The old U.S.S.R. is dead—but new evil has risen from its ashes, calling itself Phoenix Group. Led by a brilliant and obsessed rogue officer, manned by the most dedicated, deadly soldiers of the once all-powerful Soviet secret army.Their plan is to launch a biological weapon attack that will throw the fragile new world order into chaos. Their launching a remote state on the northern frontier of India ruled by a power-hungry warlord. And the only people who could stop marine biologist Cas Bonner and gutsy, gorgeous Dr. Jackie Dunbar, in a game without rules against a danger without limits for the lives of millions and the future of the world… "A true master of adventure."- Clive Cussler