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CRUISE OF NO RETURN

CRUISE OF NO RETURN
By H.G. Middlemass

GENRE: Thriller / Suspense
LOGLINE:

A retiring FBI Agent vacationing onboard the World’s Fastest Cruise Ship must save a city and stop Turkmenistanyn Terrorists from scoring the largest ransom in history.

SYNOPSIS:

FBI Agent Kent Yates has a year til retirement. When he and his wife GAIL win free tickets on the Maiden Voyage of the World’s Fastest Cruise ship they look forward to relaxing on their first vacation in five years. A Thirty-day cruise from LA to The Philippines, Japan and back.

Complicating matters is YATE’s Ex-Wife, SELENA who happens to be on the cruise. She’s a very successful entrepreneur who still has feelings for YATES.

GAIL is a jealous of SELENA even though she’s quite successful in her own right.

Tempers explode when they’re unexpectedly all seated together at the Captain’s dinner.

But when a Terrorist from Turkmenistan named MECK hijacks the ship, Yates’ vacation becomes a Cruise of No Return.

After obtaining a WMD in Filipino waters, MECK, vows to take revenge on his perceived enemy, China, for supporting the brutal dictator of his homeland.

MECK nearly sinks the Ship when he forces it through a Super Typhoon to get to China.

Barely surviving and heavily damaged, the American cruise ship sails into Hong Kong Harbor where MECK demands the Largest Ransom in History.

Meanwhile, YATES has to partner with SELENA’s New Husband to fight the the terrorists, prevent hostages from being killed and evade capture while their wives want to strangle each other.

So, Can the United States and China work together to avoid disaster?

Will China pay the ransom?

In the end, YATES may be the only person who can save the ship and the City of Hong Kong.

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