Cardinal Virtues

War of the Submarine, Book 1

By: R.G. Roberts

Narrated by: A. J. Shuck

Commander Alex Coleman is no hero. Just ask him.

It’s 2037, and Alex is one more disobeyed order away from kissing his naval career goodbye. He used to be high speed, the kind of officer on the fast track to submarine command. Then he threw it all away trying to save a few civilian lives from his glory hungry commanding officer. No pain no gain, right? Alex isn’t sorry he did the right thing, but being everyone’s favorite scapegoat isn’t fun. Now, he’s marking time to retirement on Armistice Station, an underwater megastation where you can buy and do anything—except salvage a trashed Navy career. Alex is stuck doling out supplies to visiting Navy ships and chasing unruly sailors, just how he wanted to spend his last years in the good old US Navy.

But things aren’t quiet in Alex’s underwater amusement park. France and India are expanding into the Indian Ocean and want the United States out, and Alex’s eclectic band of castoff sailors are all that’s in their way. Armed with nothing but creativity and coffee creamer fireballs, Alex must team up with the admiral who hates him most. Together, they must escape the jaws of a closing enemy trap set by the canny French commander who ruined his career in the first place. Can Alex outsmart her this time, or will he end up as the first POW in the next world war?

©2022 Robin Gail Roberts (P)2022 Robin Gail Roberts

The way it jumps right in the action

It took me a little bit to figure out just how far in the future this was taking place

Like listening to a burning fuse!

Wow, great story! This is my preferred genre and I listen to tons of books…this is one of the best I have heard! Great characters and they are all developed well throughout the story. The suspense builds through the book to the point that I couldn’t hardly turn it off!
The only negative is probably the voice actor-def not bad, but didn’t really resonate with me.
That said, it is still one of my favorites and one you should def listen to.

US Navy performs poorly in the future!

I was very surprised to hear a military novel narrated by someone who sound like John Mulaney (comic). For those unfamiliar with Mulaney, he sounds like a high boy who hasn't started shaving yet. Sorry, but the narration didn't work for me. Good performance but the voice was a disconnect

I was very surprised and disappointed that the US Navy apparently will have inept Submarine commanders, and at least 1 Admiral that will collapse under pressure while the female officers in the various roles will all perform flawlessly. Meanwhile the French and Indian Navies will kick our asses.

Too much estrogen in this one and what I took as a weak US Navy did not have me captivated. I found that I had to force myself to listen and get through the book. I won't be continuing on with other books in the series.

Submarines

THE OTHER 6 BOOKS IN THE SERIES IS NOT ON AUDIBLE!
WHEN WILL THEY BE AVAILABLE?

Just feels like kicking a dead dog

The entire book is a screwed up fiction of constant blatant weakness in all US Navy positions. While it’s a well produced and acted book, the story is just a hate fest on the US Navy and very hard to sit and listen to for this long.