Blackwell UK
Korea Strait
ISBN: 9780312360498
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.
United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor winner Dan Lenson's mission is to observe an international military exercise involving the navies of South Korea, Japan, Australia, and America.
It should be routine duty for Dan, but old alliances are unraveling, as North Korea threatens the U.S. and China expands its influence. Acting as both adviser and adversary to a ruthless South Korean task…
Reviews:
"the most thoughtful of the military - thriller set and a master of authentic detail." (Kirkus Reviews)"
Commander Dan Lenson is assigned to conduct a major inter national naval exercise, with players from South Korea, the U.S., Britain, Japan, and Australia. But old alliances are unravelling, and one night at sea in a South Korean frigate, it seems World War III is about to begin. A team of submarines down the coast from North Korea to South Korea's most important port, and Dan realizes that this is the first part of a strategy to overrun the country. Together with a ruthless Korean ship commander, Lenson battles nuclear-armed submarines, two typhoons, and his own doubts, to stop World War III on the brink. Featuring incredible action and sea adventure, "Korea Straight" is a first-rate thriller.
