The Dragon in the Sea

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>In the twenty-first century, the United States has all but used up its oil supply. A new source must be found. Our atomic subtugs begin stealing oil from underwater deposits in enemy territory. But none of the last twenty tugs sent to bring back the desperately needed mineral have returned. Ensign John Ramsey of the Bureau of Psychology is planted aboard the<br/>Fenian Ram S1881 as an electronics officer. His assignment: find the saboteur in the four-man crew and bring back the oil.<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>"[Brick's] narrative voice complements Herbert's prose to emphasize the claustrophobic elements of the submarine.-- "Publishers Weekly"<br/><br/><br/>"A sea story of an imaginary war that comes very close to matching...any chronicle of real war...A novel that ranks with the best of modern science fiction."-- "New York Times"<br/><br/><br/>"Brick slips easily into [Herbert's] harrowing futuristic world, narrating in a straightforward tone that ultimately makes the story all the more frightening."-- "AudioFile"<br/><br/><br/>"One of the few science fiction novels I'll recommend to anyone."-- "Pittsburgh Press"<br/><br/>Brick slips easily into [Herbert's] harrowing futuristic world, narrating in a straightforward tone that ultimately makes the story all the more frightening.-- "AudioFile"<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Frank Herbert (19201986), winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards and a #1 New York Times bestselling author, was born in Tacoma, Washington, and worked as a reporter and later as an editor for a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first science fiction story was published in 1952, but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication of Dune World and The Prophet of Dune in Analog. The stories were amalgamated in the bestselling novel Dune in 1965.