Book Cover Introduction
By fellow blogger: Jacqui Murray
I have to admit I do not usually publicize books, but our fellow bloggers are doing a wonderful job of keeping us in the loop with the war that should have taught this world a huge lesson. Please read the preview of this book, due out in early August, and follow up later this week for two others!! GP Cox
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“An unlikely team is America’s only chance
A brilliant Ph.D. candidate, a cynical ex-SEAL, and a quirky experimental robot team up against terrorists intent on stealing America’s most powerful nuclear weapon, the Trident submarine. By all measures, they are an unlikely trio–one believes in brawn, another brains, and the third is all geek. What no one realizes is this trio has a secret weapon: the wisdom of a formidable female who died two million years ago.”
Here’s a longer one:
“The USS Hampton SSN 767 quietly floated unseen a hundred fifty-two feet below the ocean’s surface. Despite its deadly nuclear tipped arsenal of Trident missiles, its task for the past six months has been reconnaissance and surveillance. The biggest danger the crew faced was running out of olives for their pizza. That all changed one morning, four days before the end of the Hampton’s tour. Halfway through the Captain’s first morning coffee, every system on the submarine shut down. No navigation, no communication, and no defensive measures. Within minutes, the sub began a terrifying descent through the murky greys and blacks of the deep Atlantic and settled to the ocean floor five miles from Cuba and perilously close to the sub’s crush depth. When it missed its mandated contact, an emergency call went out to retired Navy intel officer, Zeke Rowe, top of his field before a botched mission left him physically crippled and psychologically shaken. Rowe quickly determined that the sub was the victim of a cybervirus secreted inside the sub’s top secret operating systems. What Rowe couldn’t figure out was who did it or how to stop it sinking every other submarine in the American fleet.
Kali Delamagente is a struggling over-the-hill grad student who entered a DARPA cybersecurity competition as a desperate last hope to fund a sophisticated artificial intelligence she called Otto. Though her presentation imploded, she caught the attention of two people: a terrorist intent on destroying America and a rapt Dr. Zeke Rowe. An anonymous blank check to finish her research is quickly followed by multiple break-ins to her lab, a hack of her computer, the disappearance of her three-legged dog, and finally the kidnapping of her only son.
By all measures, Rowe and Delamagente are an unlikely duo. Rowe believes in brawn and Delamagente brains. To save the America they both love, they find a middle ground, guided with the wisdom of a formidable female who died two million years ago. ”
book info:
Title and author: “To Hunt a Sub” by: J. Murray
Release Date: August, 2016 by Structured Learning
Genre: Thriller
Preview: Available on Kindle Scout
Cover by: Paper and Sage Design
Author bio:
“Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman , the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for TeachHUB, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, monthly contributor to Today’s Author and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. Her debut novel, To Hunt a Sub, launches this summer. You can find her nonfiction books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.”
To find out more …. one of her blog sites can be located HERE and another one HERE!!
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Posted on July 6, 2016, in Book Reviews, Current News, Uncategorized, WWII and tagged Books, Fiction, History, Military, Navy, nostalgia, Novels, Suspense, Writers, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 85 Comments.
I wanted to drop in and post the Kindle link (finally!) for my published book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K7VSPBW#navbar. Thanks so much for being such a hospitable host!
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I’ve been at all the posts I could find advertising it! You know I wish you all the best here with your first fiction book!
Thanks for thinking of me and sending the link.
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I definitely appreciate that, GP. I was over the moon when that first sale came through!
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I can’t say I know how you feel, but I’m very happy for you!!!
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Seems me very good
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Thank you.
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I’m looking forward to reading Jacqui’s novel. Tom and I have read several books she’s reviewed on her blog.
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And, if I’m not mistaken, I am mentioned. [ssh, don’t tell anybody]
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That makes it even better!
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Oh that’s cute.
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Thanks, Sheri. I’ll have a Kindle link in early August. I’m hoping I can make it free for a few days–not sure how that works.
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That would be terrific.
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Thanks for the preview, GP. Very interesting that the setting of the sub is near Cuba. I look forward to reading this.
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Jacqui will be happy to hear that!!
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I had to research the ocean depths around Cuba to see if it would fit my plot. Yep, it worked.
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The Cuba site struck a cord with me. While in the Navy I flew ASW patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis around the island, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas. Really looking forward to reading your book.
Bob Cloud
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That’s interesting. My brother flew ASW also–helo pilot. His time was more during Desert Storm, though. I picked his brain on the sequel to this book.
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More ASW operations are now done by rotary winged aircraft (attached to a particular aircraft carrier) now than during my day. I was aircrew on the land based Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune. The Neptune was being phased out around the time I was discharged with the land based Lockheed P-3 Orion taking it’s place. The P-3 is now being replaced by the land based Boeing P-8 Poseidon. The thing looks more like a luxury airliner compared to my poor ol’ Neptune.
Bob Cloud
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BTW, there is one historic ASW mission involving a Russian sub during the Cuban missile crisis. Maybe I can’t ask about that…
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Good Morning Jacqui,
You may already be aware of this but there is information about some of the ASW operations during the Cuban Missile time frame at : The National Security Archive http://www.nsarchive.gwu.edu . The name of the piece is “The Submarines of October”. Over the years I’ve had reservations about writing about those times but there was a presentation by CNN recently that was pretty informative with many things I remember shown as being declassified now. After seeing that TV presentation I wrote a post about one of my experiences with the Soviet navy/military and intelligence gathering of that era called “The Dardanelles” . There is another source of information about that time that I’m trying to locate.
