Dagger Quest

An aging Coast Guard cutter is all that stands between the world and nuclear war.As NATO and Russia edge toward open conflict in Europe, a Russian bomber collides with a U.S. fighter off the coast of Florida. In the chaos, a nuclear?tipped hypersonic missile is accidentally launched—and vanishes from the sky.Days later, the USCGC Kauai finds a drug?laden sailboat smashed and adrift north of the Florida Keys. The wreckage tells a different story: the “lost” missile didn’t harmlessly plunge into the Gulf of Mexico. It came down somewhere in the Keys.Now the Kauai’s crew is locked in a race against a vicious international crime syndicate to find the missing warhead first. If the wrong people get to it, the discovery of a single Russian nuke on American soil could ignite the war everyone fears.Blending high?stakes action with authentic Coast Guard detail, Dagger Quest follows the friendship, tension, and courage of a small?ship crew pushed far beyond routine patrols. Readers who enjoy military and spy thrillers, sea adventures, and shows like Sea Patrol will feel right at home aboard the Kauai.This is a military thriller adaptation of a SciFi novel previously published as Engage at Dawn: First Contact by Edward Hochsmann.