The cruise ship, Evening Star, sinks off the coast of Africa with eight hundred people aboard. Not long after, the USS Washington, an American military vessel, collides with a freighter and sinks off the coast of Florida. Two unrelated incidents? Two Washington Post reporters, Leila and Timothy Brandt don't think so. The Bright Moon, a terrorist ship, has been harassing the high seas. Admiral Williams of the Joint Chiefs of Staff claims that the "terrorist" ship is a freighter. But the Brandt's sources tell them otherwise. Its captain claims that he and the Bright Moon's crew are survivors...