The Kasbah in Algiers. Dark and mysterious, a sinkhole teeming with the dregs of humanity; noisy, desperate and dangerous-looking men, and a few veiled women. Thieves, murderers, ruffians, men who trafficked in everything from hashish to human beings were everywhere. For a few dinars you could find someone who could make anything disappear forever. The American Embassy's briefing officers had specifically warned the sailors of the battle group against coming here. Nothing good could come of visiting the place. It was the last place that a pretty American woman sailor should go ... unless she was trying to save friends and shipmates, and their ship ... from a fate worse than death. This is the third Sam Wilson story in the "Liberty Series" and follows this intrepid woman sailor through her last port visit in the Mediterranean.