pot development

Stalking the Red Bear is a true story of a US submarine’s covert operation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Hunt for Red October is a Tom Clancy thriller where CIA analyst Jack Ryan must do what it takes to prove that a nuclear Soviet submarine that suddenly changed route towards the USA, is trying to defect and not attack.

A Tale of Two Subs was another true story from 1943 – the sub USS Sculpin, under attack by the Japanese, sank for the last time in what became one of the most remarkable events in U.S. Naval history.

The question is, did these stories influence the plot in MUTINY? Well, no. However, they did provide the spark of an idea – one that became a tense underwater cat-and-mouse in my novel. My background reading for MUTINY included as many books and videos on submarines as I could find, but care was taken to not copy any of them. Though, I hope what does happen is just as exciting. This post might turn away readers who have no interest in submarines, but that is not the intention. In fact, more action occurs above the waves than under them and the submarine activity is a vessel for character building and plot development.

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