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Monk's mission is to stop Komarov, whatever it takes, and finally settle the score with Grishin, the sadistic KGB officer who once tortured and murdered four of his agents and is now Komarov's head of security. . But to accomplish it, he must remain alive. The forces allied against him are ruthless-and time is running frighteningly short.

Russia is on the brink of anarchy, and its current president stands powerless against famine, inflation, the escalating crime and corruption, and the unemployed rebels roaming the streets. Radical right-wing party leader Igor Komarov welcomes the chaos. Jason Monk, ex-CIA, has seen Komorov's "Black Manifesto," which calls for a return to dictatorship and genocidal ethnic cleansing.