From the author of The Hunt for Red October comes a compelling new exploration of submarine warfare developed alongside his new interactive CD-ROM combat game – Tom Clancy’s SSN.

America is at war. China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly Islands. The American response has been swift – and deadly. And the Third World War has begun…

Captain Bartholomew Mackey is the skipper of the USS Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine dispatched to the Sprawls to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the Cheyenne’s mission – and the world – have changed, as a tense situation has exploded into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions.

Tom Clancy presents fifteen thrilling scenarios – fact-based mission profiles for Captain Mackey and the Cheyenne – stirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate details, and the chilling knowledge that it really could happen…