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Incident In Mona Passage: A Novel Of The Next War Beneath The Sea Hardcover – June 21, 1994

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press; Combined edition (June 21, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0938289381
  • ISBN-13: 978-0938289388
  • Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,666,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 starsDon't pretend to write about scientific or naval matters if you're not a scientist or a sailor
By Sam and Annie on November 27, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
Agree with reviewer Craig Finch -- and more.

The Author must have done an exhausting amount of research to go into such authentic-sounding detail about both biomedical matters and submarine nuclear power systems, but his amateur mistakes in both subjects are so glaring that the whole book is derailed. For example, early on he says that a gene sequence affects only males because it's on the X chromosome. WRONG! Females have two X chromosomes; males have an X and a Y (so it's the Y chromosome that carries only-male genetic material). There are countless errors in naval procedures, including two howlers: He has people saluting on board a submarine (the Navy salutes only outdoors or when under arms), and his officers address enlisted men as "Mister" (which is reserved for junior officers, below the rank of Commander/O-5 only).
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2.0 out of 5 starsA collection of facts disguised as a novel
By Craig Finch on December 4, 2012
Format: Paperback
This book is difficult to describe. In some ways, it's brilliant. Other aspects are so bad that it's difficult to reconcile them with the good parts. "Incident in Mona Passage" could have been a post-Cold War version of "The Hunt for Red October." Unfortunately, it falls short in many ways. The first two thirds of the book are tedious to read, as the author elaborates numerous painstaking details about Navy procedures, acronyms, and lingo. He gives the same treatment to laboratory procedures and biological warfare. As an engineer, I didn't mind the overdose of facts too much. The slow pace also helps to convey the fact that life in a warship consists of months of tedious routine, punctuated by moments of suspense and adrenaline. Towards the end of the book, the tension builds as the story moves towards a climax that is every bit as good as Tom Clancy's best. Unfortunately, the ending manages to destroy everything that the story had built up to that point. I was left in a bewildered state of shock, wondering what the author could have possibly intended to convey by ending the book in that way. Instead of reaching an epic and memorable conclusion, the story fizzles out and dies.

After pondering it for a while, I can only conclude that the author has not really written a novel. It's a collection of facts in the form of a narrative. The characters are only there to support the flow of information. When all the information has been conveyed, the characters are disposed of and the story ends without any attempt to tie up loose ends or reach a conclusion. I was left with many unanswered questions, about the story and about the book...what happens next? Did the author die before finishing the story? Who decided to publish this? Those are not the kinds of questions a good book should leave you with!
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3.0 out of 5 starsGood story. Way too much repetitive detail
By timeforchange on June 25, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
I liked the story but hated the extreme detail
About subs which kept being repeated. Also too much detail about naval ranks and their abbreviations
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5.0 out of 5 starsExciting, Informative, Techno Thriller
By Loring Cowell on October 27, 2008
Format: Hardcover
I recommend this book for all lovers of submarine techno thrillers. It is a white knuckle ride through the world of top secret biological weapons research, coupled with the technical submarine ops of the U.S.Navy. The ending is quite unexpected making the story line that much more entertaining, albeit sad. A very good novel written by a very capable author.
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