Ghostboat

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ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 8 AND 9 FROM UNITED STATES SUBMARINE OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II BY THEODORE ROSCOE COPYRIGHT 1949 UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE. ENGROSSING..CREDIBLE..MENACING..CHARLES BERLITZ THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE. A WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE LOST 30 YEARS RETURNS ON A DEADLY MISSION. A SPELLBINDING NOVEL THAT VOYAGES INTO THE VERY HEART OF THE DEVILS TRIANGLE MYSTERY. DECEMBER 11 1944 U.S.S CANDLEFISH SUBMARINE ON WARTIME PATROL MYSTERIOUSLY LOST AT LATITUDE 30 DEGREES NORTH IN THE PACIFIC. ALL HANDS PERISH EXCEPT FOR ONE SURVIVOR. OCTOBER 8 1974 SIX HUNDRED MILES NORTHWEST OF PEARL HARBOR A SUBMARINE SURFACES IN FRONT OF A JAPANESE FREIGHTER IN THE CANDLEFISH IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER FULLY OUTFITTED DOWN TO STEAKS IN THE FREZER YET WITHOUT A TRACE OF LIFE ABOARD. IN WASHINGTON D.C. A NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER CONVINCES HIS SUPERIORS THAT THIS IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE HIS THEORY THAT ANOTHER DEVILS TRIANGLE EXISTS WHERE THE CANDLEFISH ORIGINALLY WENT DOWN. HIS PLAN IS TO TAKE THE CANDLEFISH ON A VOYAGE RETRACING HER ROUTE OF THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND AT LAST UNCOVER WHATEVER FEARFUL FORCE LIES IN WAIT AT LATITUDE 30 DEGREES NORTH. ONLY WHEN THE SUB IS WELL OUT TO SEA WITH NO TURNING BACK DO HE AND THE REST OF THE CREW BEGIN TO SUSPECT WHY THE CANDLEFISH HAS COME BACK FROM A WATERY GRAVE AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO EVERY LIVING SOUL ABOARD.