Reviewed by Elliott Grollman
For Homeland Defense Journal Online
“Final Bearing” is a modern day thriller involving military special operations, naval submarine warfare, organized crime and narcoterrorism. The cast of characters could come right out of today’s headlines.
Narcoterrorists in South America, not satisfied with their efforts in their homeland, decide to target the United States for its counterdrug efforts with a new deadly designer drug.
When U.S. intelligence gains wind of the plan, the Navy launches a secret military operation with one of it crack SEAL teams and the attack sub Spadefish, which is on its final mission. Its mission: Enter the war on drugs and take out the source.
At the same time, a DEA agent with connections to Colombia and a personal score to settle wages his own counter-drug operation against the group in the United States. Casualties mount as each side races to out maneuver the other. Leaks from both sides set deadly traps for the other. Both sides speed forward in their campaign with the lives of many in the balance.
The story is fast paced, exciting and one you don’t want to put down until the end. A classic modern day story of man and technology in the battle of good vs. evil.
Elliott Grollman is a retired U.S. Army Reserve major and adjunct professor of criminal justice.