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Dragon in the Sea
Dragon in the Sea
Author: Frank Herbert
In the endless war between East and West, oil has become the ultimate prize. Nuclear-powered subtugs brave enemy waters to tap into hidden oil reserves beneath the East?s continental shelf. But the last twenty missions have never returned. Have sleeper agents infiltrated the elite submarine service, or are the crews simply cracking under the pre...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780575034167
ISBN-10: 0575034165
Publication Date: 3/15/1984
Pages: 208
Edition: New edition
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Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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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.