What is the timeline of the books in the series?
Each book is one mission deployment or war patrol of Commander Jeffrey Fuller and his submarine, USS CHALLENGER, during an ongoing shooting war. Each book takes place over a very tight and vivid period of non-stop action and tension, sometimes just a single week on the calendar in the future. And each book opens pretty much where the previous book leaves off. Here’s the “schedule” of events so far: DEEP SOUND CHANNEL: early December 2011. THUNDER IN THE DEEP: late December, up to New Year’s Eve 2011. CRUSH DEPTH: February, 2012. TIDAL RIP: late March through early April 2012. STRAITS OF POWER: May, 2012. SEAS OF CRISIS: June/July 2012. Q: Why did you start the series six months into the war? Why not start at the beginning? A: A good question! There’s an old storytelling maxim, Start the story in the middle, not at the beginning. This can make things more interesting and exciting for the reader. My stories are yarns of naval action and adventure, not political thrillers per se. The nece
