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Crooked Cross Factor (Spanish Edition) by Derek Hart
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Derek Hart Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Spanish (Published) Published: 2002-08-21 ISBN: 0595242286 Number of pages: 296 Publisher: iUniverse
Book Reviews of Crooked Cross Factor (Spanish Edition)Book Review: A sunken submarine off the coast of Iceland Summary: 5 Stars
"Crooked Cross Factor" is a well-written fascinating novel about the efforts to raise a sunken German World War II submarine that has been lying in cold waters off the coast of Iceland for more than 25 years. Not only has this U-boat been there for all that time, but it contains an undisturbed load of gold bullion. Into this scene comes a U.S Embassy security chief, thrust there by a spiraling sequence of events that have been spearheaded by a mutinous crew of a Russian submarine. Looking for lots of action, intrigue, even a gorgeous female Minister of Icelandic Roads? You've got it with this very entertaining and thrilling plot line.
Summary of Crooked Cross Factor (Spanish Edition)The year is 1969 and much of the world is in turmoil. The Vietnam War rages on in Southeast Asia and NATO is still focused on the Bear - The Soviet Union. Into this arena arrives Derek Smith, site security chief for the US Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland. Held responsible for the failures at the US Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive, Smith has been transferred to Iceland as punishment.Soviet commandos break into Smiths apartment by mistake and so set the stage for a battle against time. Embroiled in this conflict are the mutinous crew of a Russian submarine, a sunken WWII U-boat loaded with gold, secret agents from countries around the globe and innocent players wrapped up in the conflict.Smith has a checkered past once a collegiate fencing champion, graduate of The State Departments Diplomatic Security Service, and scapegoat for the failings at the Embassy in Saigon, he is spiraling into a conflict seemingly out of his league. To complicate things even further, Smith falls in love with the Icelandic Minister of Roads, a woman gifted in many ways and who seems to be other than she claims.
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