Patrick Robinson sa po dlhoročnej novinárskej kariére stal spisovateľom. Jeho nebeletristické knihy sa stali svetovými bestsellermi a bol spoluautorom spomienok Sandyho Woodwarda na vojnu o Falklandy. Jeho tvorba sa sústreďuje na realistické zobrazenie konfliktov a ich následkov.
Svetoznámy román majstra politického thrilleru o najnovšom type lietadlovej lode, ktorá záhadne zmizne v Arabskom mori. Spravodajská služba pátra po ponorke, ktorá ju torpédovala, v úsilí predísť ďalším tragédiám. Smrteľne nebezpečná honba pod hladinou svetových oceánov sa začína...
Kam záhadne zmizlo najmodernejšie podhladinové plavidlo Kráľovského námorníctva? Je pád troch nových nadzvukových lietadiel do Atlantiku dôsledkom ďalšieho Bermudského trojuholníka? Kam sa stratila britská rybárska loď? Kde sú nezvestní vojaci zo základne na ostrove St. Kida? Na všetko môže dať odpoveď iba spojené úsilie svetových veľmocí stelesnené špičkovými expertmi v oblasti spravodajských služieba námornej i leteckej techniky.
Rok 2007 sa stáva svedkom prevratných udalostí, ktoré zamiešajú karty svetovej politiky tým najneželanejším spôsobom. Hlavnými aktérmi sú predstavitelia čínskych a iránskych námorných síl, ktorí zo starostlivo utajovaných strategických dôvodov zamínujú Hormuzský prieliv, aby ochromili lodnú prepravu ropy. Po potopení niekoľkých tankerov vypukne celosvetová panika. Ceny ropy raketovo stúpajú. Situáciu môže riešiť zasa len ten, čo disponuje potrebnými financiami, kvalitným ľudským materiálom a najmodernejšou technikou. Diverzná skupina zvláštnych jednotiek SEAL, ktorej jadro tvoria špičkoví experti na výbušniny, špeciálne vycvičení na všetky formy boja, stojí pred mimoriadne náročnou úlohou. Nehovoriac, že úspešnosť akcie okrem iného už vopred ohrozuje najmä a predovšetkým ľudský element.
Hliadková ponorka triedy Kilo predstavuje vážnu hrozbu, ak sa dostane do nesprávnych rúk. Hlavný dôvod je tichosť a nanápadnosť - kľúčový pojem vo svete ponoriek. Nijaký vojnový produkt na svete nejde lepšie na odbyt. Všetky aktivity však blednú v porovnaní so snahami nového hráča v medzinárodnej súťaži, ktorý sa usiluje za každú cenu zaradiť medzi superveľmoci. Týmto hráčom je Čína.
Volám sa Marcus Luttrell, príslušník amerických Navy SEAL a veliteľ tímu SDV Tím 1, čata Alfa. Som vycvičený v používaní zbraní, demoláciách a boji bez zbrane. Ako Američan som pripravený bojovať za svoju krajinu a tím až do posledného dychu. Porážka je pre mňa neprijateľná a verím v neporaziteľnosť, ktorá je typická pre elitných bojovníkov. Sme rýchli, dobre vycvičení a nenápadní, majstri stratégie a profesionálni ostrostrelci. Naše operácie prebiehajú na mori, vo vzduchu a na súši. V lete 2005 som sa zúčastnil neúspešnej vojenskej operácie Redwing v Afganistane, kde sme sa snažili zajať nebezpečného teroristického vodcu. Operácia sa skončila tragédiou, keď z našich štyroch členov prežil len autor, pričom pri pokuse o záchranu zahynulo ďalších šestnásť vojakov. V knihe podávam svedectvo o boji proti terorizmu z prvej línie, opisujem dramatické chvíle pod paľbou talibancov a svoj zúfalý boj o prežitie. Zdieľam aj svoje detstvo v Texase a dôvody, prečo som sa rozhodol vstúpiť do vojenského námorníctva. Tento príbeh oslavuje hrdinstvo, odvážne priateľstvo a nezlomný tímový duch. Knihu som napísal s Patrickom Robinsonom, autorom románov z prostredia námorníctva.
