Final Bearing: Large Print Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1518749836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 816 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist Novelist Keith and retired submariner Wallace agreeably join forces in this thriller of submarines versus drug lord Juan de Santiago, whose ambitions seem to run to being a Colombian Saddam Hussein. Disbelief that drug-lord dictators could find high-tech subs handy must be suspended, but once it is, heck, relax and enjoy. All rights reserved. And if you're aware of what sailors feel when a beloved ship reaches the end of her career, the book eventually achieves real power. The action proceeds and in some places wanders from Colombia to Seattle, Washington, and across the land and under the sea, too, realizing a ful
Following deep jungle trails and hiking the lofty mountains of the ancient Inca Empire, they are intent on driving a stake through the heart of de Santiago's drug empire. Juan de Santiago is not only a billionaire coca grower, he is also a deranged revolutionary; the commander of the most powerful private army in South America. And at the same time, a futuristic mini-sub leaves Colombia. Destination: Seattle. From the old highways of the Incas to the plush haciendas of the drug lords, guerrilla armies are lurking, striking out at those who threaten their lucrative trade. They are to launch a strike that will put de Santiago and his empire out of business for good. Beaman and his SEALs are being stalked. They are getting help from Bill Beaman and his SEAL team, who are searching for the secret laboratories of de Santiago. And it is loaded with the most lethal, addictive substance known to man.. A successful soldier in Florida's antidrug war, Tom Kincaid is an expert on Colombia, with connections that lead directly to Juan de Santiago himself. Commander Jonathan Ward and his crew on the old attack sub Spadefish are on one last mission. But there is a leak in the Colombian government. But when U.S. politicians demand a publicity-driven drug bust, they blow the cover of Kincaid's carefully crafted network, leaving most of his informants dead, and get the DEA agent exiled to the relative backwater of Seattle. Backed by po
TR80118 said Well worth the read. Wallace and Keith spin a dandy tale of submarines, Navy SEALs and cocaine, with a Chinese connection. This genre clearly hasn't been exhausted. The action moves along briskly, accompanied by lush descriptions of the Columbian interior and keen insights into life aboard an aging su. "Believable plotgreat actiongood read" according to Book Guy. Seems like so many technothrillers are so farfetched that they are almost ridiculous. FINAL BEARING has all the elements of suspense, action, and military hardware, but the authors do a good job of convincing us this is real stuff. They put the reader in the middle of the action a. Dr. Charles Connor said An adrenaline pumping adventure. These guys know how to write a book. Their combination of writing talent and real world experience produced an adventure tale that had my heart pounding and my fingers turning the pages in anticipation. There are drug terrorists to hate, brave men to pull for, victims to fear for,