After nearly losing his life in Africa, retired army ranger and historian John Holliday us coming home and looking forward to some well deserved peace and quiet. But his idyll best halted before it even begins. At the airport he is approached by a Russian man who calls himself genrikhovich, and what he says stops Holliday in his tracks. He knows the location of the legendary aos, companion to Hollidays own prized Templar sword. I'm driven to continue his pursuit of the ignaticnamatic warrior brotherhood's legacy, he seemed finds himself once more scour in the world, even as unseen forces align themselves against him. But his search will lead him beyond the truth and into the dark heart of russia, where the ancient Templar order has secretly wielded power for centuries.