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Sink the Shigure by R. Cameron Cooke is a sequel to his novel, Pride Runs Deep. Both books could be classified as “submarine thrillers’. Set during World War II, Commander Jack Tremain arrives in Freemantle, Australia to take command of the Whitefin. While on a patrol in the South China Sea, they encounter the Shigure, a notorious Japanese destroyer. The hunt for this ship becomes personal for Jack as it was responsible for sinking the Sunfish, Jack’s first submarine command.

Lots of seagoing action in the first half of the book, which I really enjoyed. The author bases his stories on actual battles that happened, and the Shigure was a real Japanese ship. The second half of the book stretched my imagination a little as Jack leaves his sub to get involved in the rescue of three of his men who have been taken prisoner. I found this a little hard to swallow as I am sure the captain of a submarine would not leave his command post to fight a commando style mission on land.

The author’s knowledge and ability to describe the conditions on board a submarine are detailed and atomospheric but the characters in the book are pretty unimaginative. I enjoy naval yarns so overall I liked this book, but doubt that it would be of interest to anyone who doesn’t enjoy these types of stories.
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DeltaQueen50 | Sep 10, 2016 |
Rise To Victory is a thriller telling the story of a modern day American submarine crew that, hours before landing at their home port after six months at sea, are sent back out on an urgent rescue mission. Morale sinks on a boat that already has it fair share of personnel problems. A new Captain, an Executive Officer that is marking his time until retirement, a young communications officer that was expecting to leave the navy once they landed and a chief engineering officer that is nothing less that a sadist that appears to have cracked under pressure and is gunning for some of the men who work under him.

The story is exciting, with plenty of action, as they land on an Indonesian island in the midst of a rebellion. Implanted with the rebels are a muslin terrorist group that would like nothing better than to kidnap American officers in order to torture and kill them, holding America up as the prime enemy to their cause. To add to the complications, an Indonesian submarine is docked at the island as well, and the captain appears to have definite sympathy for the rebels.

R. Cameron Cooke knows the U.S. Navy and having served on submarines gives us authentic details of life below the waves. The author avoids bogging us down with overly detailed technological details and keeps the reader engaged in the plot. A natural story teller, he is able to create realistic tension both in the day-to-day running of the submarine and in the action sequences.

I absolutely loved the previous R. Cameron Cooke book Pride Runs Deep, which was set in the early days of World War II, but I still found this book a very good read. If you are looking for a realistic, exciting thriller I would recommend Rise To Victory.
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DeltaQueen50 | 1 annan recension | Jan 15, 2011 |
4754. Pride Runs Deep, by R. Cameron Cooke (read 19 Sep 2010) This is easy and exciting reading even though it is what in olden times would be called "pulp fiction." The Mackeral is an American submarine in 1943 which Jack Tremaine takes over and does two exciting missions. The dialog is unfancy and sometimes silly, but it moves the story along. And I suppose the technical part as to submarines is at least possible as the author has served on submarines. The plot is creaky and there is no great writing but I suppose one shouldn't mind that. He is not as good as the author of The Hunt for Red October, even though Nelson DeMille says he is. Nor is he as able a writer as Nelson DeMille, for that matter… (mer)
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Schmerguls | 3 andra recensioner | Sep 19, 2010 |
Pride Runs Deep is a adventure thriller taking place in 1943 as the US navy is desperately trying to rebuild their fleet and hold the Japanese at bay. Lt. Commander Jack Tremain is on layover in Pearl Harbor on his way back to the mainland after serving in the South Pacific for some time. He is looking forward to seeing his wife when he is suddenly requested to takeover the command of the U.S. submarine, Mackerel. This submarine has been labelled a “hard-luck ship” after a couple of patrols that went badly with lives lost and no targets sunk. Tremains’ assignment is to pull the crew back together and give them a sense of pride while increasing morale by sinking some decent targets.

The book read like a wonderful old black and white war movie. I loved the action, the characters, the descriptions of day-to-day life in both the US navy and submarines. The author is a serving US naval submariner and so I really felt the details were well-researched and authentic. Filled with action, this was a real page turner that I had a hard time putting down. His descriptions of the pressure the hull is under, the stale air and close quarters made me realize that it would take a special kind of person to serve on these ships. Personally, this is as close I would care to get to being on a submarine.

If you like action packed adventure historical reading, then I don’t think you could ask for much more from a book that what Pride Runs Deep has to offer.
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Medlemmar
130
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#155,342
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½ 3.5
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ISBN
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