From New York Times bestselling author Randy Wayne White, after the deadliest hurricane to hit Floridaβs Gulf Coast in a century, Doc Ford must stop a gang of thievesβand worseβduring the twelve hours of chaos that follow the passing of a stormβs eye.
A Russian diplomat disappears while Doc is tagging great white sharks in South Africa, and members of a criminal brotherhood, Bratva, donβt think itβs a coincidence. They track the biologist to Dinkinβs Bay Marina on the west coast of Florida, where Brotherhood mercenaries have already deployed, prepared to pillage and kill in the wake of an approaching hurricane.
No one, however, is prepared for a cataclysmic event that will forever change the island and leaves Doc to deal with escapees from Russiaβs most dangerous prison, including a serial killerβthe Vulture Monkβwho has a taste for blood. His only ally is an enigmatic British inventor whose decision to ride out the storm might have more to do with revenge than protecting a priceless art collection.
Doc has a lot at stakeβthe lives of his fiancΓ©e, Hannah Smith, and their son, plus the fate of his hipster pal, Tomlinson, whose sailboat has disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico. The greatest threat of all, though, is a force that cannot be escapedβa Category Five hurricane that, minute by minute, melds sins of the past with Florida's precarious future.