The Silent Service: Los Angeles Class [Kindle Edition]

H. Jay Riker (Author)

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Product Description

The year is 1987. Military Intelligence has sent reports of an awesome new Soviet sub that no one in the West has ever seen before in the Russian-patrolled seas off the Kamchacka Peninsula. Now Tom Gorden, new commander of the Los Angeles Class submarine Pittsburgh, must transport a hand-picked team of U.S. Navy SEALs into hostile waters and go up against the phantom boat -- even at the risk of a shooting war. But the enemy has its own reasons for luring U.S. forces onto Russian turf. And there is a highly placed spy in the American ranks who may, even now, be leading a boat full of brave men to their doom.

About the Author

H. Jay Riker has written five books in his submarine warfare series, The Silent Service, and ten books in his bestselling military fiction series, SEALs, The Warrior Breed. Retired from the U.S. Navy, he has been writing fiction for more than a decade, and his novels have been highly praised for both their nail-biting action and remarkable authenticity.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 430 KB
• Print Length: 420 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0380804670
• Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (March 17, 2009)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0010Y9RB8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,189 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read!, April 13, 2001

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R. Smits (Hamilton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Silent Service: Los Angeles Class (Mass Market Paperback)

I judge most books by how much I look forward to getting back to it once I put it down and whether or not I fall asleep immediately after opening the cover. I do most of my reading during my daily train commute into the Big Apple and it takes a lot to keep me awake and interested in any reading material. Riker provides some excellent material to fill the 90 minute train ride and its material I look forward to reading and when I open the cover I DO NOT fall asleep. Technical content I don' know about, I do know his material keeps my interest high and I enjoy reading it! I look forward to other works by Riker!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Technical comments, May 30, 2001

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C. M. Wood (Cumming, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Silent Service: Los Angeles Class (Mass Market Paperback)

Riker needs an advisor. The plot was entertaining enough, but there were enough disconnects to make the book sound silly. For example, Riker calls a maneuver to reverse course a "Wilkinson" when it should be a "Williamson turn." All Navy officers of the deck use right and left when giving rudder orders and port and starboard for engine orders to avoid ambiguity. Riker has his CO telling the helmsman to "come to starboard" with no specified course or number of degrees of rudder. And so on. Failure to do his homework mars an otherwise entertaining book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, April 21, 2001

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Mike (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Silent Service: Los Angeles Class (Mass Market Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. In fact, I sat down one night and could NOT put this book down. I plan on attending the Naval Academy, and serving on submarines, and this book gave me a great picture of submarine life, including the treatment of the "nubs".