A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser has forced Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Team, and colleague Joe Zavala to come to the rescue of a shipful of trapped men But when the two of them investigate further, they discover that something far more sinister is at work A shadowy multinational corporation is attempting to wrest control of the very seas themselves, no matter what havoc results, and killing anyone who attempts to stop them