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The Dragon in the Sea
The Dragon in the Sea
Author: Frank Herbert
Set in a near-future earth, the west and the east have been at war for more than a decade. Resources are running thin. The west is stealing oil from the east with specialized nuclear submarines ("subtugs") that sneak into the underwater oil fields of the east to secretly pump out the oil & bring it back. With a crew of four, these ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780450045479
ISBN-10: 0450045471
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 189
Edition: paperback / softback
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Publisher: New English Library
Book Type: Paperback
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This futuristic novel must be the precursor to Tom Clancy's Hunt For Red October. Except well that the USA seems to be the bad guys in the psychological study of submariners pirating oil from the "Old World". Rabid with the technical details of nuclear submarine operation, this potboiler ties in espionage and murder to the basic scenario. This, or course, makes it about as easy to read as a 19th century seafaring tale of Cooper, Forester, or Marryat.


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