Year of the Tsar 2673 AD, and bastard son of the Romanovs NIKOLAI DANTE has bonded with a cyborganic Weapons Crest, an alien combat computer, which gives him accelerated healing and allows him to extrude lethal bio-blades. Following the civil war, in which Tsar Vladimir the Conqueror destroyed the Romanovs, Dante was the most wanted man in the Empire - but now he has accepted a place as the Sword of the Tsar, a troubleshooter working for Vladimir. But while Dante acts on the bidding of his new master, just who is really pulling the strings..?