A U.S. spy plane crashes off the northern coast of Russia. At nearly the same moment, a Mossad operative is abducted from a street in Kazakhstan. The two events seem unrelated, but soon suspicions rise, and the CIA calls in its most valued asset—David Slaton.
When wreckage from the aircraft is discovered on a remote Arctic island, Slaton and a team are sent on a clandestine mission to investigate. While they comb Russian territory at the top of the world, disaster strikes yet again: a U.S. Navy destroyer sinks in the Black Sea.
Evidence begins mounting that all the events are linked, controlled by some unseen hand. A mysterious source, code name Lazarus, provides tantalizing clues about another impending strike. Yet Lazarus has an agenda that is deeply personal, a thirst for revenge against a handful of clandestine operators. Prime among them: David Slaton.
As the United States and Russia edge toward the brink of war, the best chance to avoid it is to hunt down Lazarus. To do that, Slaton must look into his own past. From the ice-clad Arctic, to the Balkans, to the deserts of Israel, David Slaton spans the globe to uncover a conspiracy of breathtaking proportions.