Depth Charge

In the North Pacific, the crew of a deep-sea recovery ship, the MV

Challenger, are mercilessly gunned to death. Only one man survives, adrift in the ocean, and hundreds of miles from land.

In the deserts of Iraq, a clandestine meeting between one of the world's foremost assassins and his ruthless benefactor sets in train a cascade of horrific events that will shape the world for good.

And in America, with two weeks to go before a NATO summit that President Charles Nash hopes will finally bring peace to the long-simmering cold war between Iran and the United States, a network of sleeper agents prepares to bring America to her knees.

They are well armed, trained and funded ... and they're prepared to die.