GRANT MCKINNON stands in a January snow storm, watching his USS MIAMI moored at the US Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut. He is troubled by a message he has just received from VALERIK DANYANKOV, Commander of an AKULA class submarine, out of Lapadnaya Lista, the Russian Submarine Base. Their paths had crossed before, in OF ICE AND STEEL, and they had become friends.
In the Persian Gulf, near Iran's Bander-E Abbas Naval Base, Commander ASHA FEROZ, aboard his old Russian KILO class submarine, has come up with a way to put into action his master's plan of revenge and destruction.
Meanwhile, the Sonar operator aboard the USS TEXAS, in the Persian Gulf to monitor Iran's naval maneuvers as they test a new torpedo, separates a strange signature from the clutter of a fishing fleet. And the chase is on.
In this day and age of GPS reckoning and hi-tech listening devices, little moves above, in or under the oceans of the world, without someone seeing it, unless you hide within plain sight.
With every turn of the submarines' screws, EPITAPH's tension torques as the commanders converge in the cold waters of New York Harbor.
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Posted April 2, 2009
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EPITAPH tells the non-stop tale of Russian & American submariners who set out to thwart a terrorist plot to blow up a nuclear device placed in New York harbor during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In this day & age of GPS reckoning & hi-tech listening, little moves above or in the world oceans without someone noticing, unless you hide in plain sight.
Nicely woven throughout this taut tale are the strands of hope for Commander McKinnon's broken heart & Captain First Rank Danyankov's frozen soul.
Written in brief, rapid episodes, D. Clayton Meadows once again (his first was OF ICE AND STEEL) tells a haunting, thrilling tale of underwater hunts & warfare, complete with lucid descriptions of actions & materiel.
Highly recommended for those who enjoy or remember the world of submariners, as well as for those of us who'll never, ever find themselves inside 'em! Could not put this gripping read down until the breath-taking & satisfactory ending.
R. J. Brown is the author of STANDING THE WATCH: The Greatest Gift, a memoir & the upcoming cozy mystery THE DEAD HUSBAND.
Overview
GRANT MCKINNON stands in a January snow storm, watching his USS MIAMI moored at the US Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut. He is troubled by a message he has just received from VALERIK DANYANKOV, Commander of an AKULA class submarine, out of ...