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The Trojan Sea: A Gripping Political Thriller Where an Ordinary Officer Uncovers a Deadly Conspiracy
There is a new order to the world. The first female president of the United States sits in the White House. Monster corporations wield the real global power. And all the old rules have changed.
From Richard Herman, whom Clive Cussler calls "one of the best adventure writers around" and the Denver Post places "on a par with Tom Clancy," comes a spellbinding new novel of intrigue, politics, deception, murder, and the bloody manipulation of world events for the sake of pure profit.
Beautiful and brilliant, Lee Justine (L.J.) Ellis is, at thirty-eight, the youngest CEO ever of a major oil corporation. Ruthless, charismatic, greedy, and philanthropic, she is a strange dichotomy of positive and negative, a driven crusader on a god-given mission. And now she owns something worth killing secret knowledge of vast, untapped reserves of oil right in America's backyard ... beneath the territorial waters of a sworn enemy ... Cuba. It is a prize she must capture at any cost.
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Stuart is the most average of men. A military functionary toiling in bureaucratic tedium, he could never hope to live up to the legendary reputation of his father -- one of the great air force fighter pilots -- so he is resigned to serving his country in his own quiet way. But in his daily war of figures and on-screen data, Stuart notices an unusual pattern of oil tanker movement and he dutifully reports it to his superiors. Suddenly Mike Stuart's ordinary life starts spinning dangerously out of control.
A series of seemingly random "accidents" and narrow escapes -- all explainable and unremarkable, except for the number of them -- puts him on the alert. But when his ex-wife and her lover are killed in Stuart's car, he realizes that his growing paranoia is frighteningly justified. There are powerful forces closing in on one inconspicuous man, trapping him in the wide flung net of a devastating conspiracy that could brutally change the political face of a hemisphere, bring a government down in flames and chaos ... and take the life of America's's president.
Now Mike Stuart is being called upon to defend his nation in ways he never imagined. And his sole chance for success -- and survivals to become something he has never a warrior.
From Richard Herman, whom Clive Cussler calls "one of the best adventure writers around" and the Denver Post places "on a par with Tom Clancy," comes a spellbinding new novel of intrigue, politics, deception, murder, and the bloody manipulation of world events for the sake of pure profit.
Beautiful and brilliant, Lee Justine (L.J.) Ellis is, at thirty-eight, the youngest CEO ever of a major oil corporation. Ruthless, charismatic, greedy, and philanthropic, she is a strange dichotomy of positive and negative, a driven crusader on a god-given mission. And now she owns something worth killing secret knowledge of vast, untapped reserves of oil right in America's backyard ... beneath the territorial waters of a sworn enemy ... Cuba. It is a prize she must capture at any cost.
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Stuart is the most average of men. A military functionary toiling in bureaucratic tedium, he could never hope to live up to the legendary reputation of his father -- one of the great air force fighter pilots -- so he is resigned to serving his country in his own quiet way. But in his daily war of figures and on-screen data, Stuart notices an unusual pattern of oil tanker movement and he dutifully reports it to his superiors. Suddenly Mike Stuart's ordinary life starts spinning dangerously out of control.
A series of seemingly random "accidents" and narrow escapes -- all explainable and unremarkable, except for the number of them -- puts him on the alert. But when his ex-wife and her lover are killed in Stuart's car, he realizes that his growing paranoia is frighteningly justified. There are powerful forces closing in on one inconspicuous man, trapping him in the wide flung net of a devastating conspiracy that could brutally change the political face of a hemisphere, bring a government down in flames and chaos ... and take the life of America's's president.
Now Mike Stuart is being called upon to defend his nation in ways he never imagined. And his sole chance for success -- and survivals to become something he has never a warrior.
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484 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 6, 2001
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About the author
Richard Herman
38 books50 followersAlso publishes as Richard Herman Jr.
Richard Herman was a member of the United States Air Force (Weapons System operator) for twenty-one years, retiring in 1983 with the rank of major. He is the author of ten previous novels, including The Warbirds, Power Curve, Against All Enemies, Edge of Honor, and The Trojan Sea, all published by Avon Books.
(source Harper Collins)
Richard Herman was a member of the United States Air Force (Weapons System operator) for twenty-one years, retiring in 1983 with the rank of major. He is the author of ten previous novels, including The Warbirds, Power Curve, Against All Enemies, Edge of Honor, and The Trojan Sea, all published by Avon Books.
(source Harper Collins)
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April 14, 2014
On the cover flap it is noted that Clive Cussler calls Richard Herman one of the best adventure writers around. I have to admit the writing is tight and free of typos. The characters are all too human and the story line as compelling as any Cussler read.
Lieutenant Mike Stuart is a low-level bureaucrat working at the Pentagon who is struggling with a flaky ex-wife and a rich and ugly mother-in-law, and is nearing retirement while working for an incompetent boss who is out to screw him out of it.
In Texas, the rich and beautiful LC Ellis, owner of Ray Tex Oil, believes she’s uncovered the largest oil field in the world and wants it kept secret until she can exploit the find. But to get to the oil she must first start a revolution.
Stuart becomes a target because of a chance encounter with an unusual ship as he seeks shelter from a hurricane in a Cuban port. By luck and a desire to live, Stuart avoids death at the hands of killers hired by LJ’s long-time friend and mentor.
Accused of murdering his ex-wife’s lover by tampering with the brakes of his SUV that he loaned them, Stuart must race against time and the police to accumulate the evidence that proves his innocence and which will inadvertently reveal LJ’s plot.
This is a brilliant piece of writing; a daring ride into the world of big oil and bigger money with enough thrills to keep any adventure reader enthralled.
Lieutenant Mike Stuart is a low-level bureaucrat working at the Pentagon who is struggling with a flaky ex-wife and a rich and ugly mother-in-law, and is nearing retirement while working for an incompetent boss who is out to screw him out of it.
In Texas, the rich and beautiful LC Ellis, owner of Ray Tex Oil, believes she’s uncovered the largest oil field in the world and wants it kept secret until she can exploit the find. But to get to the oil she must first start a revolution.
Stuart becomes a target because of a chance encounter with an unusual ship as he seeks shelter from a hurricane in a Cuban port. By luck and a desire to live, Stuart avoids death at the hands of killers hired by LJ’s long-time friend and mentor.
Accused of murdering his ex-wife’s lover by tampering with the brakes of his SUV that he loaned them, Stuart must race against time and the police to accumulate the evidence that proves his innocence and which will inadvertently reveal LJ’s plot.
This is a brilliant piece of writing; a daring ride into the world of big oil and bigger money with enough thrills to keep any adventure reader enthralled.
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