Kilo Class, Patrick Robinson
Kilo Class, Patrick Robinson
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Kilo Class

Author: Patrick Robinson

Narrator: Stephen Lang

Abridged: 2 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/23/2004


Synopsis

It's one of the stealthiest, most dangerous underwater warships ever built . . . silent at under five knots, and capable of a massive nuclear warhead punch. It's the weapon every Third World dictator covets. It's the 240-foot long Russian Kilo Class submarine and Russia seems perfectly willing to sell it to anyone - including China.The U.S. Defense Department knows full well of China's intentions to use submarines to shut the U.S. Carrier Battle Groups out of the Taiwan Strait. And then to reclaim, by military force if necessary, the rich independent island which sits only one hundred miles off her eastern coastline. A strike force of patrolling Kilos could achieve that objective for Beijing. Two of the 10 Kilos have already been delivered. The President's new National Security Adviser, the irascible Texan Admiral Arnold Morgan, prepares to send the U.S. Navy's most deadly Black Ops hit-squads deep into dark Russian waters. Their mission - to foil delivery of the other eight Kilos - is undertaken under the most crushing code of secrecy. One mistake could literally start World War III. As Moscow brings in an iron cordon of an escort for the submarine deliveries, Commander Boomer Dunning, the Black Ops Captain, races his 7,000-ton nuclear boat beneath the polar ice-cap to head them off.Kilo Class is a taut techno-thriller of the highest quality, grounded in fact, and ringing with unmistakable authenticity. It is the story of a breathtaking race against time. Peppered with unforgettable characters, it takes the listener into the heart of the control room of a hunter-killer submarine. Performed by Stephen Lang.

About Patrick Robinson

Patrick Robinson is the author of seven international bestselling suspense thrillers, including Nimitz Class and Hunter Killer, as well as several nonfiction bestsellers. He divides his time between Ireland and Cape Cod.

About Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang's Broadway work includes Wait Until Dark, A Few Good Men, The Speed of Darkness and Death of a Salesman. His films include Last Exit to Brooklyn, Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, and Tombstone. He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Actors Studio.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on December 04, 2010

'Kilo Class' by all means is a very specific military (Navy) action-thriller that catered to that very reader(ship) group. Which leaves about almost all of us a bit alienated by the terms and turn of events that unfold in the story. I am not really sure if Robinson was trying to appeal to a wider de......more

Goodreads review by Tina on February 03, 2015

This was my first Patrick Robinson book and I wasn't sure I'd like it because it had to do with submarines and other things I don't normally read about. Oh was I wrong - this book had me hooked from the beginning! Robinson takes you through the story and thankfully explains the workings of our Navy'......more

Goodreads review by MMc14 on May 13, 2017

I enjoyed this book. Well developed characters with good back story on a few. Good technical descriptions without being too dense in that regard.......more

Goodreads review by Oscar Puerto Carrillo on April 09, 2018

Primero dos precisiones antes de la crítica. Estoy leyendo el libro en inglés para perfeccionar el mismo y son un fan acerrimo de Tom Clancy. Dicho esto, la novela me ha dejado sentimientos encontrados. Y digo esto porque la verdad es que el autor, bien asesorado tiene momentos en los que la acción m......more

Goodreads review by David on September 27, 2022

A cover blurb suggests that Patrick Robinson is a better writer in this genre than Tom Clancy. I wouldn't go that far, but he is pretty good. There's a lot of good modern (well as of 1995 at least) Naval action in this book. Unfortunately, one of the lead characters, Admiral Morgan, comes across as......more