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Following the events Jerry Mitchell encountered in Dangerous Ground , the pilot-turned-submarine officer is now a department head, the navigator, aboard USS Seawolf . Now on a mission deep in the Barents Sea, north of Russia, Seawolf explores the sea floor, part of a sophisticated reconnaissance plan that will watch the Russian navy as it trains for battle. Although well outside Russia's territorial waters, Seawolf is ambushed by Russia's newest submarine, Severodvinsk . Although it doesn't fire any weapons, its aggressive new captain, Alexi Petrov, harasses the intruder with dangerously fast, insanely close passes by the American boat. The two subs collide, with the Russian boat crippled and trapped on the bottom. Only Seawolf knows where she is, and the rest of the Russian fleet is too angry to listen. Mitchell and his shipmates have to keep their own damaged boat afloat, figure out a way to make the Russians listen, and keep the trapped Russian submariners alive until they can be saved - if that is even possible.
Author Notes
Larry Bond is a writer and game designer. He graduated from St. Thomas College in 1973 with a degree in quantitative methods.
Bond worked as a computer programmer before entering The U.S. Navy Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated in 1976 and served in the Navy for six years. Bond spent two years with the Navy Reserve Intelligence Program and then worked as a naval analyst for consulting firms in Washington, D.C.
Bond also designs games. His Harpoon gaming system was published in 1980 and has won the H.G. Wells Award as the best miniature game of the year in 1981, 1987, and 1997. A computer version of the game was created in 1990 and won the Wargame of the Year award from Computer Gaming World.
Bond began his writing career by collaborating with Tom Clancy on the bestseller Red Storm Rising. His own novels include Red Phoenix, The Enemy Within, and Day of Wrath.
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Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
A nuclear submarine can be one of the more dangerous places to be trapped, as shown in this suspenseful follow-up to bestseller Bond's Dangerous Ground. Capt. Aleksey Petrov has just taken command of Severodvinsk, the first nuclear sub to enter Russian service in years. His orders are to drive away any American subs observing Russian naval maneuvers in international waters. When a miscalculation leads to a collision with the USS Seawolf, the damaged Yanks can limp away, but Severodvinsk goes to the bottom. The Seawolf's commander attempts to help the stranded sailors, despite resistance from Washington and Moscow. Both sides will have to overcome their mutual suspicions if they are to make the rescue. If this techno-thriller lacks the geo-political sweep of The Hunt for Red October, its depiction of the bond shared by submariners, even those on opposing sides, makes it more intimate and, along with convincing portraits of men under severe stress, more human. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Against the frigid backdrop of the Barents Sea, a submarine captain must decide whether to risk his crew's lives to save his enemies. Navy aviator turned submariner Jerry Mitchell, hero of Dangerous Ground (2005), is at his new post aboard the nuclear sub Seawolf. Its mission is to map the sea floor beneath an area the Russian navy uses for training exercises by deploying and recovering three unmanned underwater vehicles. Despite the crew's best efforts, however, the Russians spot Seawolf and send out their newest and best nuclear sub, the Severodvinsk, skippered by up-and-coming young Captain First Rank Aleksey Petrov. As Seawolf was detected in international waters, the Russians have every reason to tend toward caution, but Petrov's highly aggressive attempt to intimidate the American sub into leaving the area leads to a collision that wounds the Seawolf. The American sub limps away, assuming the Russians have returned triumphantly to port, but Mitchell eventually realizes that the Severodvinsk lies crippled at the bottom of the sea. Now, Seawolf's captain must decide whether to return his badly damaged sub to port or risk a highly unlikely underwater rescue. Former Tom Clancy collaborator Bond provides his customary tons of technical and operational detail, which lends an element of realism. But it also leads to bloat, sucking much of the excitement from what should be a tense underwater potboiler and turning it into an overstuffed tale of political machinations. The most thrilling moments occur well before the book's halfway point, giving way to low-grade international tensions and domestic political squabbling before an unduly drawn-out finale provides long-awaited release. A tense submarine thriller compromised by a distended plot. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Jerry Mitchell, hero of Bond's previous novel, Dangerous Ground (2005), returns in this exciting adventure. While on a mission in the Barents Sea, a ruthless Russian sub commander decides to play chicken with the USS Seawolf, a maneuver that results in a damaged American sub and the aggressor on the bottom of the sea with the air slowly running out. Mitchell and his crew now face a moral dilemma. Do you flee for repairs or do the right thing and rescue the enemy that tried to destroy you? Complicating matters is the very real concern that there may not be enough time for Mitchell to rescue the Russians and still repair his own sub. The reader can practically feel the frigid water as the novel kicks into high gear. The slow-starting setup could be shorter, but the tense story line from the collision onward more than makes up for it. Fans of military thrillers, especially those by Clancy and his ilk, should devour this one.--Ayers, Jeff Copyright 2009 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Submarine officer Jerry Mitchell-last seen in Bond's (www.larry-bond.com) Dangerous Ground (2005), also available from Brilliance Audio and read by Audie Award winner Dick Hill-is navigating the USS Seawolf on a reconnaissance mission in the Barents Sea when it is ambushed by a Russian sub. Bond adroitly shifts the action from the subs to the rescue teams and from hard-line officers to defiant Russian wives and mothers who demand news of their men, while Hill expertly handles the many voices and keeps the action flowing. An essential listen for those enjoying submarine stories and military thrillers, which don't get much better than this. [The Forge hc, published in May, was a New York Times best seller.-Ed.]-Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg Air Force Base Lib., Lompoc, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.