A high-level conflict at the dark heart of the Russian Empire and an assassin's bullet on an isolated Alpine pass propel ex-deniable operator Nick Stone from an apparently run-of-the-mill close-protection task into his most brutal and challenging mission yet.Without warning, Stone finds himself one of Europe's Most Wanted. He must evade the elite forces of three nations in pursuit of faceless men who trade in human misery – and a lone-wolf terrorist capable of delivering the Western World's worst nightmare.Vengeance of the most explosive kind is top of Stone's agenda. The fuse has been ignited – but who really holds the detonator?