A Code for Victory

Reeling from the Java Sea catastrophe, four friends in the Silent Service wage a desperate campaign against a surging Japanese Empire.

Spring 1942. Japan's conquest of the Southwest Pacific is nearly complete. Allied fleets lie shattered on the ocean floor, and America's submarines—armed with faulty torpedoes and led by overcautious commanders—are all that stand between victory and total defeat.

Four young officers, bound by friendship and forged in the fires of war, fight on separate fronts.

Trip MacLean, survivor of a sunken warship, leads a guerrilla band from a remote tropical atoll, striking at Japanese supply lines. When his fighters recover the Imperial Navy's most closely guarded codebooks, the fragile balance of power begins to shift.

Stan Ward, deep in the shadows of naval intelligence, races to crack the JN-25 code before the Japanese realize it has been compromised—and before time runs out.

Beneath the waves, Brad Johnson aboard the battered Tigerfish and Fred Wurster in the Wolffish press the attack against overwhelming odds, carrying the weight of a failing campaign on their shoulders.

And as Japan prepares its next move, a massive invasion of Australia, these four officers—scattered across islands, intelligence offices, and hostile seas—are drawn together by a mission that could decide the Pacific War’s first year.

Perfect for readers of W.E.B. Griffin and Tom Clancy who crave authentic World War II naval action.

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Praise for The Tides of War Series and the authors:

“A page-turning tale of young naval officers and over-the-hill subs in the very early days of WWII.”—H.W. “Buzz” Bernard, author of When Heroes Flew

“Readers will definitely be up until four in the morning to see how it turned out.” —John J. Gobbell, author of The Todd Ingram Series

"This team spins a great tale." —W.E.B. Griffin

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Born and raised in Eastern Ohio, Commander Wallace received his commission in the US Navy and a degree in engineering from The Ohio State University. After the obligatory and memorable interview with Admiral Rickover, he was accepted into the nuclear power and submarine communities. He served on two of Admiral Rickover’s famous “Forty One for Freedom”, the USS John Adams SSBN 620 and the USS Woodrow Wilson SSBN 624, during which time he made nine one-hundred-day deterrent patrols through the height of the Cold War.

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Don Keith is a native Alabamian and attended the University of Alabama where he received his degree in broadcast and film. He has received awards from the Associated Press and United Press International for newswriting and reporting. He is also the only person to be named Billboard Magazine "Radio Personality of the Year" in two formats, country and contemporary. Keith was a broadcast personality for over twenty years, owned his own consultancy, co-owned a Mobile, Alabama, radio station, and hosted and produced several nationally syndicated radio shows. His first novel, "The Forever Season." received the Alabama Library Association's "Fiction of the Year" award. Keith has written extensively on historical subjects including World War II, submarine warfare, and fiction, biographies, and non-fiction works on a variety of subjects. He has published more than forty books, two of which—HUNTER KILLER and COLORS OF CHARACTER—have been adapted for the screen. Mr. Keith lives with his wife, Charlene, in Indian Springs Village, Alabama.