In Cuba, an ailing Fidel Castro lies dying. Across the Straits of Florida, an anxious US awaits the unavoidable power struggle, established to truly have a state in who controls this strategically important island. And the American President has an added reason behind concern: an Arms Control Conference provides just started in Paris and, unbeknownst to either the American public or Cuba, the united states has hidden key weapons in the American base on Cuba’s Guantanemo Bay. But no key continues to be one for long, and when among the Cuban factions finds out about the weaponry, the excitement begins. Just Admiral Grafton, on an airplane carrier off the coast of Cuba, understands the impending risk. Just Grafton can save America from a tragedy that would make the Bay of Pigs appear to be child’s play. In Cuba, Stephen Coonts catches the ominous experience of a tropical powderkeg about to explode within a novel filled with the action and drama for which he is popular.