The Trident Deception, Rick Campbell
The Trident Deception, Rick Campbell
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The Trident Deception

Author: Rick Campbell

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Unabridged: 14 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2014


Synopsis

In this modern-day Hunt for Red October, an armed nuclear submarine is taken over and must be hunted down before its weapons are launched.The USS Kentucky—a Trident ballistic missile submarine carrying a full complement of 192 nuclear warheads—sets out on a routine cruise. Not long after it reaches the open sea, however, the Kentucky receives a launch order. After receiving that launch order, it is cut off from all counterorders and disappears into the Pacific while it makes the eight-day transit to the launch site. What the Kentucky's crew doesn't know is that those launch orders didn't come from the US government.Rogue elements within the Mossad have learned that Iran has developed its first nuclear weapon and, in ten days, will detonate it—and the target is Israel. The suspected weapon complex is too far underground for conventional weapons to harm it, and the only choice is a preemptive nuclear strike. With limited time, this rogue group initiates a long-planned operation called the Trident Deception: they'll transmit false orders and use a US nuclear submarine to launch the attack.With only eight days before the Kentucky is in launch range and with the submarine cut off from any outside communication, one senior officer, the father of one of the officers aboard the submarine, must assemble and lead a team of attack submarines to find, intercept, and neutralize the Kentucky before it can unknowingly unleash a devastating nuclear attack.

About Rick Campbell

Rick Campbell, a retired Navy Commander, spent more than twenty years on multiple submarine tours. On his last tour, he was one of the two men whose permission was required to launch the submarine's nuclear warhead-tipped missiles. Campbell is the author of The Trident Deception, Empire Rising, and Ice Station Nautilus, and lives with his family in the greater Washington DC area.

About Peter Ganim

Peter Ganim, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is an American actor who has appeared on stage, on television, and in film. He has performed voice-over work since 1994.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Skip on November 08, 2015

Crimson Tide meets The Hunt for Red October. Iran is about the get a nuclear weapon so Israel asks for bunker busting tactical nukes. When the U.S. refuses, Israel has valid launch orders sent to the USS Kentucky and radio room treachery precludes its receipt of termination orders. The U.S. fleet is......more

Goodreads review by Jean on March 04, 2017

This is a new author and narrator for me. I understand this is Campbell’s first novel. The author is a retired submarine officer. This is a great first book; I could hardly put it book down. I think I have found a new author to follow. The novel is about a U.S. Navy Trident Nuclear Submarine, the U.S......more

Goodreads review by Terry on July 22, 2014

It's damn clear how Rick Campbell spent his 25 years on US Submarines but where did he learn to write so well? Looking at the other reviews, I keep reading how "he's the next Tom Clancy". I think he's more. Tom Clancy (rest his soul) only really wrote two good books--the first two--and the rest were......more

Goodreads review by Corey on February 25, 2021

Wow. I think reading this book has added some grey hairs to my head, and I’m also pretty sure my wife thinks I’m nuts for reading while pacing around the house. This book is excruciatingly taut, to the point where I was starting to get irritated at the author for giving me zero good spots to put the......more

Goodreads review by G.H. on October 25, 2019

This is an action-oriented novel with a lot of good plot points. But I have to say, whoever edited this novel should be fired. Honest to God, things are repeated 3,4,5,6 times! The novel could literally be reduced by 1/3rd. I love all of the action in the novel but Campbell does go over the top at t......more


Quotes

“Fans of submarine thrillers who are saddened by the demise of Tom Clancy will welcome Campbell’s debut.”

Publishers Weekly

“A terrific thriller debut…Campbell does an amazing job, balancing character interaction with high-octane action, all the while keeping the technical jargon to a level understandable by nonmilitary readers. This is the best novel about a submarine since Tom Clancy’s classic The Hunt for Red October.”

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