H.M.S. Unseen

This book starts off brilliantly. Ben Adnam, the terrorist bad guy in PR's NIMITZ CLASS, is betrayed by his home country of Iraq when Saddam orders him assassinated. So he journeys to Iran, in a well-researched voyage. Zap forward to 2005 and Adname had infiltrated the Iranian Navy. With aid of the Russians, he purchases a surface-to-air missile system, and hijacks the British Royal Navy's most modern diesel sub, HMS Unseen. With this feasible capability, he knocks three high profile flights from the skies, including Concorde! As Adnam hides, weaves and ducks, and ends up in Scotland, it is up to Admiral Arnold Morgan, a foul-mouthedly entertaining character, to search him out! And the ending, and Adnam's evasions of the authorities in a journey across Scotland, Britain and Ireland is surprising. Action comes thick and fast, the locations are well-researched, particularly the UK scenes, having been to Scotland many times it was easy to relate to them. However, I have one criticism to make. Did we really need to know in exact detail what every character had to eat? Or what movie they loved? It did interfere with the fast narrative, but HMS Unseen still gets a five star rating for a great story(which could come true one day) and an entertaining set of characters. Well done Pat!

I just read this book and loved it! Such an exciting thriller and the ending was a shocker and totally unexpected. I bought it for my dad for Father's Day. He read Patrick Robinson's last two nove;s and will surely enjoy this one.

Robinson did a nice job tying together his story lines from the last two books. I usually read books on business trips. I was not able to put this one down, even after I got home much to the distress of my family. My advice, read the last two books then read this one. enjoy!

If you enjoyed this book, read another one in HarperCollins group of naval novels: ONE OF THE GUYS by Robert Clark Young.