Kenneth Ash, a naval officer, on a secret mission into this deadly world of violence and intrigue Undercover in the frozen wastes of Russia, Ash must kidnap the King's cousin, Tzar Nicholas II, before the Bolsheviks take control Soon he's drawn into a dangerous race across the globe - through London, Berlin and the deadly trenches of the First World War - to protect his country and confront his past