Echo Class

by David E. Meadows

It's June, 1967. In the waters of the Pacific, Captain Danny McDonald of the USS 'Monaghan' is ordered to track down a Soviet submarine - without triggering World War III.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 042522631X
• ISBN13: 9780425226315
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Naval Adventure!

Captain Meadows has written yet another very enjoyable and exciting naval adventure book. Having read all of his books to date, it's hard to pick a favorite since they are all so well done. I thought the characters here were well developed; we intimately see the thought processes of the Soviet submarine captain and the commanding officer of the US destroyer as they play the ASW cat-and-mouse game. The "inaccuracies" cited in other reviews of this book are pretty much down in the noise, and have little to do with plot of the story. After all, this is a novel, not the Bluejacket's Manual. I have a 40 year association with the Navy, both on active duty and as a technology contractor, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I'm looking forward to reading his next offering.

SUPER THRILLER!

Echo Class is a Cold War suspense thriller that begins with an American destroyer, the USS Dale, chasing a Soviet nuclear submarine, K-122, across the Pacific. Eventually, losing the Soviet boat in deep water, the story then moves into Subic Bay in the Philippines, where the crew of the destroyer takes a well-earned liberty. Their joyful respite is cut short, however, when a sonarman on duty aboard the Dale discovers that the K-122 is actually hiding in Subic Bay. Then the action really begins to heat up. You see, unbeknownst to the U.S. Navy, several members of the Soviet boat have sneaked ashore on a top-secret-mission. Exactly, what are they up to? I can't tell you that, you'll have to read the book. But, I can tell you that Subic Bay becomes a hot bed of real time war games between the two most powerful navies in the world. Their opposing captains, who can only be described as grand masters of their trade, engage each other in a ticklish fight to the bitter end where one tiny mistake on either side could blast the entire world into nuclear Armageddon. Like a delicious desert, this book will leave you hungry for more. I highly recommend Echo Class.