1896 Four Englishmen Flee for Their Lives Across the Merciless Kalahari Desert Carrying a Stolen Fortune in Raw Diamonds and Hunted by a Fierce African Tribe. the Thieves Manage to Reach the Waiting Hms Rove - Only to Die With Their Pursuers in a Vicious Storm That Buries Them All Under Tons of Sand...The Present Day Juan Cabrillo and the Crew of the Covert Combat Ship Oregon Have Barely Escaped a Mission on the Congo River When They Intercept a Mayday From a Defenceless Boat Under Fire Off the African Coast. Cabrillo Takes Action, Saving the Beautiful Sloane Macintyre - Who's Looking for a Long-Submerged Ship That May Hold a Fortune in Diamonds.But What Surprises Cabrillo is Her Story About a Crazy Fisherman Who Claims to Have Been Attacked on the Open Sea by Giant Metal Snakes in the Same Area. What Begins As a Snake Hunt Leads Cabrillo on to the Trail of a Far More Lethal Quarry - a Deranged Militant and His Followers Who Plan to Unleash the Devastating Power of Nature Itself Agai