There is duty. There is justice. The means to both are not always one and the same...

In the volatile waters of the Persian Gulf, America's might is spearheaded by the USS Carl Vinson. Under the steady command of Admiral Heater Robinson--a respected leader and unparalleled officer--the most powerful carrier battle group ever assembled is ordered to stand fast and not retaliate when sixty-seven U.S. sailors are slain in a brutal terrorist attack--the most recent of many. America's official inaction is allowing a hostile government to get away with murder. But Heater Robinson has been pushed to the edge. And he plans to enact his own vengeance using the awesome weaponry entrusted to his care.

But one man's fury could start a chain reaction that will have devastating consequences across the globe. As a storm of terror descends upon an unprepared U.S., CIA operative and U.S. Navy SEAL Rick Holden faces a moral dilemma of his own. For the military elite in Washington has chosen Holden to halt the madness--by infiltrating Carl Vinson...and assassinating its commander, Admiral Heater Robinson.

Capt. George Galdorisi--active-duty U.S. Naval officer and acclaimed author of The Coronado Conspiracy--has written yet another spine-tingling military thriller that crackles with electric high-tech suspense and terrifyingly authentic possibility.There is duty. There is justice. The means to both are not always one and the same...

In the volatile waters of the Persian Gulf, America's might is spearheaded by the USS Carl Vinson. Under the steady command of Admiral Heater Robinson---a respected leader and unparalleled officer---the most powerful carrier battle group ever assembled is ordered to stand fast and not retaliate when sixty-seven U.S. sailors are slain in a brutal terrorist attack---the most recent of many. America's official inaction is allowing a hostile government to get away with murder. But Heater Robinson has been pushed to the edge. And he plans to enact his own vengeance using the awesome weaponry entrusted to his care.

But one man's fury could start a chain reaction that will have devastating consequences across the globe. As a storm of terror descends upon an unprepared U.S., CIA operative and U.S. Navy SEAL Rick Holden faces a moral dilemma of his own. For the military elite in Washington has chosen Holden to halt the madness---by infiltrating Carl Vinson...and assassinating its commander, Admiral Heater Robinson.

Capt. George Galdorisi---active-duty U.S. Naval officer and acclaimed author of The Coronado Conspiracy---has written yet another spine-tingling military thriller that crackles with electric high-tech suspense and terrifyingly authentic possibility.