Steel Rain, the Mission: Gold and Nuclear Weapons Found in Norway Fjords Trigger a Covert War The twentieth century is over. Norwegian Intelligence learns that missiles armed with nuclear weapons are hidden in their fjords. A U.S. company provides a revolutionary robotic submarine to locate them. The search for the weapons is seen through the eyes of Peter Boland, the submarine designer, and his beloved Nadia, a woman with a Norwegian passport and close relations within the Eastern Bloc. Their stark differences in political origins challenge their personal bond as the savage game erupts. Kristen Andersen of Norwegian intelligence is in charge of the search. She is a brilliant tactician with a no-nonsense style. Commander Eric Stigen, a tough Navy Commando runs field operations and works closely with Boland. The U.S. provides a senior intel agent simply known as Rogers. He brings instant access to special operations and intelligence capabilities. The team grows as special skills are identified, engineers for new submarines, special operations and intelligence specialists for security. The covert war reaches beyond the fjords into the Appalachian Mountains and Florida in the U.S.A. and even touches the Eastern Bloc as it reaches climax in running battles from Washington, D.C. to Iceland and Zurich. A new generation of covert warriors meets the 'wilderness of mirrors' in the twenty-first century.