Sink the Shigure

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As with each of my novels, I could not have written this one without the assistance of some very fine people. Thanks to my two guardian angels at Berkley Books, Natalee Rosenstein and Michelle Vega, for their guidance and patience. Thanks to Rick Willett for his invaluable contribution. Thanks to Bernard Cornwell, for helping me to set my sails. Thanks to my agent and mentor, Ed Bres-lin, for his tireless devotion to my cause. Thanks to Mom and Dad for being the best of parents and for believing in me from day one. And, last but not least, thanks to my beautiful wife, my soul mate and best friend, Eva, and our sweet kids, Cami and Ethan, for living with a writer.

“Firing point in thirty seconds, Captain.”

Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Rickerby removed his perspiring face from the periscope lens to cast an acknowledging glance at the young lieutenant standing by the torpedo data computer in the aft port corner of the conning tower. The lieutenant’s face also dripped with sweat, running in long streaks through day-old stubble. His white T-shirt was soaked to the skin, but the miserable heat and humidity appeared to have little effect on his concentration. The young officer’s eyes remained focused on the myriad of wheels and dials spinning before his face.

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