Jan Coffey, Silent Waters

Silent Waters

Jan Coffey

Mira, Apr 2006, $6.99, 384 pp.

ISBN: 0778323196

The USS Hartford nuclear submarine needs to make emergency repairs. However, Commander Darius McCann soon realizes that there is more to the stop than just a repair. Terrorists have gained control of the sub, leaving him and his engineer Amy Russell in a precarious position of trying to stay alive while thwarting the enemy.

Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Connelly and Commander Bruce Dunn conclude something is not right about the Hartford. They team up to figure what that is, and soon reach the horrifying conclusion that cold-blooded killers, probably suicide bombers have access to nukes and have gained control of the vessel driving it on a path that is taking it to a panic stricken New York City.

SILENT WATERS is an action packed thriller that never slows down from the moment that the Commander realizes his ship has been taken, until the final climatic countdown to either the ultimate terrorist act or its prevention. The key players seem genuine, especially the beleaguered Americans racing against time to stop a potential suicide bombing that will make 9/11 seem trivial in scope. Jan Coffey provides a strong thriller with a superb political twist that will stun the audience.