by Graham Brown
First published 2022
Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are diving for treasure once owned by pirate queen Ching Shih when they receive new orders. A freighter has vanished in the Western Pacific. The ship carried computers with extraordinary capabilities, and now it has disappeared without a trace. Austin and Zavala quickly discover the vessel's destruction was no accident. They have stumbled into a digital battlefield where rival hacker groups fight to control global information flow. The missing computers have become the prize in this cyber conflict, with both Russian and Chinese forces closing in. Austin and Zavala find themselves with unlikely allies when a crew of modern pirates agrees to help them. Their mission grows more dangerous when a colleague is taken hostage. Austin must navigate treacherous waters both literal and digital, racing to secure the advanced technology before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens the world's electronic infrastructure.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-allies, found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Western Pacific, Russia, China
Period: Contemporary
400 pages · Kindle Edition · G.P. Putnam's Sons