An idyllic summers evening aboard the Empress of India ends in tragedy for Superintendent Alex Lendon. In search of revenge, Lendon prevents the kidnap of Rajendra Singh, billionaire owner of Sultan Cruise Lines and is plunged into a chain of events which takes him from the south coast of England to the Florida Keys, before returning to London where he faces his ultimate challenge, a forgotten war and race against time to avert a terrorist atrocity which threatens to bring the UK to its knees.