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Richard Mariner #13
Titan 10
The thirteenth action adventure in the Mariner series
July 2008. Prometheus 4, the first of a new generation of supertankers, plunges round the North Cape, heading for its rendezvous in the Barents Sea with Titan 10, from which it will collect its cargo. Formerly a nuclear submarine, Titan 10's missiles have been replaced by tanks carrying 10,000 tons of oil. But when the two vessels meet, Prometheus 4 finds Titan 10 utterly deserted. And the oil is gone.
July 2008. Prometheus 4, the first of a new generation of supertankers, plunges round the North Cape, heading for its rendezvous in the Barents Sea with Titan 10, from which it will collect its cargo. Formerly a nuclear submarine, Titan 10's missiles have been replaced by tanks carrying 10,000 tons of oil. But when the two vessels meet, Prometheus 4 finds Titan 10 utterly deserted. And the oil is gone.
250 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
Peter Tonkin
92 books62 followersPeter Tonkin's first novel, KILLER, was published in 1978. His work has included the acclaimed "Mariner" series that have been critically compared with the best of Alistair MacLean, Desmond Bagley and Hammond Innes.
More recently he has been working on a series of detective thrillers with an Elizabethan background. This series, "The Master of Defense", has been characterised as 'James Bond meets Sherlock Holmes meets William Shakespeare'. Each story is a classic 'whodunit' with all the clues presented to the reader exactly as they are presented to the hero, Tom Musgrave. The Kirkus Review described them as having 'Elizabethan detail, rousing action sequences, sound detection...everything a fan of historical mysteries could hope for."
More recently he has been working on a series of detective thrillers with an Elizabethan background. This series, "The Master of Defense", has been characterised as 'James Bond meets Sherlock Holmes meets William Shakespeare'. Each story is a classic 'whodunit' with all the clues presented to the reader exactly as they are presented to the hero, Tom Musgrave. The Kirkus Review described them as having 'Elizabethan detail, rousing action sequences, sound detection...everything a fan of historical mysteries could hope for."
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November 15, 2022
Thoroughly entertaining and engrossing read
I really enjoyed Titan 10. It's exciting and engrossing and held my attention from start to finish. The longer it went on, the more the mystery deepened and the ending really took m0e by surprise.
I really enjoyed Titan 10. It's exciting and engrossing and held my attention from start to finish. The longer it went on, the more the mystery deepened and the ending really took m0e by surprise.
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