Clearwater [Paperback]

Bill Buchanan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2000

America's deadliest submarine has fallen into enemy hands...

The hunt is on.

It is America's most potent undersea arsenal--and it has disappeared from Pacific radar screens. Fully armed and positioned to obliterate everything in its path, the U.S.S. Maine is now in the hands of a secret adversary. As the threat of a new war looms, the world holds its breath....

Product Details

• Paperback: 475 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042517364X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425173640
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #787,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars simply a great book!, November 7, 2003

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christopher harold bounds (Durant,OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clearwater (Paperback)

This book was amazing from begining to end.But dont take my word for it, read it yourself.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A tedious, often boring "techno-thriller" . . . ., April 18, 2000

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"vindicare" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clearwater (Paperback)

I agree with the first reader/reviewer of this book that it's bad, but for a wholly different set of reasons. The portrayal of women-in-arms in the story may indeed be oversimplified and inaccurate, but the main shortcoming of this book is the author's over-reliance on techno-babble and paying too little attention to good ol' fashioned storytelling. It's one thing to describe how the micro-electronic brain of a missile guides it towards its inevitable target, but it's something else altogether to drone on in seemingly endless detail about computer network technology, protocols, security audits, etc., that would make even the most jaded MCSE cry out for mercy. Talk about BORING! Also, though the basic premise of the story is believable, the characters are underdeveloped caricatures that border on the laughable. With people like "Scotty" ("the engines can't take anymore, captain!") and Eion, it's as if the author is trying to make the "warrior nerds" in our armed forces into poster-boys. Just imagine recruiting posters featuring not lean, mean Marines toting M-16's but computer geeks wearing taped glasses hacking into computer networks with a laptop. All in all, this is a story that has a sound premise but lacks the smoothness and fluidity that are essential in a good read. You might call it all substance but no style.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't wait to read the next chapter, April 11, 2000

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Charles (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clearwater (Paperback)

This book is highly entertaining with lots of military action and suspense. Nearing the end of the book, I played hooky from work just to finish the story!