Strike From The Sea (Paperback, New Ed)

Reeman's 18th sea novel, almost as sea-worthy as O'Brian's Mauritius Command (above), sails off with a knockout of a plot gimmick. In 1941 the world's greatest submarine cruiser is a grand French ship in the Jules Verne manner: two extremely powerful and rapid-firing eight-inch guns fit for a surface cruiser, ten torpedo tubes that can fire in a splay (instead of by aiming the sub itself), her own seaplane, and a range of twelve thousand miles. But France has fallen to Germany, and the fleeing sub Soufriere has holed up at a tiny Far Eastern island. Commander Robert Ainslee, a submariner of the Royal Navy, is sent to take command of the monster, which is the most dangerous ship on the seven seas: "If she chose to cut loose, she could rip our ocean supply routes to bits," says Ainslee. After he bulls and braves his way aboard and takes command in the name of the Allies, the French captain goes into his grand cabin and shoots himself. Back at Singapore with his fantastic ship, Ainslee repairs it for service and escapes as the Japanese attack Singapore and Malaya and bomb Pearl Harbor. With the Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk, the Soufriere sets forth in vengeance and retribution. At the furious climax, the ship is ordered - suicidally - to attack and delay a whole enemy naval squadron in the South China Sea, and the action heats up to an acetylene melt. (Kirkus Reviews)

INDO-CHINA 1941Cruising somewhere off Saigon is the world's largest and most dangerous submarine - the French SoufriFre. A rich prize for the enemy, the British navy must capture her for themselves before she is used against them.For Commander Robert Ainslie, it represents the greatest challenge of his career. He must take the foreign submarine and use her against the enemy in the defence of Singapore . . .

General

Imprint:	Arrow Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1990
Authors:	Douglas Reeman
Dimensions:	179 x 112 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	256
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-918780-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > Second World War fiction
LSN:	0-09-918780-9
Barcode:	9780099187806

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