25 May, 1928: Over the frozen seas of the Arctic, an airship falls out
of the sky. Among the survivors is a young scientist on the verge of a
discovery that will redefine physics.
3 October, 1996: Through
the dusty industrial towns of India's Great Trunk Road, a disgraced and
disfigured female detective starts tracking a criminal syndicate whose
tentacles spread from forgery to smuggling to piracy. Her life has been
ruined, but she will have her revenge.
26 December, 2004: On the
island of Bali, a tsunami washes up a rusting container. Locked within
this aluminium tomb, the mummified remains of a shipping magnate missing
for 29 years and a handwritten journal of his last days.
13
December, 2011: Off the coast of Sri Lanka, a tramp steamer is seized by
pirates. The captain has his wife and son aboard, and their survival
depends on following the pirates every demand. But what can they
possibly want with his worn-out ship and its cargo of junk?
We
know what they want. We know the ship was carrying a Dead Water cargo.
And we know Dead Water is the key to everything. We could spin a
thousand stories from this toxic Cold War secret but there's only one of
them that can really make a difference. And this is it.
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