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At least one Amazon.com customer has found several errors of naval rank and military history in the first few pages of Patrick Robinson's blockbuster about a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier suddenly vaporized by a terrorist submarine. But if you're a plain, old-fashioned thrill seeker like me, you'll probably zip right past them as you try to keep up with the Tom Clancy-like explosion of technical trivia and plot twists. This is one of those books you pick up right after X-Files, planning to read for an hour before bed. Next thing you know it's 5 a.m., you've still got 50 pages to go--and you keep on reading. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Nimitz Class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Thomas Jefferson and its accompanying Carrier Battle Group is secretly attacked and destroyed. At first, the loss of the carrier and its 6000-person crew is deemed an accident, but Lieutenant Commander Bill Baldridge convinces the president that the ship was attacked by a diesel sub with a nuclear-tipped torpedo. The ensuing investigation takes him from Britain's top-flight submarine school to the depths of the Bosporus in pursuit of a rogue Iraqi sub captain and his commandeered Russian submarine. Robinson (One Hundred Days, Naval Institute Pr., 1992) weaves a tale of intrigue mixed with modern naval lore. While not a page-turner of the Clancy class, this story is riveting for its plausibility. Readers of this genre will eagerly plunge into this story.
-?Grant A. Fredericksen, Illinois Prairie Dist. P.L., Metamora
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars No surprise ending, Jun 5 2004

By	J. Lewis "Bookworm and Music Lover" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very well written and Mr. Robinson gave a great account of submarine tactics and warfare. However, there were no surprises throughout the book and the ending was rather predictable.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good premise but predictable, Feb 15 2004

By	RedDog - See all my reviews

This was the first book I have read by Patrick Robinson. While the story-line was interesting and even frighening (post Sept 11)
I thought the ending was rather predictable. ***SPOILER*** The
destruction of the subs at Bandar Abbas in Iran was a good sub-plot but was ultimately anti-climactic. And was there any doubt that Bill Baldridge would return to the Kansas homestead?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Book, Sep 18 2003

By	David C. Hoffner (Cedar Lake, IN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked up this book recently, but didn't get what I hoped for. I have a mild addiction to military/espionage thrillers. I grew up on World War II novels, but it was _The Hunt for Red October_ that gave me a taste for modern settings. I greatly enjoyed reading both _...Red October_ and _Red Storm Rising_ ten years ago. Ever since then I have occasionally picked up a military thriller for fun.

I see here that _Nimitz Class_ is actually the first book of a series. I can only hope that the others got better, though I don't think I'll spend the time to find out for myself. These characters were way too shallow and two-dimensional for my taste. Every time they meet one another, it's like a gathering of the gods on Mt. Olympus-every one is so admirable, experienced, capable and wonderful-they're straining their shoulders trying to pat each other on the back so much.

Several of the plot developments were also made easily predictable because the writer telegraphs his moves. For example, at one point the main character's mother tells him to bring a woman with him when he moves home after resigning his commission. Just a few pages later, one of the admirable admirals says he wants to introduce his daughter. Before she even appears on the page, I know that she is going to be going to a new home in Kansas by the end of the book (sorry if I ruined that for anyone, but gosh, if you didn't see it coming...).

Finally, I noticed a few technical mistakes, which didn't help the credibility of the story. For example, it is implied in the book that the current in the Bosporus always flows from North to South. I know from personal experience that this is not true. The current changes direction with the tides. Either a high tide is filling the Black Sea with Mediteranean water or a low tide is draining that water back out.

To its credit, this book has a plot that moves along just as briskly as that Bosporus current. But nonetheless I found it too shallow to be really enjoyable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nimitz Class - A well told Naval/Political thriller!
After seeing this particular title and Patrick Robinson's other titles in the stores last year I decided to purchase them all based on the back cover descriptions. Read more

Published on Aug 18 2003 by K. Wyatt

5.0 out of 5 stars A prequel to 911
This was my first Robinson book. I heard the unabridged tape version. The narrator was very good.

The plot for this book was very original. Read more

Published on Jul 30 2003 by William J. Tennison

5.0 out of 5 stars Kept me awake!
"Nimitz Class" A most excellent "fiction". I read it prior to 9/11 & walked away wondering if an Islamic radical could carry it out, and that an aircraft... Read more

Published on Jun 10 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Imagine a US carrier being hit by a terrorist
Nimitz Class is a first class 'faction' novel written by Patrick Robinson advised by a British sub commander who is widely acknowledged in naval circles as one of the top... Read more