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When a U.S. nuclear submarine suddenly loses control deep in the Caribbean Sea, a Navy SEAL team and the crew of the underwater oil‑drilling station DEEPCORE answer the call. They descend toward a towering underwater trench, finding themselves trapped as tensions on land surge toward nuclear confrontation. Suspense builds as the team must navigate the perilous abyss while the world above teeters on the brink of apocalypse.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Orson Scott Card
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