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Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
When British geologists discover the world's largest oil reserves under the desolate, icy tundra of Antarctica, Britain and Chile form a top-secret alliance for control of petroleum resources that will rival the economic power of OPEC.
But when their discovery is uncovered by an Argentinean intelligence officer, a surprise-attack against a secret British outpost in Antarctica triggers a war. Britain and Chile are in a military standoff against Venezuela...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
The enemy from within . . . Iranian-born British Commando Major Ray Kerman was a rising star in the SAS -- until he abruptly switched loyalties while on a mission in the Middle East. Fanatically determined to employ his brilliant talents and training in the destruction of those he once swore to protect, he is now General Ravi Rashood, leader of the world's most vicious terrorist organization -- and he has found his ultimate weapon: Barracuda 945....
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen... Planes begin blowing up across the skies. Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
Description
New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear.
When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge.
From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Description
"Professor Aronnax and two companions set out to investigate a monstrous sea creature, but what they discover is even more extraordinary: the mysterious Captain Nemo and his futuristic submarine, the 'Nautilus'. Full of excitement, drama, and suspense, this spellbinding journey is the crowning achievement of author Jules Verne."--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Witnessing a torpedo attack on a Vietnamese merchant ship by a Chinese nuclear sub, USS North Dakota captain Jerry Mitchell helps to forge a tenuous new alliance with Western Pacific nations in a covert submarine campaign aimed at crippling China's economy and preventing a full-scale war.
11) The weapon
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Struggling to obtain the plans for a new Russian nuclear warhead, Navy commander Dan Lenson and his team are betrayed and barely escape with their lives, a situation that prompts an even more dangerous attempt to steal the weapon off of an Iranian submarine
12) The passenger
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
When the German submarine, U-471, collects two prisoners from a vessel located off the Icelandic coast, ordered to transport them to the base at Brest, one of the prisoners, a British submarine commander, goes rogue, setting in motion a series of shocking, brutal events that seem to be linked to the supernatural.
13) Arctic gambit
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
"Jerry Mitchell, now the commodore of submarine Development Squadron Five, is dismayed when USS Toledo is reported missing in Arctic waters, close to Russian territory. The vessel is captained by his former shipmate and close friend, Lenny Berg. Eager to investigate, Jerry convinces the Navy to redirect one of his squadron's boats to find out what happened."--Amazon
14) Super submarines
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Description
Rabbit, Bird and Mouse go an underwater trip in a submarine.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Description
When her brother is killed, brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson must discover the volatile mystery behind a decommissioned Soviet submarine, Silent Thunder, that was recently purchased by the U.S. government for use as a maritime museum. Though the U.S. government tries to warn Hannah away, she'll stop at nothing to find the ruthless mastermind behind her brother's death. Even if it means joining forces with a mysterious man who may be even more...
Author
Series
Secret Explorers volume 1
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Secret Explorers jump into action to save a pod of humpback whales, but when Connor and Roshini's submarine malfunctions, the explorers could be the ones in trouble.
17) Black wind
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 29
Formats
Description
Someone knows where two WWII Japanese subs carrying a biological virus were sunk; it's up to Dirk Pitt and his children to stop them.
18) Echo class
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"June 1967... On her way to Subic Bay in the Phillipines, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk receives unsettling news from a recon aircraft: They are being followed. Their pursuer is the Soviet submarine K-122, commanded by Captain Kostenka Bocharkov, who is hoping to test his boat, his men, and his own mettle in the dangerous waters of the Cold War. He is about to be obliged. The USS Dale, commanded by Captain Danny MacDonald, is ordered to hunt...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Formats
Description
Three members of the Trudeau Research Center scientific team are found dead at the onset of an arctic winter and the cause of death is unknown. American epidemiologist, Dr. Jessica Hanley, is called in to locate the microbe that caused the grisly deaths before it spreads. At the same time in Moscow, Admiral Rudenko searches for a submarine that has inexplicably vanished in the Norwegian fjords. Their missions converge explosively in the black of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Russia's new ballistic missile submarine, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, is being deployed on its first patrol while America's newest fast attack submarine, North Dakota, is assigned to trail it and collect intel. As the Russian submarine heads under the polar ice cap, its sonar readings reveal the trailing American sub and cause the Russians to begin a radical, evasive maneuver. This, however, fails and the submarines collide, resulting in damage that sends...
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