A giant Russian tanker ablaze in the Bering Sea about to create the world's worst eco-disasterand not just from the oil
In the Bering Sea, Bennkah, the largest oil tanker ever built, newly commissioned in Vladivostok, Russia, is on its maiden voyage. Well-respected Captain Nicholas Borodin is at the helm, and for a reason only he knows, his agitation is palpable.
Soon an engineer discovers a defectseemingly minor, but one with disastrous potential. Despite his attempts to correct the problem, a fire erupts, contained at first, then rapidly spreads out of control, consuming the behemoth tanker.
A Mayday call alerts Captain Sonny Wade some two hundred miles from the burning ship. This could be the lifeline that Sonny and his ragtag crew need to save their failing salvage business. But Dal Sharpe, Sonny's nemesis and former employerthe owner of the largest salvage business in all of the northwestalso hears the call. A heart-stopping race is on to claim the hulk before it contaminates the entire north Pacific Rim.
But Sonny learns there's more at stake than anyone realizesa catastrophe of monstrous proportions.