Having recently returned from sea duty, Craik is stuck behind a desk in the Pentagon when he learns that his best friend, a CIA agent, has been kidnapped in Central Africa - just as Rwanda is about to be engulfed in violence.After Craik flies out to join a Mediterranean-bound U.S. fleet that has been split in two to cover the growing African crisis, he is sent on a desperate rescue attempt that leaves him and his wounded friend stranded in the middle of the continent, facing a daunting escape cross-country as bloody war rages all around them.Meanwhile, with its flag aircraft carrier separated from its battlecruiser by a thousand miles, the overstretched U.S. fleet faces new dangers: the test launch of Peacemaker, a top-secret state-of-the-art weapon, comes under threat from an unexpected quarter. Read Less