American intelligence nicknamed him the Climber; the Russians—Veteran. Earlier, he served in the KGB, and later in Azerbaijan’s security agencies. Now he has been embedded into a elusive terrorist organization operating from mountain caves in Afghanistan. So who is he really? Probably even Fuzuli Guseynov would find it hard to answer. But it doesn’t matter—only his mission matters.
The terrorists’ secret laboratory that produces “dirty” nuclear weapons has been destroyed, but two containers with finished “products” have vanished in an unknown direction. Sooner or later, they will surface somewhere, putting the lives of thousands of people at risk. This must not be allowed to happen. And then the hour of the Veteran will come—he will end up playing the role of the weapon of retribution…