To free the Northwest Passage of ice, one young scientist devises an ingenious plan to heat the Gulf Stream. But nothing so economically valuable, or so environmentally controversial, can be accomplished without making powerful enemies across the globe, and Sergei Lavrov doesn’t know who to trust. Lifelong friends and government allies are all suspect as the Great Arctic Works suffer one devastating blow after another.
Major Dmitry Komarov of State Security knows it’s sabotage. Through the taiga forests and into the heart of Moscow, the Major chases an elusive figure across the frozen north to prove it.
In an adventurous tale of science against the elements, General Winter reveals the cold brutality of the Russian Arctic and challenges the brightest minds to defeat it.