Nikolai Dante is caught by the Parliament of Shadows: a cabal planning to overthrow the Tsar. He is given a stark choice - do the cabal's work or face execution. Decisions, decisions . . .
The Russian rogue is teamed with beautiful assassin Mai Tsai and sent to the Himalayas, where a lost mountain fortress hides a secret weapon. But nobody has ever found the forbidden citadel and returned alive. Meanwhile, the Tsar's notorious Imperial Black regiment - renowned for their cruelty and brutality - also searches for the citadel. This deadly army is led by Ivanov the Terrible, a ruthless sadist who has an old score to settle with Dante. The snow runs red with blood as Nikolai fights for his life on the roof of the world!