Ex-Navy SEAL Adam Weldon tracks down kidnappers who have the San Francisco Bay Area teetering on the brink of societal collapse. In this wild irresistible white-knuckled ride—much of it via sailboat—through not only the Bay’s world-famous watery landscape but also its unique subcultures and quirky neighborhoods Adam allies with a tech savvy Oakland cop child sicario hitmen and undercover FBI agent Tripnee to battle an out-of-control Silicon Valley billionaire a charismatic cult with dark secrets Bay pirates an apparently unstoppable cartel well on its way to achieving the total and absolute corruption of the Bay Area and moral rot extending into the highest reaches of the US government. <br /> <br /> In the course of this gripping life-and-death race against time Adam comes to understand his extraordinary uncle—and himself—as never before. Could his Uncle Peace a cantankerous ex-Zen monk be the key not only to saving the Bay Area—and America—but also to sparking a civilizing cultural and spiritual renaissance?
