This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

DANGEROUS GROUND

Copyright © 2005 by Larry Bond

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Bond, Larry.

Dangerous ground / Larry Bond.—1st ed.

     p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

ISBN 0-765-30788-X

EAN 978-0765-30788-0

1. Submarines (Ships)—Fiction. 2. Submarine captains—Fiction. 3. Americans—Russia—Fiction. 4. Nuclear fuels—Storage—Fiction. 5. Arctic regions—Fiction. I. Title.

   PS3552.O59725D36 2005

   813'.54—dc22

2004062879

First Edition: May 2005

Printed in the United States of America

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