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Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, who has appeared in eight previous Coonts novels (most recently Cuba and Hong Kong), returns for another techno-thriller from one of the genre's top practitioners. The first couple of pages recount the disappearance of SuperAegis, a satellite that's the cornerstone of a new American-European-Russian antimissile defense system, on its first, much heralded trial. But Jake Grafton is only on that case for a few paragraphs before the stealth submarine U.S.S. America is hijacked on her maiden voyage. The sub quickly lives up to her reputation as the sneakiest undersea vessel in the world by seeming to vanish into the Atlantic. It takes a little while for Grafton to connect the dots between the two military blunders, by which time missiles fired from the America have devastated Washington, frying every electronic circuit in the city, and even burning the White House to the ground. Between looking for the rogue sub, searching for the satellite, and trying to get some answers about the team
This book is a visual celebration of the British Isles, a gallery of over 150 carefully chosen images that between them represent ihe incredible diversity of the British landscape. The beauty of Britain is admired around the world, by the millions who have seen these countries as visitors, by all whose forebears hailed from here and, perhaps most of all, by those who now live elsewhere and look back on these islands as home. We who live here often pay too little attention to the views that surround us, for there is much to appreciate. A treasure trove of memories, an endless source of kindling for the imagination and an inspiration to the would-be traveller, Beautiful Britain captures the landscapes, the myths, the history and the spirit of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales -these "precious stones, set in a silver sea".
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