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HMS Temeraire: latest and most advanced of Britains nuclear submarines. When Temraires trials are cut short and she is ordered to the Far East to reinforce the fleet against a threat from Red China - her captain - David Jermain - knows that this is no routine exercise in flag-waving. And once in Asian waters - he and his submarine find themselves involved in a hidden undeclared conflict beneath the sea. While the politicians haggle over a situation which could hold the seeds of full-scale war - Commander Jermain must keep his faith in himself and in his new ships potential - even when ordered to take the Temeraire to the edge of a catastrophe....