From Publishers Weekly
The authors of the biography Rickover know their military stuff, and they've come up with a fast-moving, sometimes funny caper. During World War II, a U.S. submarine sinks a Japanese freighter carrying medical supplies that had Allied assurances of safe passage. Thirty-five years later, a Japanese consortium engages the Glomar Explorer to raise WW II hulks "for scrap." When the retired skipper of the sub, trying to clear his name, is murdered in Washington, exCIA operative Gunnison, now a consultant for the agency, is qui+etly brought in to find out what's going +on. The consortium, it develops, knows +that the ship was loaded with gold, not +medicine. Gunnison is hired by the Jap+anese, but plans to get a bigger cut of +the billions involved by throwing in +with a Taiwanese wheeler-dealer. After +a series of betrayals, the book climaxes +with the Glomar in the Formosa Strait +surrounded by submarines, surface +ships and aircraft from China, Japan, +Taiwan, the Soviet Union and America. +The situation is at flash-point, and, as +one character says, the world's only +hope "is that they're as fouled up as +we are." Plausibly scary and great, +whiz-bang fun. (March 27q+
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Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
A retired World War II American submarine commander responsible for sinking a Japanese Merchant ship, the Osaka Maru, which had been guaranteed safe passage by the U.S. Navy, is murdered in Washington while trying to trace official records that will clear his name. The CIA hires a former agent, Harry Gunnison, to investigate. Harry quickly discovers that the ship, ostensibly on a mercy mission, contained millions in gold bullion looted during the war. The sole Japanese survivor of the sinking plans to raise the wreck. Harry finds himself at the center of a race for the treasure and a major international incident. Allen and Polmar have crafted a gripping thriller complete with believable characters, bullet spattered action, and an exceptionally clever plot. Highly recommended for popular fiction collections. Brian Alley, Sangamon State Univ. Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
