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In the year 2040 the corrupt and tyrannical Chinese government nears collapse. Aiding their fall is one of the world's richest men, Milton Black, a westerner also known worldwide as "the Pacific Baron". Black has pursued the Chinese government and people with unrelenting vengeance, using his wealth to engineer financial chaos. With their demise imminent and in an effort to escape retribution from their people, certain top Chinese government officials prepare their escape.
With the assistance of a corrupt and unknown American employee, the Chinese manage to steal time travel technology (called TEGAN) from the American installation, USTECH. They then send two of their agents to the year 2004 where those agents hire a salvage vessel to pre-empt the discovery of a huge haul of Nazi gold, due to be found in that era. This takes place off the north-eastern coast of Australia, and in original history the captain of the salvage vessel would have found the gold soon after. The theft of the gold is done in preparation for the remaining Chinese officials who plan to escape to the past.
However, in 2040 the US government finds itself with more problems than just the rouge actions of the corrupt Chinese government. Powerful electromagnetic pulse waves, or RIPPLES, are striking at random across the east coast of the US, disabling almost all electronics and bringing with them aircraft from the previous century. These are vessels which have disappeared within the Bermuda Triangle. They are carried through time by huge electromagnetic forces, the result of natural magnetism within the triangle boosted by the enormous man-made magnetic forces generated during the "Philadelphia experiment" in 1943.
Sadly though, with the automatic defense systems of 2040 on alert due to the RIPPLES (especially at a time of Chinese instability), none of these aircraft or passengers survive, being downed instantly upon arrival.
Christian President Will Forrest waits until the Chinese government is falling under a peoples' revolt, then attacks the Chinese time base, hidden beneath the Great Wall. Forrest must risk nuclear retaliation to halt the Chinese threat. He must also face the added threat posed by the traitor within USTECH.
In 2004, the two Chinese agents on board the salvage boat Sea Bed recover the Nazi gold. Knowing the Americans of 2040 are pursuing, they know they must move quickly or risk capture. While in 2040, the president of the US must take decisive action or risk having his nation spiral into turmoil and destruction.
The tension builds towards a violent and thrilling climax.
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