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A top-notch novel... Fast-paced, always suspenseful, this book reads like today's headlines... One of the best new novels of the year. -- MilitaryCorruption.Com July 16, 2000

This riverting book will alter America's view of the Coast Guard. Don Hutton is a writer of genuine purpose and orginality. -- John Wallace, author of POW-83


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Dark Voyage with the US Coast Guard

"The rules state you have to go out. Nothing is written that states you have to come back." -The Coast Guard Sea Journal -

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cape Solace mysterious sinks while on patrol off coast of the Florida, taking 26 crewmembers to a deep water grave. At the same time, Coast Guard Intelligence Agent Brad Thomas surfaces from a deep cover sting operation in New York City netting two "Coasties" involved in smuggling for the Mob.

A Marine Board of Inquiry investigation yields no answers to the Cape Solace sinking, and the New York sting is covered up. What is happening to America's lifesavers, the "quiet service"?

That's what Agent Brad Thomas, his life destroyed by the sinking of a second Coast Guard cutter, sets out to discover on a deadly path of vengence and redemption that leads from gritty Miami Streets to the innermost corridors of power in Washington.

There has never been a book like this before about the Coast Guard, written by one who was there in a critical time as a spy within the service.

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Edgewater Press (May 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0967811716
  • ISBN-13: 978-0967811710
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #908,424 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars I don't know what Coast Guard the author served in., March 27, 2002
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It is hard to believe that the author was ever in the Coast Guard. He has created a story while decent has no basis in how the Coast Guard actually operates. I have been a Coastie since 1991 and it was almost painful to read this due to the inaccuracies. If you aren't a coastie, please don't view this as an accuarate view on how the Coast Guard operates.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Worth A Shot, July 19, 2000
I was hoping that this book would finaly promote the Coast Guard in a deserving and exciting light, but unfortunately I was let down. Being an active Coastie on a 210', I was thrilled to see a Coast Guard fiction book on the shelves. After forcing myself to read it however, I became very disapointed in the obvious lack of research performed by Mr. Hutton, which I need not reproduce, as many other of these reviews have already stated them. It was a well enough story in itself, although there were few areas where I felt "caught by the action". I have kept the book only because I am an avid Coastie, but if you can mind the multitude of factual mistakes and sometimes slow plot advance, then this book may be worth a try.
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1.0 out of 5 stars The deep blue is the right place for this book, July 11, 2000
I wouldn't recommend this book due to Mr. Huton's disregard for fact. It certainly would have made better reading if he'd done a little more research. Some examples: 1) A 210 foot Coast Guard Cutter has more than 29 people on it. 2) The 1st Coast Guard District is in Boston, not New York.

I didn't get far before this book found it's way to the trash. Sorry for the bad review but it stinks!

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