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When her brother is killed, brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson must discover the volatile mystery behind a decommissioned Soviet submarine, Silent Thunder, that was recently purchased by the U.S. government for use as a maritime museum. Though the U.S. government tries to warn Hannah away, she'll stop at nothing to find the ruthless mastermind behind her brother's death. Even if it means joining forces with a mysterious man who may be even more...
2) Goliath
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Publisher
Forge Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Terrorism. Acts of oppression. The threat of nuclear war. What if one madman aboard a vessel could end these fears forever?Commander Rochelle "Rocky" Jackson is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan when the "unsinkable" naval vessel and its entire fleet are attacked from the depths and sunk. As Rocky struggles to stay alive, a monstrous mechanical steel stingray surfaces, plowing through the seas it now commands.The US Navy–designed Goliath...
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Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
From International Bestselling Author Jan Coffey...A deadly tale of political intrigue and terrorism!SILENT WATERSOVER SIX MONTHS ON TOP 100 KINDLE MILITARY BEST SELLER LIST.Drawing on fifteen years of submarine-building experience, Jan Coffey crafts a thriller that will keep any reader turning the pages…A nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, commandeered by two-dozen armed terrorists.The target: New York City....
6) Nimitz class
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English
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An American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea is sunk by a nuclear torpedo with the loss of 6,000 hands. The U.S. retaliates with an attack on an Iranian submarine base, but as Lieutenant Commander Billy Baldridge discovers the real culprit is a lone Iraqi submariner, a far more elusive terrorist.
12) The last Mayday
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1968.
Language
English
Description
A novel about an American nuclear submarine, a former Russian Premier, and an international crisis.
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"1983. The US nuclear submarine USS Roanoke embarks on a classified spy mission into Soviet waters. Their goal: to find evidence of a new, faster, and deadlier Soviet submarine that could tip the balance of the Cold War. But the Roanoke crew isn't alone. Something is on board with them--something cunning and malevolent"--Publisher marketing.
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English
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"On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain clutching a shotgun. While searching the freighter for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented, almost brainwashed. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken--the men say--by baffling lights that circled the ship....
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English
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After launching its maiden voyage, the USS "America, " the world's most technically advanced nuclear submarine, is pirated by terrorists and disappears beneath the Atlantic with its warheads aimed directly at the United States. Rear Admiral Jake Grafton must ferret out the group responsible and overtake and destroy the sub before an entire nation is brought to its knees.
16) Silent descent
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
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The United States sends in a submarine and an elite SEAL team to find proof that the Russians are selling nuclear weapons from the remote Kola Peninsula and contaminating the Arctic in the process.
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2021.
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English
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"Remy is a Chorister, rescued from the surface world and raised to sing in a choir of young boys. Remy is part of a strange crew who control the Leviathan, an aging nuclear submarine, that bears a sacred mission: to trigger the Second Coming when the time is right. But Remy has a secret too--she's the submarine's only girl. Gifted with the missile's launch key by the Leviathan's dying caplain, she swears to keep it safe. Safety, however, is not the...
19) Polaris
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"One day in the not-too-distant future, Pete Hamlin regains consciousness deep inside the nuclear submarine Polaris. He's got a gun in his hand, a fire raging outside his door, and a dead man at his feet. Soon Pete discovers that the ship is in the middle of a mutiny--and he has no idea what side he's on. He finds the ship is now commanded by the beautiful but volatile Hana Moody. She's locked the former captain, Finn McCallister, inside a steel trunk,...
20) Deep strike
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A shoulder-launched missile attack on a convoy of vehicles leaving the U.N. headquarters in New York kills several diplomats, including the American ambassador. Security footage reveals that the killer behind the attack is a disgraced former special forces operative, Mark Alperi. But before U.S. intelligence operatives can catch up with him, Alperi is already onto the next phase of his plan. With funding from the nearly shattered ISIS, Alperi plans...
