Years ago, a secret Soviet plan was created to destroy the Alaskan oil pipeline. Now, those plans have been stolen by the brilliant and treacherous ex-KGB agent Ivan Kerikov. Joining forces with a powerful Arab oil minister, Charon's Landing is about to be unleashed at last...
Kerikov plans to use a terrorist group to sabotage the Alaska pipeline and pollute the western coast of North America with oil. When Mercer discovers that an accident was actually murder, he investigates and begins to untangle Kerikov's web.