The pursuit of the man who murdered their life-long friend on the streets of London has forced Giles, Michael, Francis, and their newfound companion Vasily to the shores of far-off Brazil, an unfamiliar land to them. They are forced to rely on themselves only to traverse through dark paths to catch the mysterious fleeing criminal, Alikhan. Unbeknownst to them, they have become players in a global struggle among Illuminati-like forces, each striving...

When Doctor Fyodor Dyatlov accidentally discovers a hidden piece of paper within a ruined frame of a painting, he immediately becomes entangled in an international criminal conspiracy. It's the Soviet Union, 1977. Decades before the incredible adventure of Giles, Michael, and Francis, the story of Vasily's youth in the Ural mountains begins. The Dyatlov family, central to his early days, departed the city of Perm to move east for a better life. Fyodor...