Echo Class [Paperback]

David E. Meadows (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2009

June, 1967. In the waters of the Pacific, Captain Danny McDonald of the USS Monaghan is ordered to track down a Soviet submarine—without triggering World War III.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (February 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042522631X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425226315
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #903,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Time and Money, April 17, 2009

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CDR USN (Ret) "bohm107w" (Eldersburg, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Echo Class (Paperback)

Full disclosure: I'm a retired USN officer, with several years at sea in different ship types, and I served during the period in which this book is set (the 1960's). I've read much of what Meadows has written, and the books have become progressively worse. He is a USN Captain, according to his web site, but he writes like he's never seen a ship, much less been aboard one. The plot of this book is thinner than the paper it's written on. The descriptions of equipment and operating procedures are purely imaginative, and the very basic terminology of ASW (like calling out depths in meters, feet and fathoms interchangeably in the same paragraph, and getting two of the three wrong) indicates a total lack of both research and editing. This could have been a mediocre book, but it failed to reach even that low standard. If you absolutely MUST read it, get it from the library...don't spend a dime on it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Naval Adventure!, June 30, 2009

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Dennis J. Winkelsas (Norfolk, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Echo Class (Paperback)

Captain Meadows has written yet another very enjoyable and exciting naval adventure book. Having read all of his books to date, it's hard to pick a favorite since they are all so well done. I thought the characters here were well developed; we intimately see the thought processes of the Soviet submarine captain and the commanding officer of the US destroyer as they play the ASW cat-and-mouse game. The "inaccuracies" cited in other reviews of this book are pretty much down in the noise, and have little to do with plot of the story. After all, this is a novel, not the Bluejacket's Manual. I have a 40 year association with the Navy, both on active duty and as a technology contractor, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I'm looking forward to reading his next offering.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER THRILLER!, June 27, 2009

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Swubird (Orange County, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Echo Class (Paperback)

Echo Class is a Cold War suspense thriller that begins with an American destroyer, the USS Dale, chasing a Soviet nuclear submarine, K-122, across the Pacific. Eventually, losing the Soviet boat in deep water, the story then moves into Subic Bay in the Philippines, where the crew of the destroyer takes a well-earned liberty. Their joyful respite is cut short, however, when a sonarman on duty aboard the Dale discovers that the K-122 is actually hiding in Subic Bay. Then the action really begins to heat up.

You see, unbeknownst to the U.S. Navy, several members of the Soviet boat have sneaked ashore on a top-secret-mission. Exactly, what are they up to? I can't tell you that, you'll have to read the book. But, I can tell you that Subic Bay becomes a hot bed of real time war games between the two most powerful navies in the world. Their opposing captains, who can only be described as grand masters of their trade, engage each other in a ticklish fight to the bitter end where one tiny mistake on either side could blast the entire world into nuclear Armageddon.

Like a delicious desert, this book will leave you hungry for more. I highly recommend Echo Class.