Following the ruthless hijacking of a cruise liner by Somalian piratesin the Indian Ocean, Matt Drake and his Special Forces team are thrustinto a gripping new mission. A mission made even deadlier by the returnof the world's most extreme and infamous assassin - The Devil.Splitapart by the twin demands of infiltrating the ship disguised aspassengers, and launching a direct attack on the pirates' land-basedshanty town HQ, it quickly becomes apparent that the hijacking is a ruseto conceal a far more disturbing and sinister operation. What are thepirates really looking for aboard the ocean liner?An old KBGinformer, partly responsible for the Soviet Union's downfall,disappeared thirty years ago, escaping first from KGB and then CIAcustody. He is onboard and the Devil will do anything to get him.Asthe tension reaches breaking point, as the hostages face increasingviolence, and Special Forces head for land and sea, an infinitely moreterrifying threat is uncovered...Bombs have been attached to the ship's hull... and nothing can stop them from detonating...