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Author
Series
Pacific Rim novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the very near future, China, now the world's largest industrial producer and consumer of Mideast Oil, passes a law that all new cars manufactured in that nation will be operated on natural gas. Beneath the floor of the South China Sea, around the contested Spratly Islands, billions of gallons of natural gas wait to be mined. But at the center of the Spratlys, the remote but strategic island of Itu Aba is occupied by China's historic enemy, Taiwan.
When...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
It was the assignment of a lifetime.... Brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson has been given the job of a lifetime. A U.S. maritime museum has just acquired the decommissioned Soviet submarine Silent Thunder for public exhibition. It?s Hannah?s job to make sure that every single inch of the legendary nuclear attack sub is safe for the thousands of visitors anticipated. Enlisting the aid of her brother, Connor, they examine the enormous vessel and...
3) Goliath
Author
Language
English
Description
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. A U.S. Navy-designed futuristic nuclear stealth submarine the length of a football field in the shape of a giant stingray. Simon Covah, a brilliant...
5) Vostok
Author
Series
Loch novels (Steve Alten) volume 2
Publisher
Rebel Press, an imprint of Next Century Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
6) Exit plan
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell novels volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
11) Dixie City jam
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From two-time Edgar Award–winner and New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a thrilling novel—now available in ebook—that pits Dave Robicheaux against the worst opponent he's encountered yet.
It's out there, under the salt of the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast—a buried Nazi submarine. Detective Dave Robicheaux of the New Iberia Sheriff's office has known of its existence since childhood,...
It's out there, under the salt of the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast—a buried Nazi submarine. Detective Dave Robicheaux of the New Iberia Sheriff's office has known of its existence since childhood,...
12) On a submarine
Author
Series
Publisher
Catch a Star
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Join these fabulous friends, as they go deep into the sea on a submarine. With lots to spot and see, from brightly colored jellyfish, magical underwater cities, and even a shipwreck with treasure, there's no end to the excitement of a submarine trip.
13) Hawke
Author
Series
Alexander Hawke thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Star
Pub. Date
2006, c2003
Language
English
14) Poseidon's arrow
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
Language
English
Description
With adventures plumbing the depths of the oceans, Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels always rise to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. An unparalleled white-knuckle affair, Poseidon's Arrow finds Pitt on his most dangerous mission yet. With a key part of an experimental sub missing, Pitt and his NUMA team race against time to prevent the technology from falling into the wrong hands.
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell novels volume 4
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, Jerry Mitchell, the captain of USS North Dakota, is shocked to see the Chinese boat torpedo a Vietnamese merchant ship. This blatant act of aggression is the opening gambit in a war that has blindsided the U.S. and quickly embroiled all nations in the western Pacific. These nations, bound together in the newly formed Littoral Alliance, have begun a covert submarine campaign aimed at crippling China's economy...
Author
Series
Trident deception volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The USS Kentucky--a Trident ballistic missile submarine carrying a full complement of 192 nuclear warheads--is about to go on a routine cruise. Not long after it reaches the open sea, however, the Kentucky receives a launch order. After receiving that launch order, it is cut off from all counter-orders and disappears into the Pacific while it makes the eight-day transit to the launch site. What the Kentucky's crew doesn't know is that those launch...
17) Empire rising
Author
Series
Trident deception volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Xiang Li Cheng, the President of the People's Republic of China, has both a problem and a plan. The problem is that the limited supply of oil available to China is threatening to derail his country's economic growth and prosperity. And to secure access to those resources, he must contend with powerful U.S. Navy and the Pacific Fleet. After a decades-long largely secret military build up, Cheng sets his plan in motion by suddenly invading Taiwan and...
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