A powerful military force under the command of a renegade Nigerian General seizes power in West Africa. But this brutal conquest is only a stepping-stone. Unchecked, the human cost of his bloody ambition will be catastrophic. With her ship, the stealth destroyer U.S.S. Cunningham, out of action, Commander Amanda Garrett is given command of the military mission to stop the ruthless General in his tracks. But the Sea Fighter Task Force - an untested flotilla of British, French and US forces - is outnumbered, outgunned and operating in the enemy's backyard. And only bold action by Garrett and her makeshift force can prevent a tragedy of epic proportions ...