
The USS Lafayette, a nuclear submarine, is a weapon of the U.S. Navy, and the home to its crew. After an accident begins to flood the engine room, each man of the crew reflects on the inevitable end.About the Authors: Larry Bond is the New York Times Best Selling author of 19 books. He served six years in the U.S. Navy before becoming a naval analyst for several defense consulting firms. He currently lives in Springfield, VA. Co-author Christopher Carlson is a retired Navy Reserve Captain and Department of Defense naval systems engineer. He began his navy career as a submariner, and transitioned to the naval technical intelligence field in both the reserves and in his civilian job with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has co-authored several published works with Larry Bond including four full-length novels: Dangerous Ground, Cold Choices, Exit Plan, and Shattered Trident.
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Larry Bond is the author of several bestselling military thrillers, including Crash Dive, Cold Choices, Dangerous Ground, Red Phoenix and the Larry Bond’s First Team and Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising series. He was a naval officer for six years, serving four on a destroyer and two on shore duty in the Washington DC area. He's also worked as a warfare analyst and antisubmarine technology expert, and he now writes and designs computer games, including Harpoon and Command at Sea. He makes his home in Springfield, Virginia. http://us.macmillan.com/author/larrybond