In the heart of the old Soviet Union, a mining tycoon has declared himself czar of Russia. Claiming Romanov ancestry and backed by billions of dollars, he is determined to overthrow the already current and shaky Russian government-while distracting the U.S. with a man-made natural disaster.  All along America's eastern seaboard lie pockets of methane hydrate--a notoriously unstable compund known as "fire ice".  Detonation of this compound could create al tidal wave big enough to destroy a major city.  But there's one thing this power-hungry madman didn't count on:

     Kurt Austin and his Special Assignment Team are about to make a few waves of their own.