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Riders Upon The Storm
- Author
- Phillip Parotti
- Narrator
- Steve Menasche
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 5 May 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Finalist, 2023 Arizona-New Mexico Book Awards, Historical Fiction
"Parotti's expertly detailed accounts make for constant tension." —The Historical Novels Review
Phillip Parotti's novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the German U-Boat menace in the English Channel during the last year of World War I. Lieutenant (junior grade) Ben Snow takes a commission in the United States Naval Reserve, and whips a dissolute crew into fighting shape. They then take their little submarine chaser, SC 65X, out into the English Channel to hunt for German U-boats in the midst of the worst winter in more than fifty years. Their achievements climax with the sinking of a German submarine and taking sixteen of her crew prisoner.
When the war ends on November 11, 1918, the chaser crews expect to return home, but their exposure to danger is by no means concluded. Instead, the chasers are tasked with exploding the 70,000 dangerous mines planted in the North Sea Mine Barrage. Having survived the war, will Ben and his crew survive the peace?
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Details
- Author
- Phillip Parotti
- Narrator
- Steve Menasche
- Duration
- 10 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781666194128
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction
Synopsis
Finalist, 2023 Arizona-New Mexico Book Awards, Historical Fiction"Parotti's expertly detailed accounts make for constant tension." —The Historical Novels ReviewPhillip Parotti's novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the German U-Boat menace in the English Channel during the last year of World War I. Lieutenant (junior grade) Ben Snow takes a commission in the United States Naval Reserve, and whips a dissolute crew into fighting shape. They then take their little submarine chaser, SC 65X, out into the English Channel to hunt for German U-boats in the midst of the worst winter in more than fifty years. Their achievements climax with the sinking of a German submarine and taking sixteen of her crew prisoner.When the war ends on November 11, 1918, the chaser crews expect to return home, but their exposure to danger is by no means concluded. Instead, the chasers are tasked with exploding the 70,000 dangerous mines planted in the North Sea Mine Barrage. Having survived the war, will Ben and his crew survive the peace?
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