Naval officer and Medal of Honor winner Dan Lenson’s being hidden by the US Navy after his derailing of a presidential assassination attempt. In the Pacific, he’s assigned to conduct a major international exercise with players from South Korea, the US, Japan, and Australia. But old alliances are unraveling, and old commitments are being rethought.
As an aggressive China threatens US allies, a force of unidentified submarines tracks down through the Sea of Japan. Dan realizes this may be the opening of a new Korean War – a cunning attempt to upset US alliances and realign the balance of power in Asia. Together with a ruthless South Korean commodore, Dan battles faulty torpedoes, two typhoons, and the Washington establishment to keep war from erupting in the Pacific.