His well-deserved vacation comes to a screeching halt when Sam Granite finds a man collapsing at his door. The man has been shot in the back and is raving about inadvertently filming an assassination, and then hiding the video at a dive site. When the man dies, Sam is the only one alive who knows its location. Thanks pal. As a paramedic, Sam is used to blood and death, but this guy's story is off the charts. Sam doesn't need the drama. Why get involved? Because the Pope has just died a few days ago-and he's the one in the video. Has a hidden civil war in the Vatican erupted? Are opposing forces from Rome pursuing the video as well? With two beautiful women and some nasty thugs in pursuit, Sam had better figure out the players fast if he's going to survive. A billion people need the truth, a typhoon is on the horizon, and one hundred feet below the surface, it's beginning to heat up. From Cozumel and California, to Korea and Bali, Sam must choose to save lives, or take them. Once again, he'll need all of his skills and cunning, or this retrieval will be his last.