It was the most dangerous test since the first A-bomb. Aboard the mammoth Trident submarine 'Alaska' on patrol and cut off from contact with the outside world, the crew was deliberately and systematically being led to believe that Russia had attacked the United States. Would the crew follow standing orders and fire their missiles in retaliation? Would they release the final weapon in a war that could not be won?

Published
1980
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Thomas N. Scortia

Thomas Nicholas Scortia (1926–1986) was a science fiction author. He worked in the American aerospace industry until the late 60s/early 70s. He collaborated on several works with fellow author Frank M. Robinson. He sometimes used the pseudonyms "Scott Nichols", "Gerald MacDow", and "Arthur R. Kurtz."