The Ghost Sub vs. the French
His Mini-Sub Tossed by an 1863 Storm and Blasted by a Vengeful French Ironclad--Will His Dream of Global Rescue Submarines Die with Him?
Shadowed by the horrors of the Paiute Indian wars that saw his Pyramid Lake submarine boatworks burned, the inventor's dream once again hangs in the balance amidst French shot hammering his mini-sub— yet he could submerge and escape. The frantic struggle of an overboard French sailor amidst the tempest pushes him towards a life-or-death decision.
Can he save the sailor and his dream, or will they both die in the foamy Civil War storm waters in a hail of shot?
Ghost Fleet 1880 presents the thrilling tale of the birth of the secret Nevada Navy, conceived in war, and the combat rescue submarines that prowl the world’s oceans today.
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Amazon 4 & 5 Star Reviews [1st edition]
Glorious entertainment! Very short but a wonderful blend of fact and fiction. Humourous alternate history that is a real joy to read and a steal at the price.
Minutes from a Crash Landing...
With the vindictive Japanese in hot pursuit, Amelia Earhart's choices: Die crash landing on Gardner Island or maybe survive, only to die by the sword?
Amelia had never wanted to help MI6. Now hearing the stealthy approach of the Japanese infantry, her despair came full circle: accept MI6, accept the risk, accept failure, accept death. But not far away, a rough-edged Marine---known as Stones---was hovering into a hot LZ from the futuristic submarine offshore ---he never wanted to help any adventurer in trouble.
As a fusillade of bullets cut through the palms above her, was this to be Amelia’s last few heartbeats before dawn? Or did Stones—outnumbered 20 to 1--- have one last desperate card to play?
Find out what happened on that fateful day in 1939. What Amelia did and what mobilized the Imperial Japanese Navy to risk a world war to capture her.
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Amazon 5-star Review [1st Edition]
Ghost Sub vs the Atom Bomb...
Is the Submarine Captain Willing to Dice his Ghost Boat Against an Atom Bomb at Ground Zero?
DeGama pitches the suicide order overboard. The adrenalin rush leaves him breathless, and he could refuse the order, but this rescue could be the one tiny candle of hope in the endless night of US-Japan annihilation. The suicide message: chance your boat and crew against the clock of a 5,000-degree fireball to extract schoolchildren from Ground Zero at Hiroshima.
With this advanced-technology sub and heliplane, he would bet his life. But would his crew also bet their lives on this hastily planned Hail Mary against the atomic bomb?
Gripping the wet, black steel of the sub’s splinter shield, he wonders if he can save them all or will they vanish as ghosts in the nuclear wind?
Immerse yourself in an epic tale of valor, passion, and the indomitable spirit of those who dare to defy fate. Witness a side of WWII you've never seen before.
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Amazon 4-Star Review[1st Edition]
Even though this book was written first, I would recommend reading [Ghost Fleet 1880] first. I like to read in chronological order. Well written story and believable except for the technology used. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and had a hard time putting it down. Well done Mr.Smith.
Would the Shockwave-disabled Rotorcraft Start?
Desperate in the shadow of a mushroom cloud, can she repair her heliplane and launch before the vengeful Japanese find her?
Pilot Shoney O’Brien can’t believe they left. Scared and angry that the ghost boat abandoned them with the Japanese closing in, Shoney fears for her heliplane crew. The atomic shockwave that put them on a Japanese beach six miles from ground zero fried the engine electrics.
Can Shoney reconnect the last fuel cell before the approaching coal-black radioactive cloud poisons the air, the danger-close cadre bullets or low-flying fighters blast her and her crew to bloody shreds?
Dive into a harrowing tale where one woman's tenacity is tested against a desperate and vengeful Japan at the fiery dawn of the atomic age.
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Amazon 4-Star Review[1st Edition]
Great Conclusion in WW2 Fiction. Escape from Hiroshima is a continuation of the Rescue at Hiroshima novel. In this continuation, the submarine with the refugees aboard has to escape Japan's Inland Sea without getting sunk by the Japanese Navy, which thinks that the submarine's crew somehow set off the Hiroshima bomb. The relationships developed in the first book progress into new territory in the second, adding a deeper interest in the characters. The dialog between the characters is better than in the first book, and some of the anecdotes are quite good. Smith, as with the first book, does well with the battle sequences, and introduces weather as factor, which makes the action more interesting. The technical aspect of things, in my opinion, is not as necessary for the book, but again, if you let this float on by, the book is interesting and exciting.