Ripped from the headlines, this action-packed high seas adventure tracks Somali Pirates as they terrorize the coastal waters of the lawless East African republic, turning the Indian Ocean into a ferocious battleground. For the past three years, these heavily-armed tribal brigands have been capturing and holding for ransom massive cargo ships, especially oil tankers, and violently demanding millions of dollars for their return. Pirating out of the tiny Somalian village of Haradheere has become a very lucrative, dangerous business, so much so that the village has its own Stock Exchange with a reputed $78 million in cash, all in crisp $100 bills, in the town vault. And each time an owner pays big for the return of their ship, the pirates immediately strike again, enraging the Pentagon more and more by the day. That is, until the "Somali Marines" make a big mistake, seizing at gun point two United States ships and demanding a $15 million ransom for their return. Hero Mack Bedford, previously encountered in "Diamondhead and Intercept", is deployed to SEAL Team 10 to form "The Delta Platoon". His objective: obliterate the Somali Marines in the middle of the Indian Ocean, at all costs, once and for all.

Patrick Robinson is the co-author of the recent New York Times No. 1 nonfiction bestseller Lone Survivor. He is also the author of seven international best-selling suspense thrillers, including Intercept, Diamondhead, To the Death, Nimitz Class and Hunter Killer, as well as several nonfiction bestsellers. He lives in Ireland and spends his summers in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Patrick Robinson: Patrick Robinson, Autor zahlreicher Sachbücher zum Thema Seefahrt, schaffte mit seinem Aufsehen erregenden Debüt "Nimitz Class" auf Anhieb den Durchbruch als Romanautor. Mit den folgenden fünf U-Boot-Thrillern, die zu internationalen Erfolgen wurden und alle bei Heyne erschienen sind, konnte er sich im Genre Militärthriller etablieren. Der gebürtige Engländer lebt heute in Irland und den USA.