SSN - Softcover

From the author of The Hunt for Red October comes a compelling new exploration of submarine warfare developed alongside his new interactive CD-ROM combat game – Tom Clancy’s SSN.

America is at war. China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly Islands. The American response has been swift – and deadly. And the Third World War has begun...

Captain Bartholomew Mackey is the skipper of the USS Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine dispatched to the Spratlys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the Cheyenne’s mission – and the world – have changed, as a tense situation has exploded into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions.

Tom Clancy presents fifteen thrilling scenarios – fact-based mission profiles for Captain Mackey and the Cheyenne – stirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate details, and the chilling knowledge that it really could happen...

AMERICA IS AT WAR

China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly Islands. The American response has been swift – and deadly. And the Third World War has begun ...

Captain Bartholomew Mackey is the skipper of the USS 'Cheyenne', a nuclear submarine dispatched to the Spratlys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the 'Cheyenne’s'mission – and the world – have changed, as a tense situation has exploded into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions.

Tom Clancy presents fifteen thrilling scenarios – fact-based mission profiles for Captain Mackey and the 'Cheyenne' – stirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate details, and the chilling knowledge that it could really happen ...

Based upon TomClancy’s SSN, an interactive submarine combat thriller available on CD-Rom, a product of Simon & Schuster Interactive, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., C.I. Entertainment, Inc and Virtus Corporation