In Moscow, Joseph Darko, a chess obsessed psychopathic serial killer enraptured with disdain for human life, is on a macabre mission to become Russia's most notorious serial killer. There, once peerless New York cop, Jack Wolfe has charged himself with an equally morbid task; that of drinking himself into an early grave. Currently working for the Muscovite police force, investigating a case that up till now has barely kept his interest 'The Bittsa Park Maniac' murders - little does he realise it is about to become the most important case of his life. In Granada, Spain, Luke Callaghan, an American college student studying abroad for a year is about to embark on a drink fuelled Spring break vacation across Eastern Europe; the Vodka trail. His first destination - Moscow. These three lives have been set on a collision course - destined to meet. Hour by hour they edge closer to the point of impact and when these lives eventually do come together none will ever be the same again...