- 1976:
- USS
- Redstone,
- the
- oldest
- ship
- in
- the
- Fleet,
- is
- ground
- zero
- for
- the
- newest
- idea
- in
- the
- Navy:
- integrating
- women
- onto
- ships.
- While
- engineers
- of
- Redstone
- labor
- to
- prepare
- quarters
- for
- women,
- the
- ship
- is
- tapped
- to
- bring
- priceless
- cargo
- across
- the
- Atlantic
- for
- a
- public
- relations
- tour.
- The
- State
- Department
- wants
- to
- put
- a
- new
- face
- on
- US-Arab
- relations,
- and
- the
- face
- they
- choose
- is
- the
- three-thousand-year-old
- solid
- gold
- image
- of
- Egypt's
- boy
- king:
- Tutankahmun.
- But
- part
- of
- the
- shipment—and
- two
- sailors—go
- missing
- during
- a
- ferocious
- storm
- at
- sea.
Fifteen
- years
- later,
- Maggie
- Freeman,
- stuck
- in
- a
- dead
- end
- town
- and
- tired
- of
- her
- life,
- joins
- the
- Navy
- and
- trades
- the
- Blue
- Ridge
- Mountains
- of
- Virginia
- for
- the
- deep
- blue
- of
- the
- ocean.
- Assigned
- to
- USS
- Redstone,
- she
- encounters
- the
- ship's
- megalomaniacal
- Chief
- Engineer,
- Mal
- Hiller,
- who
- uses
- fear
- and
- intimidation
- to
- subvert
- everyone
- aboard
- ship,
- male
- and
- female.
When
- the
- United
- States
- finds
- itself
- on
- the
- brink
- of
- war
- with
- Iraq,
- Redstone
- is
- called
- upon
- to
- sprint
- across
- the
- ocean
- in
- a
- move
- to
- salvage
- US-Middle
- East
- relations.
- Menaced
- by
- Hiller,
- Maggie
- finds
- an
- ally
- in
- the
- resourceful
- Steve
- Carter.
- Together
- they
- discover
- a
- dark
- secret
- hidden
- in
- the
- heart
- of
- the
- ship,
- which
- may
- be
- the
- key
- to
- escape
- being
- buried
- at
- sea
- by
- their
- vindictive
- enemy.1976:
- USS
- Redstone,
- the
- oldest
- ship
- in
- the
- Fleet,
- is
- ground
- zero
- for
- the
- newest
- idea
- in
- the
- Navy:
- integrating
- women
- onto
- ships.
- While
- engineers
- of
- Redstone
- labor
- to
- prepare
- quarters
- for
- women,
- the
- ship
- is
- tapped
- to
- bring
- priceless
- cargo
- across
- the
- Atlantic
- for
- a
- public
- relations
- tour.
- The
- State
- Department
- wants
- to
- put
- a
- new
- face
- on
- US-Arab
- relations,
- and
- the
- face
- they
- choose
- is
- the
- three-thousand-year-old
- solid
- gold
- image
- of
- Egypt's
- boy
- king:
- Tutankahmun.
- But
- part
- of
- the
- shipment—and
- two
- sailors—go
- missing
- during
- a
- ferocious
- storm
- at
- sea.
Fifteen
- years
- later,
- Maggie
- Freeman,
- stuck
- in
- a
- dead
- end
- town
- and
- tired
- of
- her
- life,
- joins
- the
- Navy
- and
- trades
- the
- Blue
- Ridge
- Mountains
- of
- Virginia
- for
- the
- deep
- blue
- of
- the
- ocean.
- Assigned
- to
- USS
- Redstone,
- she
- encounters
- the
- ship's
- megalomaniacal
- Chief
- Engineer,
- Mal
- Hiller,
- who
- uses
- fear
- and
- intimidation
- to
- subvert
- everyone
- aboard
- ship,
- male
- and
- female.
When
- the
- United
- States
- finds
- itself
- on
- the
- brink
- of
- war
- with
- Iraq,
- Redstone
- is
- called
- upon
- to
- sprint
- across
- the
- ocean
- in
- a
- move
- to
- salvage
- US-Middle
- East
- relations.
- Menaced
- by
- Hiller,
- Maggie
- finds
- an
- ally
- in
- the
- resourceful
- Steve
- Carter.
- Together
- they
- discover
- a
- dark
- secret
- hidden
- in
- the
- heart
- of
- the
- ship,
- which
- may
- be
- the
- key
- to
- escape
- being
- buried
- at
- sea
- by
- their
- vindictive enemy.
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