'USS ''SEAWOLF''' - Hardcover

Robinson,Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712680284 ISBN 13: 9780712680288

Publisher: Century, 2000

Synopsis

By the close of the twentieth century, China had gathered secret information concerning United States military surveillance and guided-missile technology. Now, in 2005, the technology is in production in China's new breed of submarine-based long-range-missiles. The dragon has stirred.

Admiral Arnold Morgan, the President's National Security Adviser, cannot sit back and wait for China to perfect its new ballistic weapon. He dispatches the most lethal hunter-killer submarine in the fleet, Seawolf, deep into the China Sea.

Seawolf eludes the Chinese until a catastrophicaccident suddenly puts the U.S. submarine at theirmercy; the crew vanishes, plainly captive. At the riskof starting World War III, Admiral Morgan ordersthe elite Navy SEALs to rescue the Americans at allcosts. Under cover of darkness, the SEALs move into the forbidden waters of the South China Sea. Theirorders are brutal: Do whatever it takes. Failure, unthinkable.

U.S.S. Seawolf is epic in its sweep, meticulous in its authenticity, and breathtaking in its pacing. It is a terrifying and thrilling tale for our times.

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About the Author

Patrick Robinson is the author of seven international bestselling suspense thrillers, including Nimitz Class and Hunter Killer, as well as several nonfiction bestsellers. He divides his time between Ireland and Cape Cod.

From Publishers Weekly

Robinson's gripping followup to HMS Unseen pits bellowing National Security Advisor Arnold Morgan against an increasingly brazen People's Republic of China, which has been flexing its military muscle by shooting missiles over Taiwan and threatening a nuclear strike on Los Angeles. In response to this last threat, stalwart Capt. Judd Crocker of the submarine Seawolf is sent on a secret mission to assess the nuclear strike capability of China's new Xia-class sub. When nervous executive officer Linus Clarke inadvertently cripples the Seawolf, the crew is taken prisoner, and the submarine falls into the hands of Chinese Admiral Zhang Yushu, who hides behind diplomacy while using torture and physical abuse to ferret out the Seawolf's secrets. What Zhang doesn't know is that one of the submariners is even more valuable than the sub itselfAa fact that sends Admiral Morgan into a desperate race against time to destroy the Seawolf before its secrets can be revealed, and to effect a seemingly impossible rescue. As usual, Robinson makes the impossible look easy and ratchets the tension higher and higher, until at last a team of SEALS assaults the prison where the Seawolf's crew is housed. But that's not the end of the story. In the novel's final few pages, several well-planted political hints blossom into a series of plot explosions. Given their potential importance to both the story and the life of Robinson's hero, Arnold Morgan, these developments are jarringly abrupt. While this finale is devastating, it feels rushed compared to the rest of this well-paced naval techno-thriller.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0712680284
• ISBN 13: 9780712680288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380