Nimitz Class, Patrick Robinson
Nimitz Class, Patrick Robinson
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Nimitz Class

Author: Patrick Robinson

Narrator: Jay O. Sanders

Abridged: 3 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/23/2004


Synopsis

It's as big as the Empire State Building, a massive floating fortress at the throbbing heart of a U.S. Navy Carrier Battle Group. It's a Nimitz-class nuclear carrier, the most powerful weapons system on the planet. Nothing can touch it.So when the first stunned messages say only that the Thomas Jefferson has disappeared, the Navy reacts with disbelief. But the truth becomes inescapable: a Nimitz-class carrier has been claimed by nuclear catastrophe-no other explanation is possible.But as Navy maverick Bill Baldridge begins to investigate the disaster that claimed his idolized brother's life, another chilling alternative begins to emerge: a rogue submarine. Suddenly it's up to Bill Baldridge to track down this shadowy nuclear terrorist, who still has another nuclear-tipped torpedo in his arsenal. "An absolutely marvelous thriller, one of the best things of its kind I have read in years. I don't need to urge people to read it, because they will do so by the millions."
-- Jack Higgins

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 Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders has been seen in over 80 films, among them The Day After Tomorrow, The Big Green, Tucker, and JFK; his stage work includes extensive work on and Off-Broadway. On TV he has appeared on, among many others, Law & Order, Northern Exposure, and Roseanne.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on February 22, 2009

Nimitz Class has a decent plot, a lot of interesting technical information about submarines, carrier fleets, and Naval operations. ON the surface this book had the potential of being a Tom Clancy class Naval thriller. However, the author dropped the ball by rushing his story telling. One would think......more

Goodreads review by Glen on December 03, 2017

First in a series of novels focusing on submarine warfare. When an aircraft carrier is sunk in the Mediterranean, the navy starts investigating the reason why, and starts the search for a submarine. Very good, with a lot of tension, in the way the best submarine books and movies have.......more

Goodreads review by E. on May 22, 2016

"The shooter, his eyes glued on the cockpit, saluted, bending his knees and touching two fingers of his left hand onto the deck. Skip Martin gestured: "Forward." A crewman, kneeling in the catwalk narrowly to the left of the big fighter jet, hit the button on catapult three, and ducked as the outrag......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 03, 2020

What to say... racist, insensitive, unfactual, and downright disgusting. Call me liberal, but glorifying war and covert destruction of another nation's property just because you dont like them is shameful. Iranians are not Arabs. You cannot destroy Iran's submarines without cause or justification. You......more

Goodreads review by Andreas on October 07, 2011

Patrick Robinson’s debut is a passable technothriller about a Nimitz class carrier getting destroyed. While it has many Clancy-like traits, it fails when it moves out of the military and into the political and administrative arenas. Cool submarine stuff though. [URL not allowed]......more