The organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union are bound by what they call the thieves code. The first rule is this A thief must forsake his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. He must have no familyno wife, no childrenbecause only other criminals are his family. If any of the rules are broken, it is punishable by death.Frank Meyer had the American dreama wife and family he adored, a successful businessuntil the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The only thing out of the ordinary about Meyer was thatbefore the family and the business and the normal lifea younger Frank Meyer worked as a professional military contractor, a mercenary, with a man named Joe Pike. Frank was one of Pikes guys, and they faced death together in every rotten hellhole around the world.
