Apocalyptic military fiction with a powerful message. Iran has nukes. Israel's leader is hospitalized. History is now up to 35 Israelis. Ethnically diverse. Ideologically divided. On a nuclear-armed submarine. * * * WHAT CRITICS SAY: Gripping, chilling...brings to mind...Crimson Tide, The Hunt For Red October and U-571. You'll feel like you're on the sub with the world on the brink of disaster. No matter what political side you're on, it's a must-read... Don't start reading this novel if you have somewhere to be. You'll probably miss your appointment. --Alan Zeitlin in NY Blueprint [The novel paints] a frightening picture of what the world could look like after Iran goes nuclear... Most of the Armageddon thriller takes place aboard the Dolphin submarine, Israel's second-strike answer to the existential threat posed by a nuclear Iran. [The crew reflects] the...diversity of Israeli society. There are descendants of Holocaust survivors; native Arabic speakers (one Christian and one Druze); the son of Persian Jews who escaped from the Iranian revolution of 1979; an Ethiopian who crossed Sudan by foot as a child to reach Israel; religious Jews...the atheist son of a Soviet Refusenik; a submariner who holds...right-wing views and another who secretly attends leftist rallies; and a homosexual whose parents were...Vietnamese [refugees] saved by Israel in 1977. How do all of these people get along during months away from home, living in close quarters, facing deadly threats at sea? Their voyage has enough naval action and drama to rival the suspense of a Tom Clancy novel. But the book...also [features] riveting debates about war, ethics, geopolitics, religion, and the protection of minorities. The author does an excellent job of giving voice to every political and philosophical perspective... --Karen Brown in Israel Today The book provides a picture of Israelis at work in one of the most claustrophobic and intense environments in the world -- weeks at a time in a submerged submarine in hostile waters...[The novel] is a great read on a subject as current as the headlines, and...poses a situation where none of the choices are good or easy. --Richard Baehr in American Thinker The story has enough page-turning naval action to qualify as a military and geopolitical novel about a Middle East Armageddon, but it also entertains [as a psychological thriller]. The submarine space [is a] social experiment...more intense and compelling than any reality show.