“Compelling and visionary. DiMercurio’s characters run as deep as his submarines themselves!” --Joe Buff, author of Crush Depth and Thunder in the Deep "DiMercurio really knows his subs...his characters step right off the sub deck and onto his pages." --Larry Bond "A Master Rivaling Tom Clancy." --Publishers Weekly "Terrific." --San Francisco Examiner "Thrilling." --Associated Press "Superb storytelling." --Virginia-Pilot/Ledger Star

Michael DiMercurio's's Essays from MILITARY.COM:

Women in Submarines - Tailhook at Test Depth?
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, October 17, 2003

Iraq: Withdraw or Stand Firm?
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, August 01, 2006

GIVE WAR A CHANCE?
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, August 14, 2006

THE NEW COLD WAR
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, August 15, 2006

DOMESTIC SPYING AND THE WAR ON MILITANT ISLAM
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, August 22, 2006

IRAN: WHAT’S A SUPERPOWER TO DO?
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, August 28, 2006

SHOULD OUR CHILDREN “DIE FOR OIL”?
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, September 06, 2006

The Hidden Meaning of 9/11
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, September 12, 2006

THE POPE’S JIHAD
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, October 02, 2006

WHY NORTH KOREAN NUKES ARE GOOD
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT MILITARY.COM, October 05, 2006

terminalrun.com Michael DiMercurio Princeton, New Jersey E-mail: readermail@terminalrun.com