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Overview: A full-time author who lives in Florida’s Tampa Bay area, Scott W. Cook is and has always been a lover of good stories. When he’s not hard at work composing new tales, Scott enjoys living the full Florida lifestyle – sailing, surfing, kayaking, fishing and if you can throw in a great waterside bar and grill and good tunes, you’ll find a happy man!
Scott is a voracious reader, and truly loves losing himself in a good story. It’s one of the reasons he first became a writer – the desire to bring an engaging, exciting and entertaining tale to life. With his Florida-based private investigator series, his WWII submarine thriller series and new Age of Sail naval adventures, Scott indulges his passions and allows his imagination to run wild… in the hope that immersing yourself in his books will put a smile on your face.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller Historical
Leviathan Rising (#2)
The war in the Pacific has only just begun… and Admiral Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy has a secret plan to crush the American fleet… but that’s only the beginning…
USS Bull Shark is running for Pearl Harbor after leaving New London and her victory over the Nazi Q-ship… but all is not well aboard the boat. Captain turner is struggling with new officers and internal clashes that threaten his crew’s morale and ability to fight.
The Japanese are planning a major offensive and the clock is rapidly ticking– with what will become one of the most decisive battles of the war looming on the horizon, the navy still doesn’t know exactly where or when it’s going to happen.
Now, with time running short and four massive Japanese fleets readying to deliver the death blow to the United States carrier force, yet another secret plan is being set in motion. An experimental new Japanese submarine is being readied for an attack which if successful, could cripple the American war effort even further. A super weapon is on a collision course with Bull shark and Midway Island. Back at Pearl, the crypto section races day and night to crack Yamamoto’s plans and turn the tables on the Japanese. The trigger has been pulled and Captain turner and his crew, Admiral Fletcher and his task forces and Yamamoto’s unstoppable force are all rushing to an epic clash before the hammer falls!
Can Bull Shark play her part in the Battle of Midway…? Or will she meet with Yamamoto’s secret weapon and be swept aside in Japan’s quest for power?
The Cactus Navy (#3)
America has taken Japan’s best shots and now Uncle Sam’s ready to come out of his corner swingin’…
Whoever controls the Solomon Islands controls the vital sea lanes between the United States and Australia. In May, Japan snapped up Tulagi and narrowed their eyes at the big island just nineteen miles away across the channel…
Guadalcanal, the largest island in the Solomons is being occupied by the Imperial Japanese navy. As a new airfield nears construction, the United States Navy and Marine Corps know they must act quickly or the entire course of the war could swing in Japan’s favor.
As a massive invasion force gathers, Art turner and the decorated crew of USS Bull Shark are once again sent on a secret mission. This time, Turner and a select few will go ashore on Guadalcanal to make contact with a coast watcher and select the time and place for America’s first major Pacific Marine assault. The clock is ticking and turner and his Marine Raiders and the bull Shark herself must face aircraft carriers, marauding Japanese soldiers and a deadly jungle before time runs out!
Crocodiles, tarantulas and fire ants… Japanese rifles and bayonets… cannons thunder and depth charges roar in this non-stop WWII naval action thriller.
Tokyo Express (#4)
When they come for you… they come in darkness…
The Marines have seized control of the Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal… but this isn’t the end of their troubles… it’s only the beginning. The Japanese bomb them by day, attack from the forbidding darkness of the jungles by night and their ships, like hungry sharks, prowl just offshore after the sun goes down…
Whoever controls The Canal controls the war. The Japanese know this, so they concoct a plan to send men and equipment ashore using fast destroyers. Ships that can come by night and leave before the Cactus Airforce or Admiral Fletcher’s carrier planes can stop them. But the Navy has a plan too…
Art turner and the crew of Bull Shark are being joined by another submarine, an old S-boat. Short of men and shaken by a recent battle, S-52 receives a temporary XO in the form of Pat Jarvis. Now, these two submarines must race back to Guadalcanal and throw themselves into the line of fire, literally putting themselves between the struggling Marines and the relentless forces of Tojo before the Empire can retake the island.
Yet another danger lurks out in the darkness… an obsessed Japanese officer who wants nothing more than to personally crush Turner and Bull shark beneath his heel. Now, Takashi Sato pits himself and his aircraft carrier against Turner in a contest of wits, wills and it can only end one way…
Behavior Reports (#5)
The only problem with being a war hero… is that history continually demands more heroism…
After enjoying two weeks of well-deserved R and R at Pearl Harbor, Art Turner, his crew and his boat are once again asked to go out and do the impossible… and to make it snappy, already!
Webster Clayton has uncovered a Japanese plan to send a major invasion force to Guadalcanal. In order to soften up the Marines there, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto intends sending in a battleship to bombard Henderson Field and obliterate the Cactus Airforce. Once done, the way will be open for his fleet, his aircraft and General Hyotake Kawaguchi to roll over what’s left with over 5,000 combat-hardened Japanese soldiers.
Can Bull Shark do what no other submarine has ever done? Sink a battleship?
On the other side of the country, Pat Jarvis is enjoying command school when he’s asked by Clayton to personally go out and sink the famous German U-123 and her infamous captain, Reinhard Hardegen. With a new boat and untried crew under his temporary command, Jarvis must do the impossible – locate and sink a submarine with another submarine.
Seas of Flame (#6)
When the hunter becomes the hunted, there is only one choice: turn and fight or run and die…
After sinking what the Japanese are calling a battle cruiser, Anvil Art turner and USS Bull shark enjoy a foreshortened leave in Brisbane, Australia. But rear-Admiral Charlie Lockwood needs Turner and his boat back in the fight… so what else is new?
After a series of failed assaults on Guadalcanal and Henderson Field, Japan is rallying for a major offensive. Ground troops, surface bombardment and a carrier-supported invasion of the island looms darkly on the horizon. Now Bull Shark must circle the nearby islands to discover and hopefully slow down this onslaught long enough for Allied forces to dig in…
On the other side of the world, newly promoted skipper Pat Jarvis is ordered to once more take the new USS Barb out on a recon mission to Africa. He’s to scope the landing zones for Operation Torch. His intelligence will help Allied forces choose the best places to land their troops, tanks and equipment for a major push into Nazi-held territory.
Yet along the shores of Europe and in the Mediterranean, danger lurks. Tenacious Nazi destroyers and U-boats hungry for American blood stand between Jarvis and victory!
Outta the Frying Pan (#7)
The better you are, the more is asked of you… and the higher the heat…
Bull Shark and S-52 have just attacked a large bombardment fleet off the coast of Guadalcanal. And although they didn’t stop Henderson from being shelled, they might have at least curtailed it. Yet the Japanese are undaunted and more determined than ever… and the Empire has its sights set on some of its most deadly foes.
Upon conferring with General Vandegrift ashore, Captains Turner and Waters are informed that a group of refugees are trapped on New Ireland, just across the sound from Rabaul. Elmer Williams, recently flown in from Pearl, delivers orders from Webster Clayton and Admiral Nimitz to go and get them off before they’re found by Japanese troops and executed. and they’re being joined by some old friends.
Al Decker and his Marine Raider unit are put aboard Bull Shark and will go ashore to locate and rescue the Australian civilians. However, both submarines are unaware that they’re sailing into a large and complex spider’s web… a web spun from treachery, deceit and deadly intent. Now the race is on… can the boats and Decker’s men get ashore and get off again before The Sensei can close his trap and seal their fates? Or will they all be squeezed to death in the iron grip of Hirohito’s lust for power?
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