Maelstrom

Former environmental activist Fred Hope has left his swashbuckling days of cutting tuna nets and ramming whaleboats behind. But when his corrupt partner charters their recycling boat to a group of Norwegian whalers and word arrives from Ireland that his seventy-eight-year-old Uncle Ernie has died mysteriously, Hope is drawn back to the frigid waters of the North Atlantic--and into action. A dedicated anti-fascist and accused gunrunner for the Irish Republican Army, Uncle Ernie had made plenty of enemies in his life. But only when Hope discovers the true identity of the Norwegian chartering his boat--Thor Landsman, an unrepentant Nazi and godson of Hermann Goering, with ties to the IRA -- does he begin to trace the trail of revenge, deception, and lust for power that stretches back to World War II. As Hope pieces together the shocking truth about Landsman's ultimate mission, he learns that Uncle Ernie was a man more resourceful and cunning than anyone -- friend or enemy -- had ever dreamed.