Two men are massacred in an expensive Moscow bar. But the bullets miss their target: Alexei Volkovoy - Volk for short. Hes a deadly, battle-hardened veteran of Russias brutal war in Chechnya, and he serves two masters: Maxim, a psychotic mafia kingpin; and a military man known only as the General. By his side is Valya, an exotic beauty and the most dangerous weapon in Volks arsenal. Together they are commissioned to steal a long-lost masterpiece from St Petersburgs Hermitage Museum. Volk must ch