Setting and Background

Russia, 1926. The Red Terror has reigned for years with secret police, forced labor camps, and executions now a part of everyday life.

Stalin's desire for inhuman super soldiers fuels Dr. Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov's obsession with creating a human-ape hybrid—but to horrific ends.

The Love and Escape

When Yuri Grechiko, a member of the state secret police, falls in love with a human experiment from a labor camp, he risks it all by fleeing with her to freedom on the Ural Mountains.

The Birth of the Children

There, a boy and girl are born—neither human nor ape. An experiment Ivanov ever knew had succeeded. Vowing to keep it that way, Yuri hides the children from the mad scientist and raises them as his own.

The Return of the Past

But Yuri's past returns to haunt him. As Stalin's secret police climb the mountains, Yuri's world is shattered.

The New Generation

From the horror of shocking experiments and devastating civil wars comes Micah, a gentle forest giant. The mountains will tremble as he seeks his retribution.