this book is about a team of Spy's. The boss of the team is Juan Cadrillo. They gust got a way from being offer run by rebels in the Congo river.On the way to back South Africa they save a raft from mercenaries. On the raft there was Sloane Macintyr. She works for a company that finds react ship's. Slonen was looking for the HMS Rove. She is looking for the Ship because in 1896 four Englishmen raced across the Merciless Kalahari desert  curring a fortune in raw diamonds  but they went missing.