Subienkow is in mortal danger. The fort he and his fellow fur thieves have erected in the snow is in flames - attacked by the very tribe they enslaved to build it - now only he and Big Ivan remain. As Ivan is tortured before him Subienkow must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him. He calls over the chief, Makamuk, and begins to bargain...

Pour échapper à une mort lente et affreuse, un voleur de fourrures doit faire preuve de perspicacité lorsqu'il se retrouve prisonnier d'une tribu d'Indiens sanguinaires.