To Kill a Nightingale

Ten billion barrels of crude oil.
Two trillion cubic meters of natural gas.
Energy independence for Europe. Economic death for Russia.
To stay in power, Russian President Dmitri Barsukov must seize control of the vast oil and gas resources in the Black Sea. President of the United States Daniel Evans must stop the takeover. Chief Petty Officer Brian Thompson and the crew of the USS James E. Williams, dispatched on a search and rescue mission, find themselves back in harm's way.