Choosers of the Slain (Amanda Garrett, #1)

Heavy caliber cannon fire rips across the harbour of a remote South Atlantic research station.

Worse is to come...

When Argentinian forces launch a lightning strike against the Antarctic peninsular, only a single US Navy destroyer stands between them and the country's ambition to seize the continent's rich resources for herself.

The USS Cunningham is sailing into hostile waters, untested, unsupported and far from home. But as the enemy will soon discover, the Cunningham is no ordinary warship, nor her Commander any ordinary Captain...