In his third installment, commander James Mitchel once again sails the African waters onboard the USS James E. Williams.  When Mitchel learns of a mysterious cargo onboard the Dai Hong Dan – a North Korean freighter – the American warship sails to intercept. Before the Williams reaches the North Korean freighter, they are seized by Somalian pirates in the waters where U.S. and NATO warships have been patrolling off the Horn of Africa for years now in an effort to stop piracy.