Steve Carlsson

StandOff Steve Carlsson

EVEN A NERD HAS HIS BREAKING POINT... They kidnapped tech genius Quang Chen to torture him for access to US strategic launch codes. They blackmailed US Navy Intelligence Commander Wade Emmerson's family. But when they put their hands on Chen's wife and child... all bets were off. Chen orchestrates his escape only to find himself in the midst of rebel forces intent on revenge and the US Navy and Australian forces out to stop them. From a jungle camp in Vietnam, to the high seas of the Indian Ocean, the unlikely duo of Emmerson and Chen must unravel a web of absolute evil intent on drawing the US, Australia and South East Asia into a resource sapping regional war. . But the 'key in the code' reveals something even more unthinkable. Emmerson and Chen are left with no choice but to take on the combined resources of Russian Mafia boss Ivan, Al Qaeda and a manipulative CIA director to avert global nuclear holocaust. The race to find Chen is on...