Even as a commander with the Sixth Fleet in the Med is making secret pacts with Arab terrrorists, those guerillas are preparing a massive strike meant to throw the world into another massive war. As William Kendall seeks to find the traitor, the Special Unit prepares to take on the terrorists.

Beneath the surface of the ocean, the US Navy is creating a secret base which will give it an edge in mining the sea floor as well as aid in the defense of the country. The Soviets and others are determined to see it stopped. William Kendall and group are in the thick of things over it.

As the existence of the Special Unit begins to be leaked out, a mysterious group is using blackmail and murder to throw international affairs into major disarray. William Kendall and his people find their options drastically limited.

For Manhattan ADA Joe Estrada, retrying community hero Roberto Morales for the brutal murder of his colleague and lover looks like a prosecutor’s dream come true.  Soon enough, though, it’s beginning to seem more like a nightmare...   Missing witnesses, a smart, tough defense lawyer, pressure from his bosses, and a hostile press and public… and then Estrada begins to believe that Morales may actually be innocent.

A faithful servant of the CIA has been forced to abandon the most brilliant stroke of his career and, refusing to obey orders, continues with his mission to protect both the important Russian he has turned into an agent for the US, and his colleagues.

When ex-prosecutor Michael Ryan’s estranged daughter-in-law is accused of killing his equally estranged son, she wants him to defend her.  At first it seems outrageous, but as he learns more Ryan sees that it’s a request he can’t refuse.

Grand jurors Susan Linwood and David Clark have no idea what they’re getting into when they decide to help two defendants indicted by their grand jury.  What they think is a frameup involving Chinatown rivals turns out to have far wider implications, and to be far more sinister – and deadly.

There’s not much laughter at the New Year celebrations in Washington this year - six weeks after John Kennedy’s murder nobody feels like letting their hair down. That much is true of Harry Jensen, a White House analyst who has seen his political dreams go up in smoke.