The enemy from within . . . Iranian-born British Commando Major Ray Kerman was a rising star in the SAS -- until he abruptly switched loyalties while on a mission in the Middle East. Fanatically determined to employ his brilliant talents and training in the destruction of those he once swore to protect, he is now General Ravi Rashood, leader of the world's most vicious terrorist organization -- and he has found his ultimate weapon: Barracuda 945. A sleek and silent Russian hunter-killer nuclear submarine that can fire land-attack guided missiles from below the ocean's surface, it is invisible to all pursuers and virtually impossible to track. Yet Admiral Arnold Morgan, the President's National Security Adviser, must somehow marshal America's forces and hunt down this 8,000-ton nightmare of modern warfare before it unleashes its fire and death . . . or the first target to fall will be California.
The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen....Planes begin blowing up across the skies.Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one man can be behind all these devastating events: his archenemy, the world's most cunning--yet reportedly dead--terrorist spy. Determined to stop his old nemesis, Morgan must use all his wits to find a madman armed with a powerful sub hidden somewhere in a million square miles of ocean. What Morgan doesn't know, however, is that the fanatical terrorist has a plan of his own, one that will bring these two intense warriors face-to-face--and only one will come out alive in one of the most chilling spy stories of the year.
Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil nation, is on the brink of revolution. While the Royal Family is ransacking the dwindling coffers, the country seethes with unrest. Vowing to end the destructive rule, Crown Prince Mohammed sets in motion a top-secret operation to destroy the Saudi oil industry. In search of an ally, a nation with a naval power willing to help in return for a share of the oil wealth, he turns to France. Her lethal Hunter Killer submarines can inflict devastating damage to the country's massive oil installations and help shift the power structure of the world's oil giant. On the other side of the globe, as the ferocious battle for the desert kingdom begins and the world's oil markets plunge into chaos, Admiral Morgan, former Security Advisor to the President, and Lt. Commander Ramshawe are summoned to the White House. Here, they discover the masterminds behind the evil plot: a mysterious French Colonel they call 'The Hunter,' and none other than Morgan's arch enemy, HAMAS General Ravi Rashood ... Praise for Patrick Robinson 'The new Frederick Forsyth' Guardian 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller'An edge-of-your-seat terror ride ... A spellbinding novel' Herald Express
Amid the Canary Islands lies the massive crater of thevolcano Cumbre Vieja. Scientists theorize that one day the volcano will erupt, triggering a series of events that will lead to a tsunami higher than any in recorded history. This mega-tsunami, with waves of more than 150 feet in height, would ravage Europe, Africa, and ultimately the East Coast of the United States, causing immeasurable loss of life and destruction ... After Professor Paul Landon, the world's most prominent geophysicist, is found with a bullet in his head, it is discovered that Ravi Rashood—America's nemesis and the former SAS officer who is now the head of Hamas—has hatched a diabolical plot against the West: to fire a nuclear-tipped guided cruise missile—Scimitar SL-2, named for the curved sword of the Muslim warrior Saladin—into Cumbre Vieja. United States Admiral Arnold Morgan, the retired National Security Adviser, and the Pentagon know it's not a joke when Rashood, accompanied once again by his wife, the Palestinian Shakira, explodes Mount St. Helens. Morgan knows something even more horrific is to come. But stopping them won't be easy. Rashood and his Hamas crew are deep in the ocean, in an undetectable sub, which he managed to procure from Russia via communist China. Perhaps worse, a new President, a weak-willed liberal in the White House, worries about taking a stand. As the terrorists' deadline approaches, the newly implemented and unseasoned National Security team must consider the unthinkable. They must assume the daunting task of organizing a mass relocation of major population centers along the East Coast to safer ground. Morgan once again finds himself at the center of a desperate cat-and-mouse chase, battling his greatest enemy yet as he races against time to locate the silent underwater marauder and stop Rashood before the unimaginable happens. With his trademark authentic research and grasp of military hardware, geopolitics, and cutting-edge science, Patrick Robinson is at the top of his game with this new tale
The year is 2011. An oil-hungry world is starving . . . . . . and Argentina, with Russia's help, is determined to brutally wrest the petroleum-rich Falkland Islands from British hands. Enraged over this brazen act of international piracy, Great Britain dispatches a battle fleet to the islands for the second time in thirty years—unaware that Viper K-157, a lethal Russian Akula-class submarine, lies in wait, stuffed to the gunwales with ship-killing torpedoes. America cannot sit idle as hell explodes in the South Atlantic and, under the stern eye of Admiral Arnold Morgan, the military's most powerful weapon is unleashed to hammer Argentina into submission: the U.S. Navy SEALs. The outcome of the unforeseen war that's igniting in America's backyard ultimately depends upon her awesome "ghost force and their successful execution of two remarkable clandestine missions—while the consequences of failure may be too terrible to consider.
