‘A master of sea-going adventure. Enough taut suspense to satisfy any reader.’ Clive Cussler North Atlantic, early 2000’s. Prometheus 4, the first of a new generation of Heritage-Mariner super-tankers, plunges round the North Cape, leaving the Norwegian Sea in her wake. She is heading deeper into the Arctic Ocean for a rendezvous in the Barents Sea with Titan 10, from which she will collect her costly cargo. Formerly a huge nuclear attack submarine, Titan 10's vast missile storage areas have been replaced by tanks carrying thousands of litres of top-quality crude oil which has been collected from a wellhead deep beneath the distant Kara Sea. But when the two vessels meet, there is no response from Titan 10 and Captain Richard Mariner crosses to investigate. The submarine seems to be utterly deserted. Apparently, only her autonomous computer guidance system has brought her, deep beneath the ocean, to the rendezvous point on the surface. And all the precious oil is gone. Mariner and his crew use both vessels to follow Titan 10's computer records back along the track of her last, mysterious voyage in search of the men who achieved this seemingly impossible theft, determined to recover the missing cargo. But their mission takes them relentlessly deeper into the ice-bound, storm-wracked Kara Sea - to face one danger after another; each more lethal than the last. Peter Tonkin was born in 1950 in Ulster, Northern Ireland and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. The son of an RAF officer, Tonkin spent much of his youth travelling the world from one posting to another. He is the author of the Trojan Murders series, Caesar's Spies and the Tom Musgrave Mysteries. Praise for Peter ‘Mariner’s 21st adventure is as generous as ever with colourful scenes of action and interesting maritime detail…’ Kirkus Reviews on The Prison Ship ‘This daring novel is sure to appeal to Tonkin fans new and old.’ Booklist on The Prison Ship ‘Tonkin is a superb storyteller who creates big, brash, swashbuckling adventures with taut suspense, fast-paced action and tough, resourceful characters.’ Booklist on The Ship Breakers 'Edge-of-the-seat terror.' Daily Post 'A welcome aura of old-fashioned expertise.' Publishers Weekly 'A good thriller, recommended.' Library Journal 'Equals the best of James Clavell.' Daily Telegraph 'Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading.' Publishing News