"A Secret Service agent is dead, an apparent suicide. A presidential candidate narrowly escapes an assassin's bullet. And Desk Three, a convert branch of the NSA, is searching for a chilling connection deep inside the Republic of Vietnam"--Publisher.

When young dive-bomber pilot is dismissed for reckless behavior, he's reassigned to the Black Cat squadron as the co-pilot of a giant Catalina seaplane, The Sea Witch. He's thrown into a whole new world, where a Catalina carries five tons of bombs, a half-dozen machine guns, and a crew that walks a fine line between valor and a death wish. A daring rescue mission forces them deep into enemy territory, where the crew of the Sea Witch must band together...