Well, this is definitely a departure from my normal variety of subject matter - entrance into the world of the British military, the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Russian submarines, and U.S. Navy SEALs! Who'd a thought? Not even sure where I picked this paperback up, but it proved to be a pretty great read after my initial hesitance to continue after realizing the genre and what I'd normally classify as a "guy's read."
I think a big draw was knowing that the "bad guys," aka Russians, would eventually lose big time in the end. With Russia's backing, Argentina tries to gain control of the Falkland Islands, governed by the British. Both Russia and Argentina want control of the oil waiting to be drilled, and feel they have a very good chance of doing so with Britain's weakened military after decades of cutbacks.
I won't go into details - it's really quite complicated, and there are several "actors" one needs to be aware of, so it was nice to have the "Cast of Principal Characters" listed at the beginning of the book. But it completely caught my interest, and I learned so much about the Falkland Islands, the British SAS, the U.S. Navy SEALs, and submarines, so I'm very glad I kept reading.
And of course, the best part of the entire story is the ultimate victory of the U.S. and its "ghost force," and of course, the destruction of the Russian submarine. Who doesn't love it when the good guys win and the bad guys lose - big time.