Author:Patrick Robinson
From the pen of international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson comes a terrifyingly engrossing and mesmerising action thriller. If you like Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth, you will love this!
'Fast, sharply-focussed, engine-driven action.' - Express
'Robinson is one of the crown princes of the beach-read thriller' - Stephen Coonts
'A must read for any fan of this genre' -- ***** Reader review
'Great, exciting on the edge reading'-- ***** Reader review
'Simply brilliant'-- ***** Reader review
'Compulsive reading from start to finish'-- ***** Reader review
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SILENT. UNDETECTABLE. READY TO LAUNCH.
The Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine is the only true enemy of the American Carrier Battle Groups -- and it is up for sale.
Having ordered ten, China primes its first three, ready to take control of the Taiwan Strait.
Desperate to safeguard its ally on China's doorstep and stop the arrival of the Kilo-Class subs, America launches itself into a secret war, led by the President's National Security Advisor, Admiral Arnold Morgan.
A battle over peace, power and money ensues, played out in the icy depths of the world's oceans and the hinterland of Russia's rivers and lakes.
It soon becomes clear that there can only be one victor ...
Malouf is subtle, lyric and insistent. His stories enter the memory and stay there.
—— Irish TimesSimply brilliant and naturalistically told
—— GuardianThe continuities of nature are set against the obscenities of war...to contruct a memorable book
—— Sunday TelegraphThe novel of a poet without a single trace of overwriting
—— Daily TelegraphJoyously madcap
—— Publishers WeeklyPart Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own
—— Los Angeles TimesHas many pleasures to offer
—— New York Times