In the third book of the FLAGSHIP Series, the fleet staff sets sail from Japan (the land of the rising sun), to Korea (the land of morning calm) to face down dual threats from the vicious North Korean regime. Terrorist action against the South deters Captain Kate Mahoney's efforts to locate and rescue Lieutenant Commander Cricket Squire after her aircraft was shot down over hostile seas. At the same time, Kate faces renewed threats to her life and career over a past relationship that continues to haunt her. Armed with the personal courage and endurance that came to fore in the prior novels, and drawing on assistance from unexpected quarters, the intrepid fleet warriors fly into the very faces of danger -- risking all in a series of daring combat and personal sorties that will remake their lives in one way or another.