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Quint & Dawson Adventures #2
The Pass
Fact: A live nuclear bomb lies in shallow water off the U.S. coast – one of dozens lost around the world!
The year is 1958. A B-47 bomber carrying a live nuclear weapon is returning from a simulated attack on the Soviet Union when it collides with an F-86 Sabre jet fighter plane. In a desperate attempt to land safely, the crew requests and is granted permission to jettison the bomb. But instead of being over deep water as they believe, they are just off the coast of the southern United States in less than 20 feet of water when they drop the bomb.
Based on this true event, The Pass takes you inside the cockpit of the bomber for this harrowing experience before joining Quint and Dawson over fifty years later in this sequel to The Keys. They are on a mission to locate and recover the lost bomb–a mission that quickly becomes a wild race against a group of terrorists bent on detonating the bomb in their twisted jihad against the U.S. With one of the worst hurricanes in history bearing down on them. Quint’s team is pushed to the limit as they struggle against overwhelming odds and a well-armed enemy that will stop at nothing to get the bomb.
The year is 1958. A B-47 bomber carrying a live nuclear weapon is returning from a simulated attack on the Soviet Union when it collides with an F-86 Sabre jet fighter plane. In a desperate attempt to land safely, the crew requests and is granted permission to jettison the bomb. But instead of being over deep water as they believe, they are just off the coast of the southern United States in less than 20 feet of water when they drop the bomb.
Based on this true event, The Pass takes you inside the cockpit of the bomber for this harrowing experience before joining Quint and Dawson over fifty years later in this sequel to The Keys. They are on a mission to locate and recover the lost bomb–a mission that quickly becomes a wild race against a group of terrorists bent on detonating the bomb in their twisted jihad against the U.S. With one of the worst hurricanes in history bearing down on them. Quint’s team is pushed to the limit as they struggle against overwhelming odds and a well-armed enemy that will stop at nothing to get the bomb.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2012
2 people want to read
About the author
Frank Wilem
8 booksFrank J. Wilem, Jr., is an entrepreneur living in Gulfport, Mississippi with his wife, Dee Dee, and daughter, Brittany. Frank’s love for the sea blossomed during his high school years at West High in Torrance, California when a friend convinced him to snorkel off Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes. When it was his turn to use the mask, one look beneath the chilly Pacific waters and he was hooked.
After graduating from Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, the call of the ocean led him to the University of Miami, where he earned a Masters degree in Ocean Engineering. Frank worked in the R&D departments for two Fortune 500 companies before his love of the ocean led him to join Computer Sciences Corporation at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
He left there to become a founder of Triton Systems, Inc., which he and his partners grew into a $100 million company and the nation’s largest manufacturer of automatic teller machines. With the sale of Triton, Frank purchased his sportfish boat, Vixen, and pursued his passion for bluewater fishing. Most days he and Captain Eric Gill can be found in the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Bahamas, chasing billfish, tuna, wahoo and dolphin.
"The Keys" is Wilem’s first book and "The Pass" is its sequel. His third book in the series, "The Aral," and fourth book, "Tears of Coral," are both due to be released in fall of 2014
Frank also writes a weekly blog and a newspaper column for the Sun Herald.
After graduating from Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, the call of the ocean led him to the University of Miami, where he earned a Masters degree in Ocean Engineering. Frank worked in the R&D departments for two Fortune 500 companies before his love of the ocean led him to join Computer Sciences Corporation at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
He left there to become a founder of Triton Systems, Inc., which he and his partners grew into a $100 million company and the nation’s largest manufacturer of automatic teller machines. With the sale of Triton, Frank purchased his sportfish boat, Vixen, and pursued his passion for bluewater fishing. Most days he and Captain Eric Gill can be found in the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Bahamas, chasing billfish, tuna, wahoo and dolphin.
"The Keys" is Wilem’s first book and "The Pass" is its sequel. His third book in the series, "The Aral," and fourth book, "Tears of Coral," are both due to be released in fall of 2014
Frank also writes a weekly blog and a newspaper column for the Sun Herald.
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November 13, 2017
Another of Wilem's action packed rollicking yarns set in warm waters was hard to put down. Though in my opinion, not as good as Wilem's debut titled, "The Keys", this one includes plenty of action - perhaps even over the top with it along with a smattering of violence that some readers may find off putting. Regardless, Wilem's novels easily rival those of Cussler's in the same genre, so I'll be reading the next in the series.
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