{"product_id":"dark-waters-kael-ryke-9781998520992","title":"Dark Waters: A WWII Submarine Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003ePearl Harbor took everything from him. Now he has one mission left.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecember 1941. A Japanese Zero cartwheels out of the burning sky and destroys Commander Gavin Diesel's world in forty-five seconds. His wife. His daughter. Gone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe wakes from a coma with nothing left but the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo years later, Diesel commands the USS Swordback - a Balao-class fleet submarine, black-painted, fast, and armed with the new wakeless electric torpedoes that leave no trail for the enemy to follow. His reputation for aggressive tactics and ice-cold nerve under depth-charging has made him the Pacific Fleet's most effective submarine commander. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd now he's been handed an impossible mission. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Japanese submarine is transporting 2,000 pounds of weapons-grade uranium across the Indian Ocean. Captured from Germany's atomic program. Bound for Tokyo. Enough to complete the world's first nuclear weapon - and change the outcome of the war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe intercept will take Diesel and a platoon of Marine Raiders to a fortified island base where German and Japanese engineers are racing to mount nuclear warheads on long-range rockets capable of striking New York. Where an enslaved native population is working inside a mountain factory. And where Diesel will finally face the one man who might be his equal: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommander Takemoto Shuji - the most dangerous submarine commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy, who has crossed the Pacific six times without being detected, and who has everything to lose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark Waters is a high-octane WWII submarine thriller written with the tactical authenticity of a DiMercurio novel and the emotional scope of Das Boot. It follows three converging storylines - the American submarine crew hunting a ghost, the Japanese commander running one step ahead, and the German engineer who knows what his cargo will do and has built a locked room in his mind to keep himself from thinking about it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the torpedo rooms of Pearl Harbor to a sea cave on the edge of the Indian Ocean. From depth charges in the Lombok Strait to a sinking enemy submarine with the fate of the war in its hold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome victories cost everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of Tom Clancy, Michael DiMercurio, and Alistair MacLean.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kael Ryke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1998520994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781998520992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weapons Free Publishing [A Division of Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.85d","brand":"Kael Ryke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097387049215,"sku":"9781998520992","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-waters-kael-ryke-9781998520992","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}