action and diving or underwater themed books

jason.jackal · 05-29-2012, 07:45 AM

Folks:
I need some recommendation. I just recently, over the holiday weekend watched Thunderball and When Eight Bells Toll, and I am interested in: war or spy thrillers that have underwater fights or take place underwater or on water. I am not familiar with genera or authors who specialize in this type of fiction.

Thanks.

Penforhire · 05-29-2012, 12:51 PM

I can't think of any spy/military, just thrillers like Benchley's Jaws or Alten's MEG.

BenG · 05-29-2012, 12:58 PM

Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt books often feature underwater adventure.

steven522 · 05-29-2012, 03:59 PM

I recommend "Deep Storm" by Lincoln Child.

This is considered a sci-fi novel in that it revolves around the idea that the sunken city of Atlantis has been found, but there is also a good bit of military thriller / espionage mixed in with the mystery of what actually lies at the ocean floor.

IcecreamLtDan · 05-29-2012, 04:56 PM

Was getting ready to make that recommendation myself, also like to add that some of Cussler's other books do so also, the Kurt Austin adventures and occasionally the Oregon books involve diving in their adventures as well. Not a big fan of the Kurt Austin stuff, but I've enjoyed the Oregon files books I've read so far.

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Originally Posted by BenG

Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt books often feature underwater adventure.

jason.jackal · 05-29-2012, 05:52 PM

Thanks folks...will check them out. From my limited experience this is a hard to find genre of spy/military thrillers.

xg4bx · 05-30-2012, 03:37 AM

Deep Fathom by James Rollins-

"Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earth-quakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with America's president on board.

Now, with the United States on the narrow brink of a nuclear apocalypse, Kirkland must pilot his oceangoing exploration ship, Deep Fathom, on a desperate mission miles below the ocean's surface. There, devastating secrets await him--and a power an ancient civilization could not contain that has been cast out into modern day, where it will forever alter a world that's already racing toward its own destruction."

jason.jackal · 05-30-2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by xg4bx

Deep Fathom by James Rollins-

"WOW!!!" - Joey Russo

05-29-2012, 07:45 AM	#1
jason.jackal Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony	action and diving or underwater themed books Folks: I need some recommendation. I just recently, over the holiday weekend watched Thunderball and When Eight Bells Toll, and I am interested in: war or spy thrillers that have underwater fights or take place underwater or on water. I am not familiar with genera or authors who specialize in this type of fiction. Thanks.

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Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	I can't think of any spy/military, just thrillers like Benchley's Jaws or Alten's MEG.

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BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt books often feature underwater adventure.

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steven522 binomial: homo legentem Posts: 1,061 Karma: 25222222 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alabama, USA Device: iriver Story HD; Archos 80 G9	I recommend "Deep Storm" by Lincoln Child. This is considered a sci-fi novel in that it revolves around the idea that the sunken city of Atlantis has been found, but there is also a good bit of military thriller / espionage mixed in with the mystery of what actually lies at the ocean floor.

05-29-2012, 05:52 PM	#6
jason.jackal Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony	Thanks folks...will check them out. From my limited experience this is a hard to find genre of spy/military thrillers.

05-30-2012, 03:37 AM	#7
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	Deep Fathom by James Rollins- "Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earth-quakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with America's president on board. Now, with the United States on the narrow brink of a nuclear apocalypse, Kirkland must pilot his oceangoing exploration ship, Deep Fathom, on a desperate mission miles below the ocean's surface. There, devastating secrets await him--and a power an ancient civilization could not contain that has been cast out into modern day, where it will forever alter a world that's already racing toward its own destruction."

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