Patrick Robinson

While on a training mission, the British submarine HMS Unseen mysteriously disappears. A year later three planes are shot from the sky - one of them carrying the Vice President of the United States.

As wily US Security Advisor Arnold Morgan scrambles to prevent international turmoil, he suspects the lost sub has been modified to carry antiaircraft weapons. Morgan knows only one person who could mastermind this scheme - an Iraqi terrorist believed to be dead.

China has ordered 10 deadly Russian Kilo Class submarines with plans to close off its nearby shipping lanes and take over Taiwan. When Pentagon officials discover the sinister purchase, they assign the irascible Vice Admiral Arnold Morgan to stop delivery of the stealthy diesel-powered subs. Soon, the Navy's secret Black Op hit squads are embarking on missions so dangerous, one mistake could plunge the nations into World War III.

US Nimitz Class carrier submarine Thomas Jefferson is a state-of-the-art war machine, apparently impregnable. When she is destroyed in an apparent nuclear accident Admiral Arnold Morgan is called in to investigate.