<DIV><DIV><P>Following the events Jerry Mitchell encountered in <I>Dangerous Ground</I>, the pilot-turned-submarine officer is now a department head, the navigator, aboard USS <I>Seawolf</I>. Now on a mission deep in the Barents Sea, north of Russia, <I>Seawolf</I> explores the sea floor, part of a sophisticated reconnaissance plan that will watch the Russian navy as it trains for battle. Although well outside Russia&#8217;s territorial waters, <I>Seawolf</I> is ambushed by Russia&#8217;s newest submarine, <I>Severodvinsk</I>. Although it doesn&#8217;t fire any weapons, its aggressive new captain, Alexi Petrov, harasses the intruder with dangerously fast, insanely close passes by the American boat.</P><P><BR>The two subs collide, with the Russian boat crippled and trapped on the bottom. Only <I>Seawolf</I> knows where she is, and the rest of the Russian fleet is too angry to listen. Mitchell and his shipmates have to keep their own damaged boat afloat, figure out a way to make the Russians listen, and keep the trapped Russian submariners alive until they can be saved - if that is even possible.</P></DIV></DIV>