âAn epic thriller about a secret Nazi submarine and its mission . . . a tasty combination of Ken Follett and Clive Cusslerâ from the award-winning author (The Novel Pursuit).
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Cruising from the sub pens of Trondheim under the cover of darknessâundetected by the sonar scans of Allied enemiesâKapitaenleutnant Erich Heinz Bruckner leads the experimental submarine U-5001 in a last-ditch effort for Nazi victory. But their sinister 1945 voyage ends mysteriously: Bruckner and his crew vanish, along with their classified weapon of mass destruction.
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Seventy years later, ex-Navy diver Dexter Bucklin stumbles upon an unknown vessel in the depths of the Chesapeake Bay and is consumed with the need to discover its original, terrifying missionâinadvertently alerting a worldwide cabal that knows all about the U-5001 . . . and the keys it holds to even greater secrets.
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A thriller in the tradition of Ken Follett and Robert Ludlum, Submerged follows both Bruckner and Bucklin in a narrative that spans generations of adventure and horrorâLovecraftian tales at their most strange. As these menâs lives converge, a third element surfaces, influencing the Kapitaenleutnant and the ex-Navy diver to make increasingly desperate decisions, ones that will shape the future of civilization.
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Thomas F. Monteleone expertly blends history, fact, and fiction with a subtle dose of the supernatural in this Lovecraftian page-turner.
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Praise for Thomas F. Monteleone
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âMonteleone has a dark imagination, a wicked pen, and the rare ability to convey an evil chill with words.â âDean Koontz, New York Timesâbestselling author
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âTomâs an expert storyteller.â âF. Paul Wilson, author of The Keep and Deep as the Marrow
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âA vastly entertaining novel of horror and suspense [that poses] difficult questions about the nature of man, God and the devil.â âLos Angeles Daily News