U.S.S. Seawolf [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• ISBN-10: 0099424967
• ISBN-13: 978-0099424963
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Patrick Robinson is the co-author of the recent New York Times bestseller, "A Colossal Failure of Common Sense - the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers."

Before that, he co-authored Lone Survivor for Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell which was #1 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list for eight months in 2007.

Patrick is also the author of eleven international bestselling suspense thrillers, including To the Death, Nimitz Class, Hunter Killer, and Diamondhead, the first book in his brand new series.

He lives in Ireland and spends his summers in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible..., June 24, 2001

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M. Venniro (Las Vegas, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U.S.S. Seawolf (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a fan of the techno-thriller. Sub novels in particular. I picked this brick off the shelf and decided to give it a whirl. Guess what? It kept whirlling all the way to the trash heap. The characters are shallow. The plot is unrealistic. The cliches are abound. I can go on but I would digress.

If you are looking for a truly good SUB novel try Attack Of The Seawolf by Michael DiMercurio. In my opinion the best SUB-Novelist in the biz.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars From a former cold war submariner, February 20, 2006

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Jim Boydston "Operatenor" (San Diego, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U.S.S. Seawolf (Mass Market Paperback)

This has to be the worst novel I've ever read. It is chock full of divisiveness, bigotry and absurdity, and the author has a rudimentary at best knowledge of submarine operations. The author additionally lacks even a common sense understanding of the development and hierarchical management of staff in the sub service. Pairing a caricature of all that is good in a leader with a caricature of all that is bad in a leader as numbers one and two in command of a submarine is the author's biggest departure from reality.

His use of the story to be a Republican propagandist is not only petty, but maliciously inaccurate.

While being no fan of the Chinese political agenda, I find his characterization of the Chinese in general to be tediously rancorous, and largely completely without basis.

The plot is so absurd that despite an overabundance of violence and action, it is rendered totally vapid. As I read it, I kept finding myself repeating, "You've gotta be kidding!" over and over in my head.

The copy I have was passed to me by a friend, but I can assure you another victim will NOT be subjected to this most atrocious piece of prose. It goes in the trash where it belongs!

41 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly written and crafted cant put down novel, June 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: U.S.S. Seawolf (Hardcover)

I was eagerly anticipating the forth of Patrick Robinson's submarine themed novels and was not disappointed. In fact the book was devoured in 48 hours with a some late nights and definitely falls into "can't put down" status.

The U.S. navy dispatches their most advanced submarine, captained by the best submariner, to spy in Chinese waters on their newly launched submarine. Everything goes to plan until the Submarine is captured and towed to a Chinese navy port whilst her crew are imprisoned and tortured. The U.S. national Security Adviser, Arnold Morgan, a fantastically larger than life character that appears in the previous novels, "Nimitz Class", "Kilo Class" and "HMS Unseen", is the pivot between the Political intrigue and the naval options. These options include the rescue of the imprisoned crew by the U.S. seals and the problem of the most advanced submarine in the enemies hand.

Sensitive to providing sufficient detail to ensure authenticity Robinson does not overload the reader with too much technical jargon in the way that Clancy can. A superbly written and crafted "can't put down" novel that I would strongly recommend.