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USS Alcatraz (Locust Trilogy) Paperback – December 11, 2012

by Philip Robinson (Author)

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Author Philip Robinson blends reality with a dose of the outlandish in this fast-paced thriller:

Kraken Corporation is too big to fail…or control. Spreading its tentacles into every profit centre around the globe—oil, gold, diamonds—it takes what it wants and leaves behind a path of death and destruction.

When Emma Baine, heir to Kraken, publicly announces her intention to end the corporation’s history of profiteering, murder, and monopoly, a bomb explodes on the rostrum, killing her instantly. To her brother Carson, it’s the perfect punch line to Emma’s childish statement. He took out his sister, and now he’s going to take over the firm.

Using Kraken’s “private security force,” a mercenary army that rolls over every obstacle to profitability, and the USS Alcatraz, an old Russian nuclear sub retrofitted into a gargantuan underwater prison, Carson imprisons everyone he perceives as an enemy—while the highest figures in government turn a blind eye.

But there’s one obstacle Carson can’t grind under his heel: an ex-Marine named Vaughan. As Emma’s former lover and bodyguard, Vaughn is tough, smart…and very angry.

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Ten Reasons Why USS Alcatraz, Was Written

Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Black Box, interviews fellow author Alan Russell on his new police procedural Burning Man.

A thriller with a submarine on the cover suggests many things – from Tom Clancy to Das Boot and countless other underwater military yarns. Phil Robinson’s USS Alcatraz is a different beast entirely, a churning and rousing dive into what he calls “mayhem and skullduggery.” We asked Phil why he created such a wild story and what animates him as a storyteller. Here are his 10 reasons.

1. I wanted to write a book that was outrageous and fun, with huge characters that you could hiss and boo.

2. The USS Alcatraz exists the same sort of alternate reality as other big adventure stories, like Raiders of the Lost Arc or Batman. The idea behind it—that a wealthy malcontent can drop his enemies to the bottom of the ocean—is a fun one. The story is supposed to be plausible, rather than likely.

3. I started writing because I was bored with thrillers that read like non-fiction memoirs. I didn’t want to read about soldiers unpacking and packing rucksacks and discussing their load-out and mission planning. I am much more interested in mayhem and skullduggery. p>

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About the Author

Philip Robinson is a journalist who writes primarily for the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail. His career has brought him in contact with gangsters, pirates, special forces operators, despotic generals, corrupt cops, professional gamblers, fixers, Lear jet repo men, and multimillionaire hedge fund brats. His first novel, Charlie Big Potatoes, was published in 2003. He lives with his wife and three sons in North London.

Series: Locust Trilogy (Book 1)
Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer; Unabridged edition (December 11, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1612185886
ISBN-13: 978-1612185880
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.5 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 73 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,336,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7845 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Technothrillers
- #13492 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Military
- #32927 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > War

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Had A Lot of Potential

July 23, 2013

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This is an interesting but ultimately unsuccessful effort to get behind the scenes of Halliburton and the war on terrorism, as well as US politics, and somehow marry an old-fashioned submarine thriller to it all.

I actually read approximately 65% of the book (gotta love Kindle!) and then switched to hearing the entire book on audio for a recent long road trip.

There is a lot of potential here for this author and this book, but it badly needed editing -- too many characters (how many henchmen does Carson need?), too many similar battle set-pieces, and too many simultaneous plot lines made this a frustrating book in the end.

That said, I still enjoyed it, huge plot holes and all -- I just think a much better book lies somewhere between these pages.

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J. Brazell

Good read....but to much 'f'

January 1, 2013

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This is a new author for me and so far I like the story line and the writing style. I would have given it 4 stars if the 'f' word were not used to liberally and totaly uneccessary. I know people use that word and others like it but when it is used 18 times on one page it tends to break my self filtering and just makes me want to throw the book away. But it is a good read otherwise so I will finish this book.

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Gary Dunn

way out there

March 16, 2014

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I actually stoped reading it was so bad. This book was over the top rediculous, the writing the worst Ive read, to the point there was just no way to understand what he was trying to get accross. Terrible Dictum that was totaly false in its representationIve been with the millitary ilk all my life and found the terminology a bunch of BS Hollywood

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Is it possible?

June 18, 2013

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This book, though a work of pure fiction, makes a person think of the possibilities and implications of private contractors and the "free reign" they have to get a project done by any means necessary. Not only that but happens when one grossly oversteps their bounds in the pursuit of money and power. Was a little slow paced for an action/adventure, but when it got going it was a hard book to put down.

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Sixto Aponte Jr.

USS Alcatraz is a breakout hit for me

January 6, 2013

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The pace at times was tedious and jumped around quite a bit but Vaughn is a hero/patriot that displays the cost of finishing what you were morally tasked to do despite the pain, mental and physical endured.

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Maggie G

Much too much gratuitous violence

April 9, 2013

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The story of wealth and politics whoring for each other was interesting. The level of descriptive slaughter and violence added 300 UN-necessary pages to this book.

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Judith Lyon

Knuckle biter all the way through

March 7, 2014

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This was a real thriller that you had to keep reading to see what happened. although I would have liked a little more final information at the end.

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Strange

March 10, 2013

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This was a very strange submarine story I have read a lot of Patrick Robinson books such as the HMS Unseen etc. he sure has changed the basics of the story. Good reading material.

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