The Tiger Cruise

The Tiger Cruise (c) is a novel about a Los Angeles Class nuclear attack submarine, the USS Woodbridge, which leaves Norfolk on a routine two day tiger cruise. The tiger cruise is a navy tradition whereby family and friends are invited to sail aboard a naval vessel to get first hand experience of navy tradition at sea. After the Woodbridge embarks, a large earthquake strikes in the mid-Atlantic and, for the first time in recorded history, large tsunamis strike the East Coast all but destroying the naval base at Norfolk. Iraq, lying in wait for the opportunity to strike back at America, deploys a mini-nuclear submarine loaded with lethal anthrax toward the shores of America. The Navy, crippled by the large tidal waves that struck the coast, calls on the Woodbridge to seek and destroy the Iraqi invaders. The Woodbridge, having left a third of its crew behind to accommodate 14 civilians ranging in age from 10 to 72 and its nuclear reactor and sonar damaged by the quake, answers the call. Only one ship can stop them in a race for the coast.

Richard L. Thompson

Knox Jones Enterprises

The nuclear attack submarine USS WOODBRIDGE prepares for a Tiger Cruise, in which 14 civilian guests of the crew will get to spend the night on board. Among the civilians are the Captain's two young sons and a retired computer programmer. The USS WOODBRIDGE is also spending this time testing a new state of the art SONAR system. In the dead of night, Iraqi Republican Guards sneak several canisters of the deadly anthrax virus across the border. The CIA learns of their plans, when the Iraqis are forced to kill a NATO inspection officer. The CIA sends a helicopter to stop them, but the Iraqis plow one of their trucks into the helicopter, enabling the truck carrying the anthrax to slip into Jordan. Meanwhile, seismologists on the East Coast are puzzled by the curious readings their instruments are giving them. Could there really be an Earthquake brewing on the East Coast? When the earthquake hits, the seismologists are at first relieved, only to realize that the quake would create a series of catastrophic tsunamis. Shortly thereafter, portions of the East Coast are severely damaged. The USS WOODBRIDGE, rocked by the deep-sea earthquake, surface to find that the naval base at Norfolk is unreachable. The new SONAR they were testing had been rendered useless by the shockwave. To make matters worse, their reactor is leaking. The Captain must send his own ten year-old son deep into the engine room to seal the reactor, while another one of the Tiger Cruise guests, the retired computer programmer, tirelessly examines the SONAR's computer code to fix the bug. The Iraqis evade NATO officials and sneak the anthrax aboard a retired Soviet submarine, captained by a disillusioned Communist who longs for the good ole days. The CIA use everything in their power to track the Soviet sub, only to realize that the anthrax was actually stored on a stealth mini-sub. The three-man mini-sub, headed the long way around Africa, is undoubtedly headed for the United States...but the question is: where? A game of cat and mouse ensues with the CIA, the Russian Sub, and the Iraqi piloted mini-sub. After missing the mini-sub with a Tomahawk missile, it's now up to the damaged USS WOODBRIDGE to save the day. Fortunately, the civilian programmer fixes the SONAR in time. Unfortunately, the mini-sub is equipped with the latest defensive technology and eludes every torpedo the USS WOODBRIDGE can throw at them. In a race for the coast, the Woodbridge must do everything in its power to stop the Iraqi invaders.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

THOMPSON, RICHARD

Thrillers & Suspense

North Star Bay

On January 21, 1968 a B-52 Boeing Stratofortress, carrying four 1.1 megaton H-Bombs, caught fire and crashed in the Artic Circle near Thule, Greenland. The Strategic Air Command’s (SAC) Arctic Circle route was an airborne alert operation, referred to by the pilots of these large bombers as the "Chrome Dome," and was a 24-hour round-the-clock strategic undertaking. Carrying four 1.1 megaton H-Bombs, the B-52’s were ready on a moment’s notice to wage all-out warfare on an enemy that dare provoke an attack.  The "official" response by the United States was that all four H-bombs were destroyed on impact but theorist have long maintained that one of the bombs survived the crash and lies on the seabed off Greenland near Thule airbase. 34 years later, the lost bomb that America has always denied existed, has been found – snagged by a fisherman’s net – setting off alarms deep in the bowels of the most fortified structure known to mankind – the CIA. Although the United States is eager to avoid a crisis in relations with its NATO ally Denmark there is more at stake than NATO relations: America is secretly mining raw plutonium in the area and conducting its most clandestine operation in the history of the United States – National Missile Defense.  In a remarkable depiction of clandestine adventure, North Star Bay weaves men, submarines, individual acts of heroism, moments of tragedy and unimaginable endurance into an intricate spellbinding story.

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

On January 21, 1968 a B-52 Boeing Stratofortress, carrying four 1.1 megaton H-Bombs, caught fire and crashed in the Artic Circle near Thule, Greenland. The Strategic Air Command’s (SAC) Arctic Circle route was an airborne alert operation, referred to by the pilots of these large bombers as the "Chrome Dome," and was a 24-hour round-the-clock strategic undertaking. Carrying four 1.1 megaton H-Bombs, the B-52’s were ready on a moment’s notice to wage all-out warfare on an enemy that dare provoke an attack. The "official" response by the United States was that all four H-bombs were destroyed on impact but theorist have long maintained that one of the bombs survived the crash and lies on the seabed off Greenland near Thule airbase. 34 years later, the lost bomb that America has always denied existed, has been found – snagged by a fisherman’s net – setting off alarms deep in the bowels of the most fortified structure known to mankind – the CIA. Although the United States is eager to avoid a crisis in relations with its NATO ally Denmark there is more at stake than NATO relations: America is secretly mining raw plutonium in the area and conducting its most clandestine operation in the history of the United States – National Missile Defense. In a remarkable depiction of clandestine adventure, North Star Bay weaves men, submarines, individual acts of heroism, moments of tragedy and unimaginable endurance into an intricate spellbinding story.

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The Tiger Cruise

The Tiger Cruise

The Tiger Cruise

North Star Bay

North Star Bay