For NUMA crew leader Kurt Austin, an investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America, a NUMA crew turns a white-goddess legend, & murderous bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinals. Austin and his crew realize they're working opposite ends of the same scheme. A California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the earth's vastly depleted freshwater.
