Nimitz Class: a fast, sharply-focused, engine-driven action thriller that you won’t be able to stop reading…

Nimitz Class: a fast, sharply-focused, engine-driven action thriller that you won’t be able to stop reading…

by PatrickRobinson (Author)

Synopsis

An unconquerable fortress, the US Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Thomas Jefferson is the most powerful nuclear-powered warship in the world, stationed in the Arabian Sea to preserve the peace and Western allied interests. But the unthinkable occurs when the billion-dollar ship is destroyed in what appears to be a nuclear accident -- it is the greatest peacetime disaster in US history. Whilst America mourns for the lives of the crew, Intelligence reports begin to suggest that the cause of the tragedy may be a rogue ex-Soviet submarine, and Admiral Arnold Morgan is called in to investigate. But no one knows who is on board, where it came from, or how it came within striking range of the Thomas Jefferson unnoticed. Worse still, no ones knows where it is or if it will strike again. Political tensions mount as Middle Eastern connections are suspected, and a deadly chase ensues when a victim's brother seeks his revenge on the killers ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 05 Mar 1998

ISBN 10: 009922562X
ISBN 13: 9780099225621
Book Overview: A top-ten bestselling author & the unrivalled master of the action thriller.

Media Reviews
An absolutely marvellous thriller, one of the best things of its time I have read in years. * Jack Higgins *
Watch out for Robinson. He is in the same league as Clancy. * Birmingham Post *
Robinson rules the waves -- matches Clancy at his best. * Northern Echo *
Author Bio
PATRICK ROBINSON is the author of six previous international bestselling thrillers: Nimitz Class, Kilo Class, H. M. S. Unseen, Seawolf, The Shark Mutiny, Barracuda 945 and, most recently, Scimitar SL-2. He is also the author of several non-fiction bestsellers including True Blue (with Dan Topolski) and Born to Win. He is the co-author with Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward of One Hundred Days.