Set above the artic circle, an international research station has had some strage deaths. Three researchers have been found in contorted positions with the pupils missing and the bodies hardened from the inside out. A scientist from the US is brought in to find the cause. The story moves right along most of the time and is a pretty goos read. An interesting story. The author claims that the book is mostly all based on true facts from the cold war, diseases that are occuring now, etc....