Barracuda 945

He was one of the world's most skilful submariners.

Trained by the best in the business - the Royal Navy - and now at the peak of his powers and skill, he finally comes into his own. Because for years, he has been a sleeper for the enemies of the West.

He has been given his orders and will carry them out with brutal efficiency, or die in the attempt.

His target? The oil-supply lines that carry America's life blood from the frozen wastes of Alaska to the power-hungry refineries of America's West Coast.

His weapon? A lethal submarine - Barracuda 945 - that he hijacks before setting off in search of the pipelines he will destroy. And the Barracuda, like the shark it is named after, is swift, silent and deadly.

Who can stop him? Only the Special Forces and the submariners of the West's navies, but only if they can trace him in the first place and eliminate him before he destroys the oil supply routes.

Barracuda 945 is Patrick Robinson's sixth breathtaking near-future thriller.

Terrorism rears its death-dealing head in a way that has become all too real since the events of September 11th 2001