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(More customer reviews)I've read the whole series, and Virginia Class was a terrific book. I can't understand the two previous reviews of one star. One of them gave it a "one" because he didn't like it that Al-Queda was the terrorist group they were fighting. (Would it have been believable if they had been Norwegians?) The other reviewer gave it a 1 because he found it less than perfect in technical details. Assuming that the reviewer was correct and the author wrong, I still can't see why that is so important to someone, since it's a novel and not a technical manual.
This was a novel that took the series into present times with a Virginia Class submarine. The plot was believable and well executed, with the U.S. contending with the Chinese and Al-Qaeda who have joined together. The characterization was excellent as it is in all Riker's books. I enjoyed it very much and look forward to the next book in this series (I hope!).
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The U.S.S. Virginia -- the first in the most technologically advanced new class of U.S. attack submarines -- sets sail, even as the Navy's high-tech submarine program falls under attack from a Congress that believes it unneeded. But a threat no one anticipated is gliding silently through dangerous waters. A rogue Kilo-class submarine built by a shadowy and powerful ally has become the latest weapon in al Qaeda's terrorist arsenal. The submarine's brutal strikes have created an explosive hostage situation in the Pacific ... and have left hundreds of people dead. This new and stealthy terrorist threat must be eliminated before more innocent lives are lost. But the officers, crew, and Navy SEALs aboard the Virginia will face more than they anticipated in the turbulent waters of the South China Sea -- as one untried American sub races toward an explosive confrontation with an old, cunning, and ruthless enemy.
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