<P>After taking down the Yennai Corporation Barnabas has earned a little break. On the way back to High Tortuga however he stops to answer a distress call. How long could it take after all? Barnabas is about to find out.</P><P>In what should have been an open-and-shut murder case questions begin to pile up fast: Who exactly was this Jotun Naval captain? Why was there a black-ops ship lurking nearby ready to shoot down anyone who tried to approach? Barnabas has made a promise to a friend that he’ll unravel the murder but the closer he gets the more questions he has.</P>