SSN

The novel "SSN" by Tom Clancy is set during a fictional war in which the United States finds itself in conflict and its nuclear submarine fleet bears the burden of the fighting. The story follows Captain Bartholomew Mackey, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine tasked with protecting a carrier group. As the mission unfolds, events quickly escalate and change both the Cheyenne's assignment and the course of the world. The book was coauthored by Martin Greenberg.