Kilo Class
a compelling and captivatingly tense action thriller – real edge-of-your-seat stuff!
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- 12,99 €
Publisher Description
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 ...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Those pesky Chinese are at it again. In the gripping techno-thriller sequel to Robinson's Nimitz Class (1997), the genre's new most favored villains have bought a number of highly capable, stealthy "kilo class" submarines from Russia to use as a threat against Taiwan. Navy Commander Cale "Boomer" Dunning, skipper of the nuclear-powered sub Columbia, is tapped to seek out and destroy the Kilos before the Chinese can take delivery. His assignment involves much derring-do, including a vividly described SEAL mission and a hair-raising transoceanic passage under the polar ice cap. Although Robinson excels in describing action scenes and armaments, careless writing and an abandoned subplot involving a hijacked researched vessel mar his tale. So does the smug assumption that our military knows best when to attack ships of another nation. Nevertheless, this is a sure hit for fans of military and adventure fiction. FYI: Nimitz Class is currently in production with Universal Studios.