Bob Cloud
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There were a few of those and I’m not sure which one you are referring to but the one that has always stood out in my mind was an incident where a Lockheed Neptune flight crew grew frustrated because a Soviet sub refused to surface after the NATO approved procedure had been followed. So an adjustment was included in the last PDC sounding package. It surfaced.
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Sounds like it will be an interesting read. Thanks .
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It sure does and Jacqui is a terrific writer + teacher, so this is one to look for in a few weeks.
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Thanks, Trudy. I miss visiting my characters every day, now that I’ve moved on to marketing. Sigh.
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Wow, I love thrillers like this and will have to get the book. Thanks for letting us know.Can’t wait to read it.
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Good to hear!!
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Oh yeah, this kind of thriller is right up my alley. Do you like John Le Carre’? I love his thrillers too. Also have loved the movies about other sub thrillers.
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Yes, a few. Excellent writer, he keeps your heart pumping!
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I read all of John Le Carre’s books years ago. They are part of what informed my decision to write thrillers. Who couldn’t like those?
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Jacqui, you write thrillers? What kind do you write? I’m very interested.
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This thriller includes military and tech. The sequel is more military and less tech. I like both topics. I like the plot-driven nature of thrillers, the fast pace, and the clever twists that populate thrillers. I’m not so much into digging into character motivations and emotions as you find in character-driven stories.
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Both my kids are in the military so involving submarines seemed a natural. Plus, there is so much we can never kn ow about them, isn’t there.
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Reblogged this on KCJones.
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Thank you, Penny. Jacqui will be very happy to see you supporting her.
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Thanks for the reblog, KC and Penney!
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Love the cover, advertising contents of subterfuge, conspiracy and political intrigue.
Quite frankly books such as Jacqui were once relegated to the world of fiction, however in today’s world clime, the words of fiction now become intermingled with the words of fact.
A good writer can combine both leaving a question in the readers mind, did it or did it not happen?, can it or can it not happen?, Jacqui appears to be able to achieve that.
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Jacqui is military orientated and a mother of two service children, so she is quite familiar to the history and the current outlook.
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Hi gp, I can’t post a comment on her site, could you please pass on my comment on your site and my links.
Cheers.
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I’ll be happy to, Ian.
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How funny you say that. My critique group read much of this book and a common comment was, “Does this really happen?” Oh yes, it does.
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Sounds like a very interesting book. Will keep it in mind for future reading!
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Just about a month away – I want to know how it ends!
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It should be out on Kindle in early August. That’s the plan anyway. I’ve published over a hundred non-fiction, but this is my first fiction so I’m not as clear on how the machinations work.
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Good to know although don’t have a Kindle. Love your blog and congratulations on a fiction book!
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I don’t have a Kindle either. In fact, I tried one and didn’t like it. I use the Kindle app on my iPad and smartphone. It’s all I need.
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I have thought about getting the Kindle but still love going to the library and picking up a book to read. Good to know if I get a iPad!
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I do, too, and it’s hard to read digital books in the sun. My iPad is too reflective.
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This looks really good. I enjoy stories like this. Now to remember to get it next month.
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Oh, you’ll be hearing about it, Christopher. I’m certain we’ll be getting reminders and seeing other posts online about it.
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Excellent. Thank you
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My pleasure, Christopher. Jacqui’s been a good friend for quite a while now, this was the least I could do.
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I will post the publication announcement on my blog (WordDreams.wordpress.com). That’ll be early August. I’m surprised how much there is to do when publishing to Kindle!
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Wow. I can’t wait to read this book. Thank you! -Jennie-
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Jennie, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Something in there for everyone.
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Thanks, Jennie. Love hearing that!
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Sounds like a good one.
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I’m certain it will be !!
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I sure hope so!
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Should be a real cliff hanger.
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Ah, then we get to nag Jacqui for a sequel !!!
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It has some clever twists (I think) revolving around science and geekery. Both fun topics in a story.
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Sounds like an awesome book! 😀
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It sure does, looking forward to it!
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Thanks! I appreciate your comment.
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I look forward to reading this!
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Jacqui will be very happy to hear that!
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Thanks for dropping in, Annika. GP always has fascinating history on his blog–I’m thrilled to be part of it.
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Thanks so much for leading the way on my blog hop. I owe you one!
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OK, GP, this means you have to show off my WW2 short stories when they come out! 🙂
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Okay, looks like i started something, eh?
Just for future reference, fact or fiction stories?
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I’d be happy to do that too, Hammerhead. Word-of-mouth–the best way to get the word out.
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When do you think this will be?
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I’ll upload it to Kindle in early August. Assuming that goes well, I’ll launch right after–August 15th at the latest. Thanks for the interest!
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Bound to be a good one .
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Terrific, Dan, Jacqui will be thrilled!!
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Thanks for the reblog, Dan.
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Thanks for the recommendation, GP. It looks like a very good addition to a popular genre, and I wish Jacqui good luck with it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I know she’ll appreciate that, Pete. Thanks.
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Thanks. Love your avatar.
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That’s my dog, Ollie. Much of my blog is about him…
Good luck with the book, Jacqui, looks like a winner!
Best wishes, Pete.
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He’s a cutie. Love spending time with dogs. My story–of course–includes a dog!
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That certainly is an excellent cover. 😎
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I think it makes the story plot straight to the point. Jacqui has published non-fiction books as well.
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It’s harder than you’d think to find submarine pictures. So many are classified or expensive.
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