Orestes is a fictional spy thriller set on a non-nuclear submarine in the 1960’s. It plots a year in the life of her new crew and the adjustments they have to make living in the strangest conditions known to man. Some have extreme difficulty in adapting and, unbeknown to anyone, one amongst them is carrying out deadly surreptitious activities.
Not all of the action is aboard the ‘boat’. The homes of the men range from slum tenement to country mansion, with the crew’s families having to order the days, and months, of their homelives around coping without their menfolk.
Oberon class Submarine
S12 was one of thirteen diesel powered submarines in service with the Royal Navy during the 1960’s confrontation with the USSR (Soviet era Russia).
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Gerald J Lewis
During my 19 years service I moved on from the seamanship training and served on a minesweeper, destroyer, frigate, two aircraft carriers and three submarines.
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Author of Submarine and Historical Fiction, Gerald J Lewis