Twelve Seconds To Live, Douglas Reeman
Twelve Seconds To Live, Douglas Reeman
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Twelve Seconds To Live

Author: Douglas Reeman

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 13 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/09/2011


Synopsis

Below a dark and angry sea, men in the submarines of the British Navy prowl. Explosive spherical mines lie silently in wait for their weathered vessels. At any time, the abyssals of the Atlantic can be rocked by the terrifying din of a mine exploding and a boat imploding. Manning these cramped vessels is a fulltime hardship, with myriad risks and sometimes terrifying emergencies. But an even more dangerous vocation can be found on land at the British Navy's Special Counter-measures-a place where men with either a death wish or nothing left to lose defuse enormous seamines. If any of these subjects stimulate your interest, Douglas Reeman's Twelve Seconds to Live explores them with zest and tasteful drama in this masterful work of naval fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ron on January 11, 2019

This is the last of the 37 books of naval fiction that Reeman wrote under his own name. that I have finished. All were in the 20th century. I am half way through the books he wrote about the British Navy in time of sail. In his books Reeman often switches from one person to another without you realiz......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 03, 2021

Quite enjoyable. Not sure of the validity of the weapons described on the German side but maybe I just didn't know about them. The love interest in these books always seem a bit "Brief Encounters" but maybe thats the way it was. Not one of the best in my view.......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on January 03, 2025

This was an Okay book, but is never going to be one of my favourite Reeman stories. Most of Reeman's story have a clear plot focussing on the crew of a single vessel and usually on one main character. In Twelve Seconds to Live however the plot continually jumps from a Coastal Force Minelayer to the......more

Goodreads review by Roger on May 20, 2022

I like the theme and war era I get confused with the many characters and relationships And the actual action is brief or described later So to find these amazing books by this gifted author and then find it a bit chewy read is disappointing......more