This is a book of fiction with a plot which is not outside the realms of reality. Someone "hires" a Russian Submarine and sinks a US Navy Carrier with a Nuclear torpedo. The brother of one of those killed aboard the carrier, Lt Commander Bill Baldridge, is tasked by the President of the USA ... Read review
Advantages: Short and full of action Disadvantages: The ending leaves a few loose ends
This is a book of fiction with a plot which is not outside the realms of reality. Someone "hires" a Russian Submarine and sinks a US Navy Carrier with a Nuclear torpedo. The brother of one of those killed aboard the carrier, Lt Commander Bill Baldridge, is tasked by the President of the USA to track down the killers.
This chase involves US naval Intelligence, commanded by the outrageously arrogant, ruthless and efficient, ... ...especially from Retired Admiral Sir Iain MacLean, The Teacher.
The trail of the Submarine goes from Russia, to Iran, Scotland, London, Kansas and Iraq, cullminating in the South Atlantic and Eygpt.
The book is compelling and once started is very difficult to put down.
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This is a book of fiction with a plot which is not outside the realms of reality. Someone "hires" a Russian Submarine and sinks a US Navy Carrier with a Nuclear torpedo. The brother of one of those killed aboard the carrier, Lt Commander Bill Baldridge, is tasked by the President of the USA to track down the killers.
This chase involves US naval Intelligence, commanded by the outrageously arrogant, ruthless and efficient, Vice Admiral Arnold Morgan, The Mossad and the Royal Navy, especially from Retired Admiral Sir Iain MacLean, The Teacher.
The trail of the Submarine goes from Russia, to Iran, Scotland, London, Kansas and Iraq, cullminating in the South Atlantic and Eygpt.
The book is compelling and once started is very difficult to put down.
bigrupes 06.07.2000
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The first of Patrick Robinson's books to feature the wonderfully wicked Admiral Arnold Morgan; rich in character development and detail makes for an enjoyable and unmissable read that is difficult to put down. ...
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