From Booklist
Novelist Keith and retired submariner Wallace agreeably join forces in this thriller of submarines versus drug lord Juan de Santiago, whose ambitions seem to run to being a Colombian Saddam Hussein. Facing him are a DEA agent who has been fighting Santiago for years, and Bill Beaman, the leader of a team of Navy SEALs operating off the aging attack submarine Spadefish, commanded by Jonathan Ward. The action proceeds and in some places wanders from Colombia to Seattle, Washington, and across the land and under the sea, too, realizing a full quota of vivid combat scenes and a comparatively high body count along the way. Disbelief that drug-lord dictators could find high-tech subs handy must be suspended, but once it is, heck, relax and enjoy. And if you're aware of what sailors feel when a beloved ship reaches the end of her career, the book eventually achieves real power. Above average for its salty breed. Roland Green
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Review
"George Wallace and Don Keith take you to the heart of the action as America fights a secret battle in a brilliantly portrayed South American setting. This team spins a great tale."-W. E. B. Griffin, author of the bestselling series Brotherhood of War, The Corps, Honor Bound, and Men at War
"Final Bearing is a rip-snorting submarine adventure as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines."-Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of America and Cuba
"Compelling characters, exciting plot, exotic settings, and a fascinating use of military technology combine to make Commander Wallace and Mr. Keith's book a rousing, blockbuster of a story."-Robert Vaughan, author of Touch the Face of God
"Final Bearing is a rip-snorting submarine adventure as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines."-Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of America and Cuba
"Compelling characters, exciting plot, exotic settings, and a fascinating use of military technology combine to make Commander Wallace and Mr. Keith's book a rousing, blockbuster of a story."-Robert Vaughan, author of Touch the Face of God
About the Author
Raised on a farm in eastern Ohio, Commander George Wallace CDR USN (ret) served twenty-two years on nuclear submarines. He learned submarining on two of Admiral Rickover's famous "Forty One for Freedom", the USS John Adams (SSBN 620) and the USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN 624), out of Charleston SC. CDR Wallace was the Executive Officer on the Sturgeon class nuclear attack submarine Spadefish (SSN 668) out of Norfolk VA and commanded the Los Angeles class nuclear attack submarine USS Houston (SSN 713) out of San Diego CA and Pearl Harbor HI.
An avid athlete, Commander Wallace was a member of the 1994 All Navy Ironman Team that represented the Navy in competing at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship at Kona, Hawaii. He has competed in many marathons, triathlons and ultra-marathons.
Commander Wallace and his wife Penny now make their home in Granada Hills, California.
Don Keith is a successful broadcaster and critically acclaimed novelist. His debut novel, The Forever Season, was named the 1997 Fiction Award Winner by the Alabama Library Association. Keith and his wife, Charlene, live in Indian Springs Village, Alabama.
An avid athlete, Commander Wallace was a member of the 1994 All Navy Ironman Team that represented the Navy in competing at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship at Kona, Hawaii. He has competed in many marathons, triathlons and ultra-marathons.
Commander Wallace and his wife Penny now make their home in Granada Hills, California.
Don Keith is a successful broadcaster and critically acclaimed novelist. His debut novel, The Forever Season, was named the 1997 Fiction Award Winner by the Alabama Library Association. Keith and his wife, Charlene, live in Indian Springs Village, Alabama.
