Rules of Engagement follows the career of Alan Craik, a young U.S. Naval Intelligence officer.Shortly before the Gulf War, Craik's first posting as a lieutenant is on one of two aircraft carriers heading for the Persian Gulf. On board the other is his father. Both take part in a nighttime strike on the Iranian coast - but they are destined never to fly together again. The last time Craik sees his father, he is at the controls of his stricken plane, plunging toward the sea.Shocked by the loss of such an important figure in his life, Craik refuses to accept the official explanation for the tragedy, that it was a lucky strike by an Iranian missile. The more he looks into it, the more his instincts tell him that the real story is much more disturbing: Someone on his father's ship sabotaged his plane - and that someone is still on board. Read Less