As New England swelters in the summer of 1914, Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate a cache of missing rifles -- only to discover something much more sinister involving a transistor radio set to summon German U-Boats. Summer, 1914. Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate a cache of missing rifles-- but whoever broke into the Winchester Factory wasn't looking to take weapons. They wanted to leave something in the shipping crates: a radio transmitter, set to summon a fleet of dreaded German U-boats. Someone is trying to keep American supplies from reaching British shores, and if Bell doesn't crack the conspiracy in time, the Atlantic Ocean will run red with blood.-- adapted from jacket

Based on characters created by Clive Cussler.