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.
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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.
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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!
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Technical comments,
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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.
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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".
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Commander James Edward Travers pressed the headset against his ear, listening to the warble of coded transmissions plucked from the cold, wet air somewhere above the spaghetti of pipes and wiring bundles that decorated the Spook Hut's overhead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
depth beneath keel, depth below keel, sonar shack, hours local time, weather bridge, torpedo room, escape trunk, blow valve, sonar room, tactical channel, enlisted mess, deck tilted, combat center, sub school, line handlers, sonar contacts, periscope depth, sonar arrays, bug juice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sea of Okhotsk, Mare Island, Los Angeles, Chief Allison, San Francisco, Alfa Two, Ivan Rogov, Sierra One, First Squad, Soviet Union, Bekaa Valley, Comrade Captain, Mike Chase, Seaman O'Brien, World War, Free Sanction, Master Chief Warren, Frank Gordon, Second Squad, United States, Krasnoyarskiy Komsomolets, Admiral Hartwell, Alfa One, Naval Intelligence, Silent Service New!
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Commander James Edward Travers pressed the headset against his ear, listening to the warble of coded transmissions plucked from the cold, wet air somewhere above the spaghetti of pipes and wiring bundles that decorated the Spook Hut's overhead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
depth beneath keel, depth below keel, sonar shack, hours local time, weather bridge, torpedo room, escape trunk, blow valve, sonar room, tactical channel, enlisted mess, deck tilted, combat center, sub school, line handlers, sonar contacts, periscope depth, sonar arrays, bug juice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sea of Okhotsk, Mare Island, Los Angeles, Chief Allison, San Francisco, Alfa Two, Ivan Rogov, Sierra One, First Squad, Soviet Union, Bekaa Valley, Comrade Captain, Mike Chase, Seaman O'Brien, World War, Free Sanction, Master Chief Warren, Frank Gordon, Second Squad, United States, Krasnoyarskiy Komsomolets, Admiral Hartwell, Alfa One, Naval Intelligence, Silent Service New!
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This book cites 5
books:
- Around The World In Eighty Days (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) by Jules Verne on page 345
- Soviet Union (Collins Independent Travellers Guide) by Martin Walker on page 403
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne on page 345
- Soviet Union (Global Studies) by Minton F. Goldman on page 88
- Around The World In Eighty Da (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) by Jules Verne on page 345
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