A truly thrilling new Nick Stone novel - he is about to find out that on the ice, polar bears aren't the only natural born killer. It is clear to Stone that the coldest war of all is just beginning... When Stone is summoned as close protection for the trek by an old SAS officer, he accepts unthinkingly, desperate for the chance to escape his own misery. But it doesn't take long for Stone and his team to discover that neither the bears nor the locals are the most dangerous predators in this part of the world.