SYNOPSIS

Terrorists interrupt a gala cruise to the Far East as they turn the vessel into a floating prison and hell ship.

The hijackers are a handful of ultra right wing Japanese nationals who are seeking revenge and retribution for the shameful mini-war with the United States the year before. The defeat has festered and now there is to be sweet revenge. They have decided that the ransom for the ship and passengers will enable them to show the world that the gaijin (barbarians) are vulnerable and all those who hate the Americans should rise up and create terror against the American�s.

There is a bonus for the terrorist�s as onboard is two principals from the earlier hostilities. Mike Ellison (a CEO of a major aerospace co.) and Art Colfax (FBI) were the catalysts for the events that led up to the military catastrophe for the Japanese a year before.

The hijackers are asking for a five hundred million-dollar ransom and safe passage to an undisclosed site. They plan to fly out of a deserted World War Two airstrip near the coast of Alaska. They intend to take hostages from the crew and passengers and use a ships' boat to go ashore.

The failure of a joint Delta-Seal team attack at sea is a disastrous failure and the world now waits for the drama to unfold. The Japanese terrorists make a successful getaway and are tracked to an Iranian airfield where they land with the ransom and hostages. However, they are betrayed and in a surprise attack are massacred by the Iranians.

The U.S. president states that there will not be another Iranian hostage affair. We demand that the hostages be released immediately. Iran procrastinates and says, in a day or two.

The U.S. throws down the gauntlet and attacks one of Iran�s oil refineries. The Indian�s are livid at the attack and vow revenge. The hostages are petrified.

An eye-for-an-eye Iran proclaims and terrorist fanatics attack the New York City subway system at rush hour with nerve gas. The carnage staggers the country. There are over a million dead; the disposition of that many bodies alone creates a mind-boggling problem.

A nuclear strike is ordered by the President and sanctioned by the congress. The U.S. and its people hunger for revenge. Armageddon is close!