Crash Dive, Omnibus: Books 1-3
Authors: Craig DiLouieNarrator: R.C. Bray
Duration: 14h 51m
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tags: miltary - action - adventure
That is straight all-that-you-can-imagine submarine-related stuff.
Team working in tight quarters, commander that has iron nerves and his hands does not shake, fearless enemies.
Interesting description of day-to-day life of crew and details of work of huge steel machine.
Great examples of how real teams should work and that result depends on the output of each team member.
Also great description of captain feelings and pressure that they are under.
Not a lot Deus Ex Machina's that appear in the last moment and save everyone
Rare book that does not feel like a scenario for a movie with a plot twists for a common viewer.
Quotes:
He’d learned that destiny isn’t something that you’ve reached, it was a path. A path defined by choices, directed by strategy and ultimately decided by a luck of a draw.
He was a men. Men was supposed to take initiative, take charge, make things wright, that how he been taught things worked.
It was one thing to do one’s part for the crew. Quiet another to be responsible for their safety. Even small mistakes got people killed.
In submarine warfare as in chess - never jump on the first good move you see, because there might be a better one.
Cooper defined heroes as a hothead who haven’t yet learned about his mortality. Hothead who got lucky and who’s luck would one day run out with accordance with a laws of probability.
In his mind he’ve built the Japaneses as archvilans with super-human capabilities…. Was just a typical young man doing his duty to his country - wright or wring. In the end however, whatever mutual understanding they’d achieved meant nothing - they remained trapped in the parts they played in this war. They never stopped being enemies.