Ghosts of Bungo Suido
A Novel
Reeks: P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels
P. T. Deutermann
- A
- thrilling
- WWII
- adventure
- set
- in
- a
- submarine
- in
- the
- Pacific,
- by
- the
- Boyd
- Award-winning
- author
- of
- Pacific
- GloryIn
- late
- 1944,
- America's
- naval
- forces
- face
- what
- seems
- an
- insurmountable
- threat
- from
- Japan:
- immense
- Yamato-class
- battleships,
- which
- dwarf
- every
- other
- ship
- at
- sea.
- Built
- in
- secrecy,
- these
- ships
- seem
- invincible,
- and
- lay
- waste
- to
- any
- challengers.
- American
- military
- intelligence
- knows
- of
- two
- such
- ships,
- but
- there
- is
- rumored
- to
- be
- a
- third,
- a
- newly-built
- aircraft
- carrier,
- ready
- to
- launch
- from
- Japan's
- heavily-defended
- and
- mined
- Inland
- Sea.
- Such
- a
- ship
- would
- threaten
- U.S.
- Pacific
- forces,
- allow
- Japan
- to
- launch
- air
- attacks
- against
- the
- U.S.
- mainland,
- and
- change
- the
- course
- of
- the
- war.No
- American
- submarine
- has
- penetrated
- the
- Inland
- Sea;
- five
- boats
- and
- their
- crews
- have
- perished
- in
- the
- Bungo
- Suido
- strait.
- Lieutenant
- Commander
- Gar
- Hammond—an
- aggressive,
- attacking
- leader
- with
- a
- reckless
- streak—is
- now
- captain
- of
- a
- new
- submarine.
- Hammond
- may
- be
- the
- navy's
- only
- hope
- to
- locate
- and
- stop
- the
- Japanese
- super-ship
- before
- it
- launches
- .
- .
- .
- if
- it
- even
- exists.P.T.
- Deutermann's
- previous
- World
- War
- II
- adventure,
- Pacific
- Glory,
- won
- acclaim
- from
- readers
- and
- reviewers,
- and
- was
- honored
- with
- the
- W.
- Y.
- Boyd
- Literary
- Award
- for
- Excellence
- in
- Military
- Fiction,
- administered
- by
- the
- American
- Library
- Association.
- In
- Ghosts
- of
- Bungo
- Suido,
- Deutermann
- presents
- another
- sweeping,
- action-filled
- WWII
- novel,
- based
- on
- a
- true
- event
- from
- the
- Pacific
- theater.
A
- Kirkus
- Reviews
- Best
- Fiction
- Book
- of 2013
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