Review: A pretty darn good submarine tale
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
Finally, a sub story by a guy who's been on a sub. When they're done well, a sub story is at the top of the thriller category in my book.Ok, the good stuff.Tucker gives you a rats-eye view of life on a sub. The detail of life aboard ship adds a lot of authenticity to us land-lubbers. The characters are fairly well rounded and believable- mostly. The Nav is an aberration. I think he would be relieved of his position pretty fast.The action is torrid. You never get bored reading this one. I was worried that it would get bogged down in shipboard detail, but that never really happens.Dialogue is fine. Not snappy, just fine.THe not so good stuff-The underlying storyline about the mission of the Alabama is where Tucker goes off the rails a little and keeps this from being a more believable story. The idea that the U.S would loan/give the Trident nuclear missiles to Taiwan is simply laughable.There is no more sacred duty a nuclear state has than the safe-keeping of the atom missiles it creates. What Tucker posits simply could'nt happen. Anyone even suggesting it would laughed out of the service.Other than that, this is a crackerjack tale by a talented writer.