Cotton Malone witnesses a priceless relic of the Arma Christi being stolen. He investigates and learns from his former boss that other relics from the same period have also been stolen and are being used as the price of admittance to an auction for some very incriminating intel on the Polish President. The leaders of both the U.S. and Russian want that intel so Malone is asked to steal another relic and join the bidding.