Blackmail: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N1P0Q9Z |
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| Number of Pages | : | 251 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Enthralling… The submarine and surface-ship battles are pitch-perfect, and readers will shudder with every missile strike and every exploding depth charge.” Publishers Weekly on Blackmail“The best novel about a submarine since Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October.” Booklist (starred review) on The Trident Deception “A military, techo-thriller throwback to the early days of Tom Clancy mixed with the best of W.E.B. Griffin…Empire Rising is a high-tech shoot-’em-up for a more thoughtful generation.” Providence Journal
Campbell is the author of The Trident Deception, Empire Rising, and Ice Station Nautilus. area. On his last tour, he was one of the two men whose permission was required to launch the submarine’s nuclear warhead-tipped missiles. RICK CAMPBELL is a retired Navy Commander who spent more than twenty years on multiple submarine tours. He and lives with his family in the greater Washington, D.C.
If the U.S. The U.S. reeling, crippled and vulnerable, with only a desperate long shot chance to avoid a devastating world war.The U.S. To make matters worse, Russia’s Special Forces have wired every major oil and natural gas pipeline with explosives. The Russian Northern Fleet moves swiftly in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian army is moving west to the border, and Russian Baltic and Black Sea Fleets are mobilized. aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacific Ocean is severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. While the Russian government officially apologizes, claiming it was the result of fire control accident during a training exercise, it was instead a calculated provocation. is risking disaster if it acts, but the alternative is quite possibly worse. Torn between the unthinkable and the impossible, the only possible move—to launch an attack on all fronts, simultane
"An exciting and well written book that will spark your attention to current events" according to John. The idea of a war with Russia, China,India or Iran could seem farfetched but the author has done his homework on the current GeoPolitical situation in Europe, the Mideast and Asia. These all come into play and lead up to a very plausible scenario of the United States once again having to take action as its suppos. Good read! RADM Bruce Newel USN (Ret) While the military details are impressive, this time they over power the good narrative. Still a page turner. Keep writing!. WillC said Another winner. Rick Campbell blends hands on knowledge with great twists and turns in the plot. All his books are great reads.