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During WWII, on board a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experienced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the trial of the mutineers unfold, it comes to light that Captain Queeg was mentally unstable, perhaps even insane. The Navy must then decide if the Caine Mutiny is a criminal act or an act of courage to save...
2) Sphere
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In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel is discovered resting on the ocean floor. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who descend together into the depths of the sea to investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanations. It is a spaceship.
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"P.T. Deutermann's World War II Navy series began with the award-winning Pacific Glory, followed by the brilliantly reviewed Ghosts of Bungo Suido. His new novel Sentinels of Fire tells the tale of a lone destroyer, the USS Malloy, part of the Allied invasion forces attacking the island of Okinawa and the Japanese home islands. By the spring of 1945, the once mighty Japanese fleet has been virtually destroyed, leaving Japan open to invasion. The Japanese...
4) Gentle rogue
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When Georgina Anderson sails to London in search of her fiance and finds him happily married to someone else, she dresses as a cabin boy aboard a ship bound for America and falls for the ship's arrogant owner.
5) Assassin
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This novel is a thriller. There is a race against time to stop a cataclysmic attack on America's most populous cities and avenge the horrific crimes.
6) Slipknot
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When Jane Bunker trades in her career as a big-city homicide detective for a new job as a marine insurance investigator in Green Haven, Maine, she thinks that a fresh start in this sleepy seaside town will finally allow her the peace and quiet that she's been craving. But when the town drunk washes up on shore with the back of his head smashed it, Jane realizes that Green Haven is not the quaint sanctuary she'd thought it was.
7) Sea fire
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Lady Catherine Aldley and her husband, Jonathan Hale, the pirate who stole her heart, fled England to make a home on a sprawling plantation in Carolina. When her father becomes ill, Cathy is summoned back to England to be at his side. Far from her husband, Cathy falls prey to her wily cousin, Lord Stanhope, who convinces her that her marriage to Jonathan is a sham.