Target Lock — James H. Cobb

After a series of successful tests, an industrial research satellite falls to the Indonesian sea and disappears--along with its international recovery team and ship. NATO and U.S. military officials believe that it has been stolen, but by whom and why?

Commander Amanda Lee Garrett and her Navy task force are called in for the hunt. They suspect that a high-tech pirate has plans for the satellite and its data. But the man they're looking for is a criminal genius who controls a sea force of his own from a hidden fortress. And a face-to-face meeting between hunter and hunted turns the mission into an international crisis...

Because Commander Garrett is no longer in command. She is a hostage.