On a snow-covered highway near the northern town of Kostomuksha, police find the frozen corpse of a woman in a frozen car. The victim is the wife of investigator Evgeniy Rudin. The rage that has taken possession of the hero leads him along the path...

Poshaev provides housing and jobs but execute's anyone who opposes him. Arzu, whom Poshaev takes under his wing prove's his loyalty and becomes Poshaev's right hand. Where do Arzu's real loyalties lie: with his boss or the idea of justice?...

Masked figures with machine guns march into the secondary school in Karatas, take the pupils hostage. They make no demands. Silent terror is their modus operandi. Seeing as the army will take two days to arrive due to a snowstorm, maths teacher...