It's not Baxter's war. But he's the only one who can stop it. Baxter Cruise should be coasting toward his PhD, but his competing lives as gifted robotics student and internet criminal converge as he becomes the pivot point in the CIA - FBI hunt for a notorious assassin. Forced to work for the mob, he bides his time, knowing that when the project ends-so will his life. Alone in the world without family or allies, the only thing that matters is his survival. No one can save him. But can he save himself? An espionage and suspense thriller with a techno bent, OCEAN OF FEAR is set along the California coast and in South America...