"War in Ukraine is taking its toll on the world. Among US concerns is Russia’s piracy of grain ships. Unit23 of Congress is assigned to deny Russia’s Fleet further success, intending to block Sevastopol Harbor with oceangoing ships scheduled for salvage. Russia’s warships will become sitting ducks for inventive marauders of Ukraine’s Navy. Turkish Presidential politics and Naval jealousies are hurdles to cross. Russia’s SVR spies are prepared to subvert Unit23 at any cost. A bookmaker’s hardened nerves and a liar’s practiced deceit are Zachary Mannheim’s tools as he savors realities in the Black Sea’s region. In a bloody standoff between Russian troops, Ukrainian soldiers, and a Russian General, Zachary must solve a deadly thicket where all will die as losers."