By: John Foster

ASW. Anti-Submarine Warfare. The U.S. Navy’s number one priority during the late 1970s and 1980s. Fairbanks Risen is a story about the U.S. Navy’s Super Secret world of Ocean Surveillance, Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft Squadrons, Submarines, Surface ships and the men and women that dedicated their lives to tracking enemy submarines. Their daily lives, routines, trials and tribulations, recreation and the human side of this awesome endeavor that took place 24 hours a day 365 days a year are depicted throughout the story.

It is also a story of espionage, assassinations and the things that small groups of men might do to change the balance of world power.

An Emperor’s Grandson befriends a Soviet Agent. They team up to develop the world’s most formidable submarine and embark on a mission to force the United States to relinquish its strangling occupation of his homeland and return honor to his family name. The successful sinking of two U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers, two Los Angeles Class Nuclear Submarines, two Soviet Nuclear Submarines, a Soviet Spy Ship and a Soviet Aircraft Carrier bring the two Super Powers to the brink of Nuclear War.

At first it seems as if the Grandson’s plans may succeed, but the efforts of two unknown Acoustic Analysts trip the scales in favor of the U. S. Navy. Ocean Systems Technician Analyst First Class Mike Moran, a not so well thought of Acoustic Analyst in the Ocean Surveillance System, stakes what is left of his reputation and Naval Career on a theory concerning a never found sunken Los Angeles Class Submarine, the U.S.S. Fairbanks. After informing his Military Superiors of his analysis of the situation, he gains an ally in Dr. Larry Labon, the senior Acoustic Analyst at the Naval Intelligence Systems Command and together they set out to find the Fairbanks and either take her back or sink her before she destroys the entire U.S. Navy Fleet.

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