In distant Micronesia, the American underwater laboratory, where top-secret research was carried out, disappears without a trace. At the same time, the bathysphere, which is controlled by Kurt Austin, is attacked, almost ending in disaster. Austin is sure: although at first glance these two events are not connected in any way, in fact they are threads of the same giant web. And in the center is a mysterious Chinese cartel with plans to cause a deadly pandemic... Brave oceanographer and his team are ready to give their lives to save millions of people