The US and China have emerged in the millennium as the preeminent superpowers. Japan and the US have worked in secret at a disused nuclear research center on a remote island in the South China Sea to pefect a viable nuclear fusion reactor. Suddenly the black veil of secrecy is shredded, the long shot project is on the verge of a breakthrough, and the Chinese want the prize located in their backyard.
Navy Reserve Commander Ben McGuire, a Navy SEAL team, and an isolated group of scientists struggle with sabotage, a typhoon, and a rapidly approaching and powerful Chinese fleet, and a radical new reactor that some scientists are terrified of shutting down.