Fanatics have the key to the ultimate Japanese attack. A Chicago cop is all that stands in their way... MULVANEY IS AFTER SOME PAYBACK, AND HE NEVER FORGETS A FACE... A priceless state-of-the-art computer chip lost in a South Carolina storm... A hunt for a terrorist in Brazil... A deep sea expedition off the coast of Japan. What they have in common is an international network of high-tech, high-stakes revolutionaries looking for the right moment, and the right weapon, to overturn the crucial balance of power in the Far East-and destabilize the entire world. Now their moment has come... Chicago cop and ex-Green Beret Ed Mulvaney is in over his head-and liking every minute of it. He witnessed the cold-blooded killing of an innocent woman, and now he's after the mercenary who did it. But every step takes Mulvaney deeper into a deadly maze of treachery and deception, a puzzle that reaches back to the final days of World War II and a catastrophic secret hidden beneath the sea...