Voyage of the Devilfish

by Michael DiMercurio

Book Overview

A rogue Russian officer has commandeered the last, greatest triumph of the old Soviet military: a super-sub that he plans to use to punish the United States. En route to stop him is the U.S.S. Devilfish. What follows is a technothriller of underwater chases and vivid battles. Fine.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556112912
• ISBN13: 9781556112911
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

What a ride!

This book does so many things right, itis hard to know where to begin.The story centers on an agreement between America and Russia to dismantle Russia's remaining land attack cruise missiles which can be launched from AKULA II class fast attack subs. But not everyone is onboard, including one Admiral Alexi Novskoyy who plots to preemptively strike. He sets sail aboard the Kaliningrad (best described as an underwater battleship), and orders 80 AKULA II subs to take up station along the eastern seaboard.Commander Mike Pacino stand between the Kaliningrad and nuclear war. In a desperate race to battle beneath the arctic icecap where Pacino's sub is out gunned and out matched. But there is a personal side to this as well. Novskoyy is the man who killed Pacinoo's father 20 years earlier, and the tenseion regarding Pacino's true motives continues through out the book.This is a great great read.

Great books

I've read all the books by this autor (and awaiting his newest) and love the type of action he weaves. At times the lead character tends to be a little abused, but that can be overlooked. DiMercurio rivals Clancy...worth the read!

Excellent book.

Dimercurio rivals Tom Clancy. I highly recommend this boo

Wow! Kaboom!

OK, I'll admit, when I first picked up the book I wasn't expecting something exceptional, expecting to have "Sub A Vs. Sub B, US Sub sinks Russian sub, sails victoriously into port, and that's that." This book had a nuclear-tipped battle that went far, far, beyond the average sub thriller (I would love to go into specifics, but then I'd spoil the many unexpected and awesome plot twists :-). The descriptions, being from a former SSN officer, are very vivid and realistic, their level of detail rivaling Tom Clancy himself. I also liked that along with the extensive descriptions of things often down the subatomic (which I enjoyed greatly), there was also a deeply personal story that is not neglected or forgotten in the book. Unlike some novels, you don't feel that you're reading the book as much as it feels as though you're being pulled along by the novel, and you sit back and enjoy the powerful ride! One thing this novel reminded me was of a Dale Brown novel (except underwater!) in that it had a fictional super-weapon based on current and theoretical capabilities, and is used in the most action-packed manner possible. Sure, as was discussed there's the "problems" with the name of the 637-class sub, the Mk-49s and Mk-50s, etc., but as the author has pointed out that was just artistic license so I didn't have any problem with that. The best sub thriller I've seen in a long, long time. I've been hooked on DiMercurio novels! READ "VOYAGE OF THE DEVIFILSH"!!!