Robert C. Powers is a destroyer captain who served with the Navy in Vietnam during the years of riverine warfare in the Mekong Delta. He holds a Ph.D. in world politics. This is his seventh novel, a sequel to the action-packed novels Quester, The Mud Fox, and Black Dragon. Other novels by Powers include The Wara War, a tale of the supernatural and Old House on an Island, a romantic adventure set during World War II. Powers has traveled extensively around the world and brings his experiences into vivid focus in his exciting, well-researched novels.