The story takes place shortly after Marvel's Civil War event, but you don't really need to know what happened there to be able to follow this. Namor, the ruler of Atlantis, is informed that a terrorist act that took place in the United States was perpetrated by some of his subjects. Namor goes to clear his kingdom's reputation, as well as his own, but it's never that simple.

Namor had a lot of depth to him; too often, he's just this shallow background character who is just used as a cardboard villain or ally, depending on the whim of the author. I'm glad to see that he's finally getting more attention and development, since he's one of my favorite characters.

I'm not one to give five star ratings often, but I loved this collection. This is one of those trades that I can easily imagine reading more than once. ( )