"In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact was seemingly lost. But when Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea, new clues emerge to its hidden existence. But Pitt and his compatriot Al Giordino have larger worries when they are ordered to recover a missile from Luzon Strait. Only someone else is after it, too--a rogue Chinese military team that makes their own discovery, hijacking a ship capable of stirring the waters into a veritable Devil's Sea. Only Dirk Pitt can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation and save the world from war"-- Back cover