USS Seawolf (novel)

"USS Seawolf" is a naval thriller published in 2000 by Patrick Robinson. It is the fourth book to feature Arnold Morgan as a main character. The second edition was published in 2005 with a new cover picture painted by Larry Rostant.

Plot summary

The story begins with a US submarine, USS "Seawolf," on a mission to spy on the new Chinese nuclear missile submarine. The mission is successful until the submarine's second in command, the president’s son Linus Clark makes a fatal error and the submarine collides with a sonar array from a Chinese ship that is searching for them. The crew is imprisoned and tortured while the submarine is stripped for it secrets. Desperately, Arnold Morgan, the National Security Adviser, plans a mission to get the crew back and punish the Chinese. He sends the Navy SEALs to the island where survivors are being held and an American aircraft destroys the USS "Seawolf" which is in Canton harbour. But after the daring mission several high ranking US Navy personnel as well as several members of the Joint Chiefs resign, when the president prevents his son from facing a court martial for his part in the loss of the "Seawolf." This nearly causes Morgan to resign and destroys the president’s credibility in the military. As well as destroying the president's ability to lead in a crisis situation. The Seawolf's commander, court-martialed for not being on the bridge at the time of Linus' error (He was sleeping), ends the book by committing suicide.