Ex--Secret Service agent Clayton White doesn't miss the relentless danger that defined his career. These days, he's enjoying life at sea with his fiancée--who also happens to be the daughter of the double-dealing vice president, Alexander Hammond...Then their ship, the NOAAS Surveyor, comes under attack...Clayton wants nothing to do with the notorious vice president, who boasts a violent and capricious history. But with his fiancée's life in the balance, Clayton has no choice. He jumps back into the fray, where he'll face off with enemies new and old"--