Seattle sailing instructor by day, rock musician by night, Jay Becker leads a life others only dream about....until he meets his new sailing student. A German beauty named Marlene, she soon sparks trouble beyond Jay's darkest imagining: beyond the lies about her "employer"-a shadowy figure known only as Albatross....beyond the brutal deaths surfacing in her wake....Soon Becker will be drowning in a sea of stolen U.S. defense secrets and high treason, trapped by a cold savagery that will test-or break-his last mortal fiber....