Dag Miller is a self-described sailor-of-fortune with a
questionable cargo business in the South China Sea and a crew of
three, including a fierce-looking laconic but lethal Korean first
mate and a natural-born sneak of an Indian engineer. The third
virtual crew-member is the ship herself, a Fast Attack
Non-displace-ment Naval Prototype called FANNY, a salvaged and
refitted U.S. Navy hydrofoil capable of flying at speeds in excess
of a hundred knots and getting the trio into trouble every bit as
fast as it gets them out. Miller's current charter is a pair of
U.N. Vulcano-logists out of Singapore who are supposed to be
placing scientific monitoring equipment around a soon-to-be active
volcano off the coast of Sumatra. But the volcano and the two
suspicious scientists are the least of Captain Miller's troubles.
Twenty-first century coastal pirates with automatic weapons and
speed boats prowl the Malacca Strait from Sumatra to Malaysia
hijacking ships and kidnapping crews. Human traffickers abduct
teenage girls and imprison them in fortress-like brothels which
occupy entire islands and operate with government sanction. In
Singapore meanwhile, the richest and most powerful businessmen are
being systematically targeted by suicide bombers until their wealth
is turned over to a faceless well-organized society of fanatical
extortionists known as The Scourge. With this background Miller
meets the spoiled daughter of one such businessman; Ani wants to
hire Miller and his crew for a "teeny tiny" bit of smuggling. And
that's when the real trouble begins.
General
Imprint: |
Book Surge Publishing Co.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2009 |
First published: |
April 2009 |
Authors: |
Steve Forbes
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
396 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4392-2543-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
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LSN: |
1-4392-2543-5 |
Barcode: |
9781439225431 |
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