Alex King knows he made a mistake, and as a result MI5 has been coerced into investigating the sudden and mysterious death of an MI6 operative. In the frozen wilds of Lapland at a point where Finland, Russia and Norway intersect, an isolated hotel becomes the only sanctuary from the most powerful Arctic storm in living memory. A Russian defector holds the key to a terrifying secret. Pursued by ruthless mercenaries, who will stop at nothing to silence...