for the first time everdescribes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a -class nuclear submarine during the Cold War, taking readers closer to the Soviet target than any work on submarine espionage has ever done before.This is the untold true story of a covert submarine espionage operation against the Soviet Union. Few individuals outside the intelligence and submarine communities knew anything about these top-secret missions, and with good reason: the curtain of secrecy surrounding submarine operations, beginning in World War II, is nearly impenetrable.Cloaking itself in virtual invisibility to avoid detection, this -class boat went sub versus sub deep within Soviet-controlled waters north of the Arctic Circle, where the risks were extraordinarily high and anything could happen. Readers will know what it was like to carry out a covert mission aboard a nuke and experience the sights, sounds, and dangers unique to submarining.