Jack Bauer is a fugitive hunted by the most powerfulnations in the world. On a self-imposed crusade to destroythe criminal empire of international arms dealer Karl Rask,Jack has infiltrated the crew of one of Rask's freighters. Buthis mission is disrupted when the ship is hijacked by aband of suspiciously well-informed pirates off the coast ofSomalia. As Jack fights to free the ship, he discovers adeadly secret hidden in its hold.