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damage control one step from apocalypse
during a fleet exercise in india alan craik faces a minefield of explosive events that threaten to tear the country and a u.s. battlegroup apart . a military base is attacked by fringe elements an indian submarine mutinies and then shoots down a u.s. navy aircraft and a group of indian scientists are killed when they are attacked with sarin gas . craik ignoring the conventional wisdom that the incidents are unrelated believes that a fanatical group have control of certain elements of both the indian government and its armed forces . then the rebels seize part of indias nuclear arsenal . suddenly a u.s. carrier battle group joins pakistan china and saudi arabia on the target list . the world is faced with the spectacle of a nuclear capable nation in the hands of a self destructive religious cult and its up to craik and a team of specialists to re capture the nukes and prevent massive devastation . but with time running out and the cult leader still at large are they already too late