Back again from exile, Renko must beat the powerful black-market criminal offense lords within this third installment to the Arkady Renko series by internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith.

Back again from exile in the hellish gets to from the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his nation, his Moscow, also his work, are nearly dead. But his enemies are very very much alive, and most important among them will be the powerful black-market criminal offense lords of the Russian mafia. Hounded by this terrifying new underworld, chased by the ruthless minions of the recently rich and effective, and enticed by his great like, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can only hope frantically for escape. But fate has another thing in store.