by Mike Denton
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As the Vietnam war rages in Southeast Asia, a US traitor sells top-secret codes to the Soviet Union.
Then a Soviet submarine disappears in the North Pacific…and as the Russians mobilize to find it, a US nuclear submarine goes missing as well.
Vice Admiral Todd Ingram is caught in the morass—and so is his son, Navy Lieutenant Jerry Ingram.
Both men are thrust into a web of alliances and betrayal in search of answers…and a truth that could save the world from a major disaster.
While a work of fiction, the novel is a histroically quite accurate portrayal of the United States’ position in world conflicts in the late 1960s.
JOHN J. GOBBELL is a former Navy Lieutenant who saw duty as a destroyer weapons officer during the Vietnam War.