China Sea — David Poyer

WELCOME TO THE MOST DANGEROUS SEA IN THE WORLD

Lieutenant-Commander Dan Lenson thought he was taking the USS Gaddis on her final journey, to turn her over to the Pakistan Navy. But suddenly his mission's changed. Now, he's commanding an undermanned, under-gunned, near-mutinous frigate deep in the China Sea--and the Pentagon's not answering the phone. Gaddis's cover mission is to destroy the pirates who infest these shallow, dangerous straits. But with a typhoon bearing down, and his crew ready to explode, Dan finally realizes he and his crew have been turned into renegades themselves, to engage in a violent, secret shoot-out against the second most powerful nation on earth.

For Dan, a bizarre, treacherous mission has become a desperate test of honor, character, and courage. For not only has Gaddis been forced into a covert mission against China, she now has a murderer on board...