A hijacked tanker, a volatile cargo, and a crew who refuse to be victims.
When pirates seize the product tanker Argus Wave in the Red Sea, Second Officer Callum Reid has hours—not days—to keep his crew alive and his ship out of enemy hands. The Bab el-Mandeb narrows ahead. Patrols are distant. The radios are suspect. Razor wire is only half up. On the bridge a captain under guard tries a quiet distress signal. In the galley Samira watches, measures, and waits. Below decks a messman carries a phone and a secret. As a ruthless pirate captain battles his own lieutenants, every choice risks turning a loaded ship into a firestorm.
Silent Tide is a lean, high-tension maritime thriller that pairs real shipcraft with rising dread, where survival depends on knots, watts, and nerve.