The Commodore by P. T. Deutermann is an epic story of courage, disaster, survival, and triumph that culminates in the pivotal battle of Vela Gulf in WWII (Available August 2, 2016). The Navy in 1942-1943 is fighting a losing battle against Japan for control of the Solomon Islands. Vice Admiral William “Bull” Halsey is tasked to…
Tenacity by J.S. Law is a military thriller where a suicide aboard a nuclear submarine turns out to be anything but (available November 3, 2015). An officer hangs himself in the engine room of naval submarine HMS Tenacity. A woman's murder bears disturbing similarities to an old case. Lieutenant Danielle “Dan” Lewis grasps for the…
Vasili Arkhipov is one man who never had to question whether or not he did the right thing. In October 1962, when the world was holding its collective breath during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Arkhipov was employed on a Soviet submarine just off the coast of Florida. The United States deployed warning charges designed to…
For this Memorial Day, we offer our best wishes, deepest thanks, and a commemorative bouquet of military-related links: Author Joseph Koenig's personal list of the Best Fiction of World War II. “Afghanistan: My Green Zone Symphony,” is a 4-part feature on his deployment by military veteran Weston Ochs, author of the SEAL Team 666,…
Into the Fire is a brand new addition to Tom Clancy's Op-Center series about a group of group of U.S. forces stranded on a small island near North Korea. The series was created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, and is now being written by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi (available May 5, 2015). When…
A lot of people are fascinated with submarines, perhaps because of their stealthy missions, long periods underwater, or because few people have been aboard one. The public’s concept of submarine life is influenced by what they read and see, particularly movies, which begs the question – How realistic are they? I’ll start with Hollywood movies…
Nasty by Bret R. Wright is the first book in the Nasty P.I. series starring Nate, who makes a living by snapping photos of adulterous spouses (available August 28, 2014). “I’m Ignatius Jepson. I go by Nate. On the street they call me Nasty. Go figure.” So begins Nasty, the story of Nate Jepson, private…
When I decided to do a run of film appreciation pieces for this site I thought, “Ok, so I need to go through my DVD collection and pick out some favorites that have some kind of crime/suspense angle to them.” That wasn’t hard to do and it’s really not all that limiting. And of course,…
For members of the U.S. Navy aboard submarines, quarters are cramped, and thus, the pickins are slim when it comes to books. Until now, eReaders have posed a threat to submarines, whether it be via webcam hacking or positional-disclosure with GPS tracking, and have been banned. But now, thanks to the Navy's General Library Program,…
The Trident Deception is the debut thriller from Rick Campbell about a nuclear submarine that unknowingly receives orders to prepare for missile launch from a rogue organization (available March 11, 2014). The USS Kentucky—a Trident ballistic missile submarine carrying a full complement of 192 nuclear warheads—is about to go on a routine patrol. Not long…
