Book Description

The ship Perra de Mar was a Fantasma class ship that was built as a result of the United States Navy's goal to produce a low-cost, multi-role, tactical, littoral ship for themselves and their allies. The ship was to be designed to operate in the relatively shallow waters along coastal areas, while retaining the ability to defend itself from equal or even larger warships. Its four-and-a-half-meter draft would allow it to maneuver in shallow bays and estuaries where larger ships could not. The Navy awarded four-year design contracts to SeaTact and Oceanic Engineering. Each would produce a concept demonstration ship or more commonly known as, a technology demonstrator. The demonstrator ship must not only be prepared to show off its combat prowess but also its stealth capabilities. SeaTact's entry, Fantasma, was the most popular according to the crewmembers and officers that were involved in the ship's testing. SeaTact's marine engineer on the project was Hermia Contreras. She was a retired Navy Commander with years of experience at sea. Unfortunately, the Fantasma did not win the competition. As a result, it was to be stripped and then turned over to a ship-breaker for demolition. Instead of allowing the ship to be destroyed, Hermia clandestinely sailed the ship out of the harbor with a hand-picked crew. Hermia was on a mission to rescue her brother that had been captured and confined to a North Korean prison when he was caught during an attempt to rescue a news reporter. She is being helped by the CIA, because they want her to rescue the reporter. She is also a CIA agent that is still in possession of some important information concerning North Korea's nuclear weapons capability. To sweeten the deal, the CIA would see to it that the United States government would never bring charges against her or her crew for laws broken while completing their missions.The only drawback was that the CIA couldn't overtly prevent any other country from acting against her. This makes her enterprise very dangerous.Thus, begins a cruise around the world, punctuated by dangerous encounters with the Russians pirates and the Chinese Navy. When her pursuers discovered that the ship is registered under the Andorran flag, as the Buque de Investigación Perra de Mar (Research Vessel Sea Bitch). 'Sink the Sea Bitch' became the vehement declaration of her pursuers.