Midnight has descended on the Gray Man’s soul. Not only has his lover Zoya
Zhakarova fallen into the hands of the Russian intelligence service, but the CIA is
convinced she was executed. The one thing keeping Court Gentry going is his
repeated belief, “She’s not dead.”

He’s spent six months trying to bribe, bully, and kill his way into Russia to rescue Zoya.
There’s only one move left to him, but it’s something only a crazy man would try—an
organization of anti-communist believers who once helped political dissidents escape
from the Soviet Union. It’s a desperate ploy, but if he can reactivate the chain of agents
who’ve been dormant for thirty years, he’s got a shot.

But crossing the border is only the first of his problems. If Zoya is anywhere, she’s in IK-
2, Yavas, a former Stalinist gulag that squats in the icy cold 700 miles from the nearest
border. It’s a place where dreams and prisoners go to die. If he’s going to get Zoya out
of there, he’s going to need help. The kind of help that can start a war.