The Iceman
A Novel
Reeks: P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels
P. T. Deutermann
- The
- Iceman
- is
- an
- action-packed
- World
- War
- II
- military
- thriller
- featuring
- a
- daring
- United
- States
- Navy
- submarine
- commander
- during
- the
- Pacific
- war
- in
- 1942-43.In
- 1942,
- off
- the
- port
- city
- of
- St.
- Nazaire
- in
- occupied
- France,
- a
- United
- States
- Navy
- S-class
- submarine
- assigned
- to
- the
- Royal
- Navy
- lurks
- just
- outside
- the
- borders
- of
- the
- minefield
- protecting
- a
- German
- U-boat
- base.
- Lieutenant
- Commander
- Malachi
- Stormes,
- the
- boat’s
- skipper,
- patrols
- dangerously
- close
- to
- the
- minefield
- entrance
- and
- manages
- to
- trap
- and
- sink
- three
- outbound
- U-boats
- in
- one
- spectacular
- attack.
- Britain
- decorates
- him,
- the
- U.S.
- Navy
- promotes
- him
- and
- then
- gives
- him
- command
- of
- a
- brand
- new
- class
- of
- submarine,
- a
- fleet
- boat
- called
- Firefish.
- Based
- in
- Perth,
- Australia,
- having
- been
- driven
- out
- of
- the
- Philippines
- by
- the
- Japanese
- juggernaut,
- the
- Perth
- boats
- are
- the
- only
- American
- forces
- capable
- of
- hitting
- the
- Japanese
- in
- the
- western
- Pacific.Stormes,
- with
- his
- cold,
- steely-eyed
- focus
- on
- killing
- Japanese
- ships,
- is
- an
- enigma
- to
- his
- officers
- and
- crew,
- especially
- when
- it
- becomes
- clear
- that
- he
- is
- willing
- to
- take
- huge
- chances
- to
- achieve
- results.
- Firefish
- sinks
- more
- ships
- than
- any
- Perth
- boat
- on
- her
- first
- war
- patrol,
- but
- Stormes’
- unconventional
- tactics
- literally
- frighten
- his
- crew.
- Driven
- by
- a
- past
- steeped
- in
- the
- whiskey-haunted
- violence
- of
- the
- Kentucky
- coal
- fields,
- whose
- psychological
- scars
- torment
- his
- sleep
- and
- close
- him
- off
- from
- personal
- relationships,
- Stormes
- is
- nicknamed
- The
- Iceman.
- His
- crew
- is
- proud
- of
- their
- boat’s
- accomplishments,
- but
- wonder
- if
- their
- iron-willed
- skipper
- will
- bring
- them
- home
- alive.With
- intense
- action
- and
- featuring
- authentic
- submarine
- tactics
- in
- the
- early
- years
- of
- the
- Pacific
- war,
- The
- Iceman
- continues
- P.
- T.
- Deutermann's
- masterful,
- award-winning
- cycle
- of
- thrillers
- set
- during
- World
- War II.
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