Despatched on a mission bristling with peril deep into the dark, forbidden waters of the China Sea, disaster strikes. In a shocking accident, Seawolf is suddenly, catastrophically at the mercy of the Chinese, her crew captive, the billion-dollar ship in enemy hands. In the White House, Admiral Morgan knows the disaster has repercussions that would cause the biggest confrontation between Washington and Beijing in more than forty years. At the risk of starting World War III, Morgan orders SPECWARCOM to send in the Navy SEALs to rescue the Americans at all costs. The terrifying struggle between the wounded American eagle and the stirring Chinese dragon that follows is a desperate race against the clock where the costs are almost too much to contemplate.