Rating: 
Summary: Tidal Rip is riveting
Review: Joe Buff does it again. Here is an author who's characters leap off the page, grab the reader, and holds him or her enthralled until the last page. Submarine warfare is a highly technical type of warfare and Buff has that rare capability of being able to integrate explanation in such a way the reader barely notices it as he and she races through the pages, chasing the action. Don't start a Buff book late at night, you may still be reading when the sun comes up.
CAPT David E. Meadows, USN - Author of the SIXTH FLEET and JOINT TASK FORCE series.http://www.sixthfleet.com
Rating:
Summary: Tidal thriller
Review: This is the second novel I have read by Joe Buff (the other being CRUISH DEPTH). TIDAL RIP is an extraordinarily satisfying thriller that continues the story of the Boer/Axis war against America. The situation is desperate as Europe has already falen under the new Nazi domination and the axis powers are attempting to link up in Africa. Just as in previous wars, a convoy on men and equipment is steaming across the Atlantic to shift the tide. Into this mix fall two submarine commanders: Ernest Beck and Jeffry Fuller. They command the world's most advanced submarine platforms (ceramic hulled, deep diving predators). Beck's mission is to kill the convoy and possibly win the war. Fuller's mission is to kill Beck. They have the whole Atlantic in which to fight. A very satisfying read. Just one caution: Once I got going, I just kept turning the pages and forgot about going to bed.
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