The third international thriller in the Red Hotel Series by noted thriller writer Gary Grossman and global executive Ed Fuller. The Arctic ice is melting, the waters are warming, and Russia’s ever-expanding fleet of oil tankers grind through the Northern Sea Route to China. With a fleet of nuclear ice breakers clearing the way, Russian ships were setting new records to reach China and fulfilling a simple equation: Russian President Nicolai Gorshkov needs China’s money to fund his expansionism plans past Ukraine and Latvia while China, the thirstiest oil nation in the world, needs affordable fuel. But ongoing competition from the West and Middle East nations threatens Russia’s ability to monopolize the market and, as a result, Gorshkov’s military plans. In order to guarantee his success, Gorshkov initiates a devilish plot to make traditional shipping routes impassable.