Haiti, 1991. When a violent coup d'etat leads to the fall of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, American expat Matt Amaker is forced to abandon his beachfront scuba business. With the rise of a brutal military dictatorship and an international embargo threatening to destroy even the country's most powerful players, some are looking to gain an advantage in the chaos--and others are just looking to make it through another day. Desperate for funds, Matt teams up with his best friend and business partner, Alix Variel, the adventurous only son of a prominent Haitian family. Their ambition and exploration of these wrecks come with a cascade of ill-fated incidents--one that involves Misha, Alix's erudite sister, who stumbles onto an arms-trafficking ring masquerading as a U.S. government humanitarian aid office, and another with rookie CIA case officer Audrey O'Donnell, who finds herself doing clandestine work on an assignment that proves to be more difficult and dubious than she could have possibly imagined.-- Back cover.