The Trident Deception

MWSA Review

Rick Campbell has orchestrated an excellent novel with all the elements of suspense, mystery and political maneuvers as he plays forward the Prime Minister of Israel, the President of the United States and the use of two navies one from Australia and the other that of the United States.  Campbell’s canvas shows images which let the reader keep turning pages to seek what would happen next.

In the development of the story, Campbell keeps all the balls in the air using short and concise chapters that roll the story on.  Whether in the White House, In Australia, or in Israel or on the wide deep blue seas in the Pacific, the author bounces back and forth developing the story and building the story which will come to a crescendo and a very surprising ending.

If it is entertainment you are seeking you can’t go wrong with The Trident Deception.

Reviewed by: Richard Geschke (2015)

Author's Summary

The 24 missiles carried by a TRIDENT ballistic missile submarine can obliterate an entire country, leaving behind a wasteland uninhabitable for 10,000 years. A single radio transmission stands in the way…

Israeli Intelligence confirms Iran will complete assembly of its first nuclear weapon within a month, and the Israeli Security Council decides the Iranian facility must be destroyed. But the Iranian weapon complex is buried deep underground and can be destroyed only by a nuclear strike. The political implications of using nuclear weapons against Iran are severe, so the Prime Minister authorizes a Mossad operation that results in launch orders being transmitted to a U.S. ballistic missile submarine. As the USS Kentucky transits to within launch range, the Pacific Fleet is sortied to prevent the unthinkable. But will the Kentucky be detected and sunk before the crew completes its mission, or will the ship's 24 nuclear tipped missiles unleash a holocaust of unprecedented proportion?

Although THE TRIDENT DECEPTION is a submarine warfare novel at its core, it’s also an intriguing espionage tale, following the President's National Security Advisor as she traverses a web of deceit in her attempt to unravel and thwart the Mossad plot and expose its conspirators. The novel also explores the moral dilemma posed by the use of nuclear weapons - what our submarine crews are trained to do and the internal conflicts that arise as they struggle to execute their launch order. The outcome becomes even more unpredictable when a father is ordered to hunt down his only son.