Commander Bruce Stewart, the commanding officer of the USS JACKFISH (SSN945) attends a highly classified conference where it is revealed that an ultimatum was delivered to the President of the United States from a Soviet/Cuban terrorist group demanding a ransom of money and the disarmament of the United States strategic nuclear weapons arsenal. The ultimatum would be met or the terrorists would launch nuclear cruise missiles from the pirated United States nuclear attack submarine TIGERFISH in five days, Christmas Eve. The missiles would annihilate the cities of Norfolk, Washington, New York and Groton, Connecticut.

The TIGERFISH had been pirated while at anchor off Piraeus, Greece, the victim of a well executed plan by an integrated Sovit/Cuban team. The submarine was still operated by its American crew who were at present receiving torture and brutality under the guns of the Soviet and Cuban guards.

The options available to the President are to conduct a nuclear preemptive first strike, to honor the ultimatum, or to dispatch Commander Stewart and the JACKFISH to seek out and sink the TIGERFISH.

The President gambles at his best option- Stewart and the JACKFISH.

Captain Wigley, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, spent twnty-nine years on active duty with most of that time associated with nuclear submarines, including command of a nuclear attack submarine for over four years, command of the submarine repair ship in the Holy Loch, Scotland, and command of the construction and operation of the TRIDENT Submarine Base in Bangor, Washington. This background provided him with the knowledge and operational experience to capture all the details necessary to write a best seller.

Further information: The novel is available at local bookstores and Amazon.com and Publish America.com, 6"x9", ISBN 1-4137-4913-5, $19.95, e-mail: lswigley@aol.com, and website http://www.publishedauthors.net/lswigley.

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