To Hunt a Sub
by J. Murray
Release Date: August 15, 2016 by Structured Learning
Genre: Thriller
Cover by: Paper and Sage
About the Book
The USS Hampton SSN 767 quietly floated unseen a hundred fifty-two feet below the ocean’s surface. Despite its deadly nuclear-tipped arsenal of Trident missiles, its task for the past six months has been reconnaissance and surveillance. The biggest danger the crew faced was running out of olives for their pizza. That all changed one morning, four days before the end of the Hampton’s tour. Halfway through the Captain’s first morning coffee, every system on the submarine shut down. No navigation, no communication, and no defensive measures. Within minutes, the sub began a terrifying descent through the murky greys and blacks of the deep Atlantic and settled to the ocean floor five miles from Cuba and perilously close to the sub’s crush depth. When it missed its mandated contact, an emergency call went out to retired Navy intel officer, Zeke Rowe, top of his field before a botched mission left him physically crippled and psychologically shaken. Rowe quickly determined that the sub was the victim of a cybervirus secreted inside the sub’s top secret operating systems. What Rowe couldn’t figure out was who did it or how to stop it sinking every other submarine in the American fleet.
Kali Delamagente is a struggling over-the-hill grad student who entered a DARPA cybersecurity competition as a desperate last hope to fund a sophisticated artificial intelligence she called Otto. Though her presentation imploded, she caught the attention of two people: a terrorist intent on destroying America and a rapt Dr. Zeke Rowe. An anonymous blank check to finish her research is quickly followed by multiple break-ins to her lab, a hack of her computer, the disappearance of her three-legged dog, and finally the kidnapping of her only son.
By all measures, Rowe and Delamagente are an unlikely duo. Rowe believes in brawn and Delamagente brains. To save the America they both love, they find a middle ground, guided with the wisdom of a formidable female who died two million years ago.
About Jacqui
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for TeachHUB, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, monthly contributor to Today’s Author and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. You can find her books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.
Love the cover and thrillers. Sounds like a book for me. Her background makes me think this will be a great book. I wonder who the formidable female is. 🙂
sherry @ fundinmental
I’ll suggest to Jacqui that she reach out to you. 🙂
Thanks, Sherry. I searched long and hard for this cover–I’m glad you like it. I love strong female protagonists and this one solves things her way, seeking help from unusual sources.
Gorgeous cover.
Juneta @ Writer’s Gambit
I love hearing that, Juneta.
This sounds really good!! And I agree with the others about the cover. Congratulations to Jacqui!!
Thanks so much, Julie. I’m excited to finally launch!
This sounds like a great book, Jacqui. And you know my feelings about your cover already. It is absolutely fantastic.
All the best.
Shalom aleichem,
Patricia
Thanks so much, Pat. I appreciate you being part of my blog hop!
Great cover. Great sounding blurb. All the best to J Murray on the new release!
She deserve it. 🙂
Somehow I fell off the grid, Denise. Thanks for your kind words!
I’m with the others in loving the cover of this book. I also love the idea of Building a Midshipman, the story of your daughter’s career in the navy. Very interesting.
I was quite excited when my designer came up with this cover. It’s amazing what talent can bring to the party, innit?
Looks like a good one to me.
Definitely exciting. 🙂
Thanks so much, Jen. Your blog title is intriguing. I’m going on over to check it out.