...The child would be a girl; Nuura had no doubt. But the girl would be part infidel; she would be a monster... Nuura Vakha is a young Muslim woman from the battered country of Chechnya. After she is attacked by a group of rogue Russian cops, a charismatic cleric from her mosque convinces her to take the ultimate revenge. "Out of all the terrible things that can be done to a person, there is one single injury that may be the worst to sustain. That is to survive. Survival may be the worst injury of all." Vladimir Verstakov is a former soldier still reeling from his time in Afghanistan. As soon as he boards a train bound for Moscow, his dreaded ability to survive becomes tied to Nuura's willingness to martyr herself. "Be assured, we are doing all we can from here." Alexei Danchenko is a government anti-terrorism agent determined to prevent another attack on Russian soil.