Final Harbor

Name: Final Harbor
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Harry Homewood
ISBN: 9781515986324

Author: Harry Homewood

Series: Silent War #1

Narrator: Corey M. Snow

Unabridged: 10 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/18/2017

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Military

Synopsis

She was a monster, sleek and gleaming, designed to strike without warning like the dreaded shark. She was the USS Mako, as fearless and bold as any submarine that ever prowled the blue Pacific. Her mission: seek out and destroy the hitherto invincible ships of the Japanese Imperial Navy—and revenge the earlier defeats of a long and dirty war.

Here is the story of the men who pitted their lives against impossible odds in the most dangerous branch of the American armed services. It is a story of men pushed to the breaking point and beyond in the most nerve-wracking, heart-stirring warfare of all. A story of glory, grit, and guts, and of the astonishing resources that human beings call forth when put to the ultimate test.

About Harry Homewood

Harry Homewood was a qualified submariner before he was seventeen years old, having lied to the Navy about his age, and serving in a little "S"-boat in the old Asiatic Fleet. After Pearl Harbor, he reenlisted and made eleven war patrols in the Southwest Pacific. He later became Chicago Bureau Chief for Newsweek, chief editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, and for eleven years had his own weekly news program syndicated to thirty-two PBS television stations.

Reviews

Goodreads review by KOMET

In FINAL HARBOR, the reader is introduced to the captain (there would be 2 in total) and crew of the submarine USS Mako during the early years of the Pacific War. This was a time when the U.S. Navy's submarine service was bedeviled with a variety of problems that hampered the ability of submarines o......more

Goodreads review by Nooilforpacifists

Decent Pacific sub war novel. Early days of the war; submarines are the United States's sole effective weapon, dogged, however, by faulty torpedoes. More life story than battle story, and writing acceptable, but not outstanding.......more

Goodreads review by Greg

Harrowing tale Ever since I read The Hunt for Red October I've always enjoyed novels and movies about submarines.. the experience and sacrifices these men made must have been horrendous. Mr. Homewood's novel is well researched and written. He even explained some of the basic principals of torpedo war......more