Summary
Jerry Mitchell returns in Fatal Thunder , a gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Larry Bond
India and Pakistan are stalemated in a war that India launched to "remove the threat of terrorism, once and for all." Without the knowledge of the rest of the Indian government, a small but powerful group of senior military officers and civilian security officials have decided to strike at China, Pakistan's backer and India's recent enemy in the Littoral Alliance War. The conspirators' planned attack will leave Pakistan largely undefended, ensuring the success of India's military campaign.
To conceal the origins of the attack, the group has obtained Russian-made nuclear warheads and torpedos from a renegade Russian arms merchant, which will be delivered covertly by INS Chakra .
Girish Samant, until recently the captain of Chakra , discovers hints of the far-reaching conspiracy and seeks aid from an old enemy, the only person he can trust: skipper of the USS North Dakota , Jerry Mitchell.
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.
(Bowker Author Biography)
