China has invalid the oil- rich spratly Island Thr American response has been switf- and deadly. And the third world war has begun...

Capitain Bartholomew Mackey isthe skipper of the U.S.S Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine that has been dispatched to the spratys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the cheyenne's mission- and the world- will change, as a tense situation explodes into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions.

SSN in compelling blend of military fact ant fiction- a submarine combat triller complete with strirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate details, and the chilling knowledge that it really could happen...