Grafton and Carmellini are back, battling terrorists on the high seas
alongside a top-notch team of Navy SEALs in an action-packed tale by
New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts.
A luxurious vacation cruise to the exotic locales of the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Aden turns into a nightmare for passengers and crew when their
ship is suddenly attacked and captured by a band of bloodthirsty Somali
pirates. An initial rescue mission ends in failure, and the decks are
covered in blood. Unless they are paid a ransom of $200 million within
seven days, the pirates threaten to execute all their hostages. But
information gleaned from a captured Al Qaeda operative indicates that
there is a far more dangerous conspiracy afoot.
Once the ransom is paid, Islamic militants intend to swoop in and
slaughter the passengers in an orgy of terror, hoping to provoke a
massive American military response that will set the Muslim world
aflame. Jake Grafton is assigned to negotiate with the brutal pirate
chief while his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini, and a team of CIA and
Navy SEAL operatives mount an undercover operation to save the hostages
and keep the United States from being maneuvered into a murderous war.
