Beyond glasnost is the bitter reality of the Gulag.The life expectancy of a special prisoner is about six months.Unless someone goes in and gets him out.Quillon Frazer was a Navy SEAL officer in Vietnam, until he traded the pressures of warfare for a peaceful life - running a commercial diving operation in Japan. Then he was approached by a world-famous Russian dissident, a wealthy novelist now living in the United States. He has a special job for Frazer - the most harrowing job imaginable - and he's willing to pay for impossible rescue of his friend . . . from the Siberian GulagRED ICEBrutal, relentless, and savagely authentic - this explosive superthriller was written by a former Navy SEAL officer who captures the chilling reality of a staggering mission.