A Ukrainian tanker explodes in the Baltic. No missile. No enemy ship. The tracking data says nothing was there.

In London, the American diplomat investigating the anomaly dies in a hit-and-run. Ruled accidental.

Roger Osbourne, appointed by the White House to shepherd a classified cyber-defense system through the British Parliament, watches a coordinated disinformation campaign dismantle his team from the inside.

As NATO naval forces scramble to counter Russian moves in the Baltic and Black Sea, Osbourne follows spoofed maritime data and shell companies into a conspiracy engineered to fracture the Western alliance before the first shot is fired.

A geopolitical thriller of naval confrontation, hybrid warfare, and the shadow wars fought in data, money, and lies.

For readers of Daniel Silva, Mick Herron, and classic Tom Clancy.