The impossible has happened. The President of the United States has been kidnapped. At the same time, a ship with a dangerous chemical cargo on board has crashed off the coast of Alaska. If the President is not found, an international crisis is inevitable. If the catastrophe is not prevented, all life in the ocean will die. What if between the kidnapping of the President and the crash of the mysterious ship is there a connection? What if these events are just part of someone's larger plan to upset the balance of the world? Dirk Pitt, the Indiana Jones of the Deep, is the only one who can save the situation.