Operation: Snare Drum

A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel (USS Bull Shark Naval Thriller, Book 1)

An untested captain. An experimental submarine. And a mission that could change the course of World War II.

December 7, 1941. America reels from the attack on Pearl Harbor. Battleships burn... Thousands dead... The United States Navy prepares for vengeance in the Pacific.

But while the nation turns its eyes west…Germany strikes from the east.

Hitler and Admiral Dönitz unleash their U-boats along America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts, targeting Allied shipping with ruthless precision. Merchant vessels vanish. Crews are lost. Panic spreads.

The attacks feel coordinated. Calculated. Almost guided.

Then intelligence reveals a chilling possibility — a Nazi spy ship may be directing the onslaught from the shadows.

To find her, the Navy deploys an untested weapon: the experimental submarine USS Bull Shark.

Her mission is simple.

Locate the spy ship.

Sink her.

Stop the attacks.

Commanded by young Captain Art Turner and crewed by men with everything to prove, the Bull Shark begins her shakedown cruise — now transformed into a deadly hunt across hostile waters.

Outnumbered.

Operating alone.

Facing seasoned German submariners.

If they fail, America's eastern seaboard and Gulf coast could become the next battleground.

The brand new war has come home.

And the Bull Shark is the only thing standing in the way.

©2021 Scott W Cook (P)2026 Scott W Cook

Compelling and exciting

What a great story! What I really enjoyed, aside from the obvious fun of nail-biting submarine combat, was that the story looked at a more obscure part of WW2. It also involved a personal story and was more than just a submarine going around torpedoing Japanese ships - which is great fun, too!

The author takes some dramatic license here and there and weaves a compelling, thrilling and exciting tale with great description, good character development and a narrator who really brings the world of 1942 to life. I highly recommend this book.

Fun story and great character development But...

The narrator was very good with American, British male and female voices but horrible with German accents - cringeworthy comes to mind. They don't even sound like Germans speaking English. The story although farfetched was fun and creative right down to the captain's wife on the sub during action. Historically, my only fault would be that the secret of Ultra messages was one of the best kept secrets of the war and in no way would it be discussed by or even known by anyone in this story for fear of the enemy getting knowledge of it from captured combat officers.

acted out

loved it all, Great naration.i love books that are acted out they make you use your imaginaion.

Great detail wasted

The technical detail in this book is outstanding. I've read many WW2 sub novels and the technical details in this book are some of the best. Given this I can overlook some historical plot stretches such as U boats not shooting at vulnerable targets and civilian women assisting in submerged attacks. However it is the cheezy stereotypical accents employed by the narrator, and the constant chuckling and goofing around by the characters that detracted from the realism of this book. I hope the sequels improve on these glaring faults!

Very entertaining and fun adventures..

Truly surprised to find newer novels that have a old novel simple entertainment and great , real , dialog of characters. There is NO political correct or modernist political/ ideology smuggling AT ALL in these stories..JUST A GREAT YARN, COOL CHARACTERS, GREAT EXCITEMENT..BRAVO..
ALSO, THE NARRATOR IS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING...REALY COMPLETES THE WHOLE GREAT PACKAGE..