Former submarine officer writes a 21st century "Hunt for Red October"

David Bruns knows submarines and he knows book. The result? A new series—The Third Option.

Weapons Free (1) —A submarine cat-and-mouse hunt in the South China Sea between a US Navy Virginia-class sub and a Chinese submarine as the Chinese Navy tests a devastating new weapon.

Alpha Strike (2) releasing July 21 —A brutal jihadi raid on a medical camp in Africa takes a high-value American hostage, turning a regional strike into a national security emergency.

Written with J.R. Olson. https://www.bruns-olson.com/

About David Bruns:

David earned a Bachelor of Science in Honors English from the United States Naval Academy. (That’s not a typo. He’s probably the only English major you’ll ever meet who took multiple semesters of calculus, physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, naval architecture, and weapons systems just so he could read some Shakespeare. It was totally worth it.)

After meeting Tom Clancy and reading The Hunt for Red October as a midshipman at the Naval Academy, he served six years as a commissioned officer in the nuclear-powered submarine force chasing the Russians in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. When the Soviet Union collapsed, David left the Navy for corporate life. For two decades, he schlepped his way around the globe as an itinerant executive in the high-tech sector, and did a stint with a Silicon Valley startup.

David is the author of more than twenty novels, including the six-book SynCorp Saga series about a corporate takeover of the solar system with co-creator Chris Pourteau. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies.

With retired naval intel officer JR Olson, he writes contemporary national security thrillers that look less like fiction every time he checks the news.