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Admiral William “Bill” Martin (Retired), wealthy industrialist and marine explorer, built an artificial neural network into his submarine’s active camouflage system…
What could go wrong?
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Earth’s global ocean covers seventy percent of its surface. Its average depth is two point three miles. There are six-mile-deep trenches where the mantle consumes old ocean floor, and mid-ocean ridges where it pushes out new. Some experts consider the ocean more hostile than space. Admiral Martin (retired) is fond of saying; “The sea will get you if it can.”
Now, there is a place in the Arctic Ocean, about three hundred miles from the North Pole, and roughly three miles below the polar ice cap, where hydrothermal water percolates through newly formed crust. Where mineral precipitates have built a kingdom of towers, spires, and bridges. Where giant blood-red tube worms and foot long shrimp thrive. And where an ancient dragon returns to life after a million-year sleep.
This story begins with industrialist and marine explorer William “Bill” Martin embarking on a three-month long expedition to the mid-ocean ridge beneath the Arctic ice cap. Critical to the success of this mission is his submarine Expedition. Expedition is an extraordinary nuclear powered research vessel. It can make five thousand feet depth to keel. It has transparent titanium-aluminum windows, an active camouflage system, and seven sonar systems. It carries drilling equipment, a diving bell, an exploratory submersible that can walk over coalescing lava flows, and three mini subs. The admiral is prepared for anything the sea can throw at him. Or so he thinks.
After escaping from a deep-sea dragon by the skin of its teeth, discovering a mineral treasure trove of precious metals and rare earth elements, and while his science team is still examining core samples, a call comes in from the Navy. “Bill, we need your help. Cetaceans are beaching themselves in large numbers on New Jersey’s shores, and one of our submarines is missing.”
At first, it sounded like a routine assignment and that is how he confronted it. That is, until an invisible robot swarm with clandestine intentions invaded his boat and turned his own technology against him.
Never mind the whales and the Navy’s missing submarine, will Expedition defeat his tiny intruders in time to save New York Harbor from an invasion force of unknown origins?
Product details
- Science Fiction Novel
- File Type: ePub
- ISBN: 978-1-7366110-2-9
- ASIN: B0D5JG1BCT
- Publisher: Self Published; 3rd edition (May 28, 2024)
- Publication date: May 28, 2024
- Language: English
- File size: 2272 KB
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