HMS Unseen
a horribly compelling and devastatingly gripping action thriller - one hell of a ride…
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4.1 • 12 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Another brilliantly conceived and breathlessly executed thriller international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson, HMS Unseen is a dazzling, high-octane page-turner. Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will not be disappointed!
'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' - Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller
'The new Frederick Forsyth' -- Guardian
'A tour de force' - Express
'A riveting hi-tech action thriller' - Northern Echo
'Difficult to put this book down' -- ***** Reader review
'Cracking good read' -- ***** Reader review
'A must for all that love fast action' -- ***** Reader review
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IT MUST BE STOPPED, WHATEVER THE COST...
The deadliest ship in the world has fallen into the hands of a terrorist enemy - Ben Adnam, the man believed to be behind the destruction of the Thomas Jefferson, has returned to seek his revenge on his Iraqi paymasters and the country that betrayed him.
He defects to Iran, where he is helped in his plan to transform a stolen submarine into a unique weapon capable of causing the most shocking air strikes in an American history.
His vengeance on the US is devastating, H. M. S. Unseen is lost, and the blame appears to lie with Iraq.
It is up to Admiral Arnold Morgan to prove his suspicions that Iraq isn't responsible, and that Adnam is the only man skilful enough to orchestrate such an attack.
But time is running out...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The third near-future naval techno-thriller from Robinson (Kilo Class; Nimitz Class) breaks neatly into two stories. The first is about a hijacked sub and its brief but effective reign of terror against American and European aircraft. Iraqi terrorist Benjamin Adnam, escaping death at the hands of his countrymen, travels to Iran and offers his services to the reigning Ayatollah, with plans for a twisted revenge. He will hijack a British submarine that is about to be sold to Brazil, fit it with a missile launcher and attack American aircraft in such a way that Iraq, not Iran, will be blamed. When the British sub vanishes, and even before three planes are shot out of the sky (including one carrying the American vice president), Adnam's American nemesis, Admiral Arnold Morgan, discerns the terrorist's hand behind events. But no manhunt follows, as Robinson instead focuses on Adnam's inner turmoil and his fate as a traitor who's been rejected by his mother country and discarded by his surrogate home. Robinson uses this departure from formulaic plotting to deepen Adnam's character, from cold super-terrorist to lost and searching human being, meanwhile allowing Adnam's yearnings to spark a few final plot twists. The energy of the opening half flags in the novel's later part, however. Robinson is visibly developing as a writer, but he's not yet able to make the inner struggles of one man as exciting as the shooting down of a Concorde jet by a sub. Still, his willingness to challenge the rigid boundaries of the military thriller is welcome, particularly as his writing stays always on its toes. Simultaneous HarperAudio; author tour.
