A while back I completed a
draft of submarine novel. After much feedback and revision (thanks y'all!), it is now a finished book:
By Sound Alone. I'm hoping to get all the serious submarine nerds out there to read it. It's absolutely free no-strings-attached (in the e-book form).
What's it like in 50 words or less?
Fundamentally, it’s a cross between 1970s trucker culture and 1960s submarine movies. It’s kind of a slurry of Das Boot, Road Warrior, Deadliest Catch, and Smokey and the Bandit.
Plus, it's got diagrams!
What makes it different than all the other submarine stories?
The book isn't about war submarines, it's about
cargo submarines. The book is set in an alternate-timeline mid-century world where international shipping is largely carried out underwater in submarines built for hauling goods. Despite this fiction, the book also commits to realistic submarine operations and mechanics. Some readers have told me: "It's like Serenity on a submarine." I've never seen Serenity, so you'll have to take their word for it.
If you are interested in reading it, you can one-click download a free copy in epub, mobi, pdf, or html formats here:
https://bysoundalone.net/
I'm releasing it under an open-content/free Creative Commons license, so feel free to share widely. (I didn't write this thing for the money, I wrote it for the geeky love of greasy old machines!)