Alex Hawke is tracking one of the worlds most powerful villains high in the Swiss AlpsA powerful Swiss banker is found dead, frozen at the base of a soaring Alp. When a second man, the head of a rival banking empire, is found dead deep inside a mountain cave, MI6 suspects a bizarre conspiracy. Vast sums may have been plundered from the Queen of Englands accounts. The British royal familys centuries-old Swiss bank holdings are at risk, shaking the foundations of Her Majestys government and the monarchy itself.Sir David Trulove, Chief of British Intelligence MI6, tasks his most formidable weapon, Alex Hawke, with investigating the horrific murders. In Switzerland, Hawke and Ambrose Congreve of Scotland Yard are pulled into a tangled web of international intrigue, deceit, and murder.