Exit Plan

"Exit Plan is vintage Larry Bond. A highly plausible story line that is technically authentic and and driven by compelling characters. Bond captures the professionalism of our Navy SEALs and submariners, as well as the volatile political/religious/military dynamic that is modern-day Iran. Scary stuff, but a great read."

Dick Couch, Author of The Warrior Elite


Exit Plan follows Jerry Mitchell and the crew of USS Michigan as they try to prevent a Middle East war that would engulf the entire world. On an urgent mission to extract an Iranian defector, a catastrophic fire on their mini-sub puts Jerry in unfamiliar territory - on dry land. He and a small SEAL team struggle to avoid capture by Iranian forces while Michigan battles the Iranian navy. The high-tech capabilities of a US SSGN, coupled with the SEAL’s fighting abilities and Jerry’s expertise with unmanned vehicles are all used as they fight to safely bring the defector and their information out in time.


About the Authors

Larry Bond is 63 and lives with his wife Jeanne in Virginia, outside Washington DC. After co-authoring Red Storm Rising with Tom Clancy, he has teamed with several different authors to write eighteen novels: Five with Pat Larkin, starting with Red Phoenix, eight with Jim deFelice, The First Team and Red Dragon Rising series, and five with Chris Carlson, including the Jerry Mitchell series, and his latest book, Lash-Up. Five have been New York Times bestsellers.


He has also co-designed the Admiralty Trilogy series games, which include Harpoon, Command at Sea, and Fear God & Dread Nought. All three have won industry awards.

Larry’s only nonfiction work is The Mighty Fallen, in collaboration with the photographer f-stop Fitzgerald. A photographic visit to military memorials in the United States and Canada, Larry’s introduction and text accompany f-stop’s stunning photographs of monuments honoring the service and sacrifices made by America’s veterans.


A U.S. Navy veteran, Larry was a Surface Warfare officer before leaving the Navy in 1982. He then worked as a naval analyst for defense consulting firms in the Washington, DC area.  He now writes and designs games full-time. Larry is an avid wargamer and modeler.


Christopher Carlson is a retired Navy Reserve Captain and Department of Defense naval systems engineer. He began his navy career as a submariner, and transitioned to the naval technical intelligence field in both the reserves and in his civilian job with the Defense Intelligence Agency.


He has co-authored several published works with Larry Bond, to include a short story, Burial at Sea, in the Tombs anthology, and four full-length novels, Dangerous Ground, Cold Choices, Exit Plan, and Shattered Trident. 


Being an avid wargamer from an early age, Chris is one of the co-designers, along with Larry Bond, of the Admiralty Trilogy tactical naval wargame series: Harpoon, Command at Sea, and Fear God & Dread Nought.