A journalist, Nicole Vanay, has an interview with Fox about a hypothetical act of piracy on the seaway, and who has jurisdiction. This leaves Fox curious and he investigates her background. He then asks King to befriend her and find out more, which he does. She is on the trail of an ex-premier of France, who is leading a group of rebels determined to make Algeria a French colony again. They plan to seize a ship on the seaway to make their point. King goes undercover in order to stop them.
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