Description:

A shortage of cadavers, necessary for medical school anatomy classes, creates a global market for bodies of the unfortunate dead. With no regulations to govern their acquisition and transport, the scene is ripe for disaster. The Miranda, an ocean-faring vessel, makes regular eight-week voyages. Traveling to the Far East, it loads up with electronics and heavy equipment, sweeps south into the Indian Ocean through the Straights of Sumatra, and then on to East Africa, where the vessel takes on several thousand barrels of F4 oil. Along the way, Captain Stenovich picks up a steady supply of cadavers, which harbor the seeds of disease and death. On another front, a diabolical plot--decades in the planning--swirls around Professor of Anatomy Helene Astik. Test assassinations, using biological agents, allow the cause to fine-tune their ultimate campaign. Without a shot being fired or a device exploding within a crowd, she plans to take down the President of the United States.