Vikhor Kuzmin, known as Stitch, spent years in the Gulag nursing a personal vendetta against Russell Adler, who cost him his eye during an interrogation at Rebirth Island. Now free, Stitch is making his move: CIA analysts are dead and intelligence points to enough Nova 6 nerve agent to destabilize the world. Adler leads a strike team to a New Jersey mall only to discover it is a trap laid specifically for him. The war between Stitch and Adler comes to a head in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season One, a story of patience, revenge, and a score that has been a long time coming.