In the Aftermath of an Apparent Terrorist Attack, the Headquarters of an American Oil Company Haemorrhages Chemical-Pink Smoke Into the Moscow Smog. a Russian Army Captain Carrying a Priceless Faberge Egg and Digital Evidence of Horrific Wartime Atrocities is Murdered and Relieved of Both These Prizes. and in the Snowy Mountains of Southern Russia, a Terrorist Named Abreg - Who Once Held Volk Captive in a Chechen Mud Pit-Hatches a Plan to Lure Him Back Into His Grasp. "Shadow of the Wolf" Finds Covert Agent Colonel Alexei Volkovoy Grieving for His Lost Love, Valya, and Struggling to Stay Afloat in a World of Political Intrigue and Underground Plots. but When He Takes Out His Anger on the Wrong Man, He Gains a Powerful Enemy in the Highest Reaches of the Kremlin...