is a kind of Stephen King meets Clive Cussler, as it concerns the disappearance of some high-profile civilian boats, their crews, and passengers under mysterious novel flips between the modern-day and World War II, centering around a man's search for his grandfather, a Seaman, whose demise was categorized as 'missing in action'. But how could that be? During a brief telephone call to his wife, he told her he was about to embark on a boat trip along the rivers connecting Knoxville to St. Louis which raises questions regarding his disappearance: