Silent Service by H Jay Ricker

Silent Service by H Jay Ricker

Throughout the annals of history, the best of intentions -- and sometimes the worst -- have set in motion events with a vastly different outcome than originally intendedIn this entertaining, fact-filled chronicle, William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett explore the watersheds of history that began as the best of ideas and ended as the worst of fiascoes

A HOLY WAR -- The Medieval Crusades for religious liberation become centuries of slaughter and destruction

SIBLING RIVALRY -- Leif Erikson spares his sister's life and delays the discovery of the New World for five hundred years

BIG GUNS -- Emperor Constantine XI refuses to buy a new supercannon that would let him dominate his enemies, so its creator sells the cannon to the Turks, who then crush Constantinople

With casual wit and subtle insight, It Seemed Like a Good Ideatucks tongue in cheek and rides out the fiascoes of history

The year is 1985, and two great superpowers -- the United States and the Soviet Union -- are involved in a deadly, increasing arms and technology race. When news arrives of a terrible new Soviet weapon -- a prototype attack submarine more powerful than anything in the USundersea arsenal -- a practically obsolete Grayback Class submarine carrying a platoon of SEALs becomes America's greatest hope.

H. Jay Riker has written five books in his submarine warfare series, The Silent Service, and ten books in his bestselling military fiction series, SEALs, The Warrior Breed. Retired from the U.S. Navy, he has been writing fiction for more than a decade, and his novels have been highly praised for both their nail-biting action and remarkable authenticity.