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The nuclear submarine "Dolphin" has impossible orders: Sail beneath the ice floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of research station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice pack somewhere within the Arctic Circle. But the orders can't prepare the crew for what they'll find if their mission is successful -- that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage and one of the survivors is a killer...
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Trident deception volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"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. But 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...
Author
Series
Trident deception volume 1
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...
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Trident deception volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Russia's new ballistic missile submarine, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, is being deployed on its first patrol while America's newest fast attack submarine, North Dakota, is assigned to trail it and collect intel. As the Russian submarine heads under the polar ice cap, its sonar readings reveal the trailing American sub and cause the Russians to begin a radical, evasive maneuver. This, however, fails and the submarines collide, resulting in damage that sends...
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New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear.
When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge.
From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed
8) Submarines
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Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Submarines introduces readers to the technologies that make working and living under the sea possible" --
15) Submarines
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Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the underwater world of submarines, showing them how these amazing watercraft have used stealthy secret attacks throughout history to revolutionize ocean warfare. Vibrant images and detailed diagrams of submarines from the U.S., Britain, Russia, and Germany are featured, from U-boats of the early 20th century to todays fastest and most powerful nuclear submarines. Readers will see firsthand how developments in technology...
16) The iceman
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
1942, off the port city of St. Nazaire in occupied France: A United States Navy S-class submarine assigned to the Royal Navy lurks just outside the borders of the minefield protecting a German U-boat base. Lieutenant Commander Malachi Stormes patrols close to the minefield entrance and manages to trap and sink three outbound U-boats in one spectacular attack. The U.S. Navy promotes him and gives him command of a new class of submarine, a fleet boat...
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Young Captain Nemo volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old descendant of Jules Verne's famous antihero must face down giant sea serpents and solve a centuries old mystery, armed only with his wits, his friends, and his Nemotech submarine.
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