U.S.S. Seawolf

By Patrick Robinson

Book Overview

By the close of the twentieth century, China had gathered secret information concerning the United States' underwater surveillance and guided-missile technology. How much the sensitive knowledge would impact China's military capabilities was unknown.

Until 2005. The technology is in production in China's new breed of intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine sonars, and satellite deep-sea observation systems. The Pentagon and the White House are alarmed. The dragon has stirred.

At the forefront of the new technology is China's new ICBM submarine, Xia III, which may have the capacity to hurl a nuclear warhead clear across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. Beijing has made such threats before, but this time, with the new American technology, they cannot be so easily dismissed.

And Admiral Arnold Morgan, the President's National Security Adviser, isn't going to sit back and wait for it to happen. He dispatches the most lethal hunter-killer submarine in the U.S. fleet, the 9,000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf, deep into the dark, forbidden waters of the China Sea.

The mission bristles with peril, as the Americans prowl through China's territorial waters, listening, photographing, led by the brilliant stealth and cunning of Captain Judd Crocker. Under his steady hand they are able to elude the People's Liberation Navy until, without warning, the most shocking accident occurs due south of Canton. Seawolf is suddenly, catastrophically at the mercy of the Chinese, her crew captive, the $1 billion ship in enemy hands. And if the true identity of Seowolf's executive officer becomes known, the repercussions will cause the biggest confrontation between Beijing and Washington in more than forty years.

Left with few options, Admiral Morgan, at the risk of starting World War III, orders SPECWARCOM to send in the Navy SEALs to rescue the Americans at all costs. It is the biggest Special Forces assault force assembled since the Vietnam War. Their orders as they embark on their journey to a remote Chinese island are brutally straightforward: failure is not an option. Success is paramount for the Pentagon, the Navy, the President, and the United States. Defeat, or even discovery, is unthinkable.

Featuring an ensemble cast that stretches from the very heart of the Chinese High Command to the control rooms of U.S. submarines and the screaming flight decks of giant U.S. aircraft carriers, U.S.S. Seawolf is epic in its sweep, meticulous in its authenticity, and breathtaking in its pacing. It is a terrifying and thrilling novel for our times.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060196300
• ISBN13: 9780060196301
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.4" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Loved It

The book was fabulous! It was, at times funny, gripping, and realistic. The unabridged audio version is also very good. You can't go wrong if you're looking for a military thriller with a sense of humor.

Excellent story, excellent!

I don't know what people are talking about giving this book anything less than 3 stars. Excellent plot, characters and story. I love NSA Admiral Morgan and Captain Crocker. Excellent characters and both highly rememberable. I don't normally read books personally but I made an exception when I discovered this book and read it in a few days. Now that I'm finished with it I intend to re-read it and already purchases Kilo Class and Nimitz Class. If you're looking for a good naval thriller, look no further!

Awesome Book, no disappointments here!

I see all the reviews about this book when it came out. Saying it wasnt that good compared to his others. That's is so wrong, this book is just as good, and just as detailed. Go get this book right now if your a Patrick Robinson fan, dont wait! I wanted to read the entire book in one day, thats how good it is

OUTSTANDING

I am still catching my breath after just finishing USS SEAWOLF. I shudder to think about what would happen if the Chinese did in fact get SEAWOLF the most advanced submarine ever constructed. The book was masterfully written, Robinson didn't stay too long on a subject and always kept you guessing. I resisted skipping to the end to see how things turned out. If you read one submarine book this year make it USS SEAWOLF. Patrick ol'boy if you read this i can NOT WAIT for a sequel...

A superbly written and crafted ?can?t put down? novel

I was eagerly anticipating the forth of Patrick Robinson's submarine themed novels and was not disappointed. In fact the book was devoured in 48 hours with a some late nights and definitely falls into "can't put down" status.The U.S. navy dispatches their most advanced submarine, captained by the best submariner, to spy in Chinese waters on their newly launched submarine. Everything goes to plan until the Submarine is captured and towed to a Chinese navy port whilst her crew are imprisoned and tortured. The U.S. national Security Adviser, Arnold Morgan, a fantastically larger than life character that appears in the previous novels, "Nimitz Class", "Kilo Class" and "HMS Unseen", is the pivot between the Political intrigue and the naval options. These options include the rescue of the imprisoned crew by the U.S. seals and the problem of the most advanced submarine in the enemies hand. Sensitive to providing sufficient detail to ensure authenticity Robinson does not overload the reader with too much technical jargon in the way that Clancy can. A superbly written and crafted "can't put down" novel that I would strongly recommend.