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THE HUNT FOR THE USS SCORPION Book 4 of the Naval Mysteries Series May 1968. The Cold War is about to turn hot in the crushing blackness of the Atlantic abyss. The USS Scorpion (SSN-589), a nuclear attack submarine carrying ninety-nine officers and crew, has vanished. The U.S. Navy prepares to tell the public it was a tragic accident. But deep within the fleet, three men know the terrifying truth: The Scorpion wasn't lost. She was assassinated. THE CONSPIRACY From the shadows, a civilian mastermind known only as ""Mr. Gray"" has orchestrated the ultimate intelligence heist. Utilizing a treacherous spy network and the brilliant but bitter salvage engineer Captain Dalton Graves, Gray intends to steal the U.S. Navy's most guarded secret-acoustic dominance-from the shattered hull of the Scorpion before the world even knows she is gone. THE ROGUE MISSION: Lieutenant Commander Joe Pluss, a JAG lawyer with a steel moral compass, and Earl Kinn, the ""Earl of Mischief""-a spook with a talent for impossible operations-are the only ones who can stop the theft. They have the intel, but they have no official support. Their only weapon is the USS Conyngham (DDG-17), a guided-missile destroyer battered by sabotage and limping on a failing steam plant. Commanding her is Commander Harry D. Train II, a steely former submariner who is willing to shatter his career and defy the Pentagon to protect the silent service. THE DEEP-SEA DUEL: Faking orders and running at a destructive flank speed, the crippled ""Gus Boat"" races a high-tech enemy salvage vessel to the mid-Atlantic. The battlefield is not just the surface, but the terrifying depth of 10,000 feet. A Broken Ship: The Conyngham is running on fumes, her steering locked, her boilers screaming. A Ghostly Enemy: Dalton Graves employs the MV Acheron, a deep-sea submersible designed to cut through steel and secrets. A Silent War: It is a battle of hydrophones, depth charges, and acoustic decoys, where a single sound can reveal a position or blind a sensor. From the sweltering heat of a failing engine room to the icy tension of the Combat Information Center, ""The Hunt for The USS Scorpion"" is a pulse-pounding race against time. Pluss and Kinn must deploy a jury-rigged drone into the abyss to fight a robotic duel on the ocean floor, while Commander Train prepares to execute the ""Emergency Deep Blow""-a suicidal maneuver that will either save the mission or sink his ship. Based on the true historical mystery of the USS Scorpion, author Brett Vogeler weaves a masterful techno-thriller of espionage, technical ingenuity, and the heavy price of duty. The truth is deep. The danger is crushing. And the silence is deafening.

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