The Shark Mutiny

Description

A top-ten bestselling author & the unrivalled master of the action thriller.It is 2007, and three supertankers are ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz. World oil prices skyrocket. US Military Intelligence concludes that behind this catastrophe at the gateway to the Persian Gulf stands Iran, assisted by an expansionist China. Joined by new, young naval intelligence officer Lt. Jimmy Ramshawe, Admiral Arnold Morgan threatens the Iranian Navy with annihilation, deploying the US Navy to Hormuz along with the nuclear submarine, USS Shark, carrying two teams of Navy SEALS. With the US Navy distracted, China is able to unleash an attack on Taiwan, America's weak ally. The situation is critical as mutiny occurs onboard the USS Shark, jeopardising the entire operation by preventing the SEALS from assisting the increasingly desperate Taiwanese Air force ...

First Sentence

Admiral Arnold Morgan was alone in this office contemplating the two major issues in his life at this particular lunchtime.

Description

An oil tanker mysteriously explodes in the Persian Gulf. Then a second ... and a third. To the President's National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan it is more than a tragic coincidence -- it is a brazen act of aggression that must not stand. In partnership with Iran, the Chinese navy has mined the Strait of Hormuz, intending to hold the world's oil supply hostage. Now eighty percent of America's active sea power is being mobilized -- including U.S.S. Shark, an aging nuclear submarine on its final tour of duty -- to dismantle a deadly alliance between two powerful enemies. But something goes terribly wrong during a bold retaliatory SEAL assault on China's Indian Ocean power plants -- a disaster that spawns death, disbelief, rage ... and rebellion. And with a volatile world on the brink of catastrophic conflict, the commanders of a nuclear boat in the twilight of glory must confront a nightmare as devastating as it is unthinkable: mutiny!

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• The Shark MutinyeBookHarperCollins2005-01-01
• The shark mutinyHarperCollins2001-01-01
• The shark mutinyHarperLargePrint2001-01-01
• The Shark MutinyArrow Books Ltd2005-04-07
• The Shark MutinyElectronic resourceRandom House Publishing Group2008-01-01