Tessa Banner grew up on a cattle ranch near Missoula, Montana, and graduated Pre Med summa cum laude from the University of Montana. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart, her life seems mapped out. But the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changes everything. With her fiancé away fighting, Tessa enlists in the navy and attends OCS, and her unique skills soon find her on a top secret mission. She is partnered with the charismatic marine Capitan JD Boone, who is not overly happy to have a woman as his co-pilot. Together, Tessa and JD battle the lethal and ruthless enemy organization Piranha, to recover the priceless icon, Andrei Roublyov's Ascension of Saints 1425. Set in the glorious Pacific Islands this is a tale of adventure, intrigue, and betrayal.