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Target Risk
An action-packed novel of the sea! Perfect for fans of live Cussler, Douglas Reeman and Duncan Harding.
It’s a race against time to prevent a maritime disaster…
Leviathan , the largest crude carrier ever to be built, is the first of shipping magnate Kartar Browne ’s modern fleet of nuclear-powered supertankers. A devious and ruthless operator, Browne’s organization – Planeka Shipping International – has profited from the exploitation of underpaid crews and underinsured ships.
David Krivine , a professional diver, is struggling to establish Hull Cleaning Services Ltd, an underwater anti-fouling company. Winning the contract to service Leviathan represents his company’s future, and security for himself and his family.
Too late, David discovers the shattering truth – that he has been a pawn in Browne’s callous stratagems. Now he must struggle to avert a disaster of horrific proportions.
As the clock ticks down, can David avert the sinking of the world’s biggest ship?
Or is the English Channel about to witness a catastrophe of unprecedented magnitude?
TARGET RISK is a classic naval disaster thriller written in the 1970s.
‘Fast-moving and gripping’ – Lancashire Evening News
It’s a race against time to prevent a maritime disaster…
Leviathan , the largest crude carrier ever to be built, is the first of shipping magnate Kartar Browne ’s modern fleet of nuclear-powered supertankers. A devious and ruthless operator, Browne’s organization – Planeka Shipping International – has profited from the exploitation of underpaid crews and underinsured ships.
David Krivine , a professional diver, is struggling to establish Hull Cleaning Services Ltd, an underwater anti-fouling company. Winning the contract to service Leviathan represents his company’s future, and security for himself and his family.
Too late, David discovers the shattering truth – that he has been a pawn in Browne’s callous stratagems. Now he must struggle to avert a disaster of horrific proportions.
As the clock ticks down, can David avert the sinking of the world’s biggest ship?
Or is the English Channel about to witness a catastrophe of unprecedented magnitude?
TARGET RISK is a classic naval disaster thriller written in the 1970s.
‘Fast-moving and gripping’ – Lancashire Evening News
158 pages, Paperback
First published October 4, 1979
About the author
John Wingate
45 books16 followersJohn Alan Wingate DSC was a successful novelist with some twenty-five books to his credit. Many of these had a naval theme. Frequently involving the submarine service, they gained much authenticity from Wingate’s personal wartime experiences
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November 26, 2021
A different slant
This is a Naval book with a difference. It has an insight (perhaps) into Lloyd's insurers. It also hints that the author is not all knowing regarding aircraft, see 727 takeoff.
This is a Naval book with a difference. It has an insight (perhaps) into Lloyd's insurers. It also hints that the author is not all knowing regarding aircraft, see 727 takeoff.
October 20, 2022
slow to build and then all over in the last chapter
It was a very slow lead up to the main action and then it was all over in the last minute. It is also highly impassable the a nuclear powered ship could fail in this way. Not the best narrative ark.
It was a very slow lead up to the main action and then it was all over in the last minute. It is also highly impassable the a nuclear powered ship could fail in this way. Not the best narrative ark.
December 22, 2022
Truly a classic that is a very scary real time story. What something of this nature could do with atomi8c radiation, and crude oil to life sea, human, environment nations and etc. almost inconceivable.
January 1, 2024
Time passer
Good on the technical side and insight into working of Loydds insurance but rather dull otherwise, characters are two dimensional and do not generate much interest. Not up to usual standard.
Good on the technical side and insight into working of Loydds insurance but rather dull otherwise, characters are two dimensional and do not generate much interest. Not up to usual standard.
January 26, 2022
Good on underwriting, but not up to the standards of his war-related plots and characters
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