Bob Shannon......is enjoying a peaceful, simple life of early semi-retirement on a small island off the coast of Maine... ...until he is drawn to Long Beach, California to look into the apparent drowning of an old friend... his first love... Teresa Sanders... ...and is immediately embroiled in a web of intrigue and danger that may take all his half-forgotten Special Forces skills and instincts to survive......within an ever decreasing timeframe......for himself...as well as Teresa...