Unbroken Silence by Henrik Ekstrom

Unbroken Silence: A Cold War Thriller Based on Real Events by Henrik Ekstrom
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At the height of the cold war, beneath the waves of a cold Baltic Sea, a young Swedish submarine sailor makes a critical decision. One that puts them all in harm’s way. As the submarine then fails to report on time, the issue quickly escalates through the military and the government ranks.

The disappearance is linked to the sighting of a foreign vessel, and while the government is quick to appoint blame, Admiral Klas Nylund struggles to find the truth about his missing boat. Seeking outside help, Nylund finds himself in a race with his own Navy, military intelligence, and the Swedish government’s political priorities.

Unbroken Silence, a work of fiction based at the height of the cold war, rests on facts and existing theories about what actually happened in the murky waters of the Swedish archipelago in the 1980s. A riddle unsolved to this day woven together by that former member of the Swedish submarine force.

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Reading Unbroken Silence by Henrik Ekstrom is like the slow crawl up to the pinnacle of a rollercoaster you’ve been waiting all day to ride.  As a former member of the Swedish Navy himself, Henrik has created a unique, exciting and compelling plot rife with multidimensional characters, action and edge-of-your-seat exploits. This is an extraordinary story which is a story based on real life actual events.

When one of their submarines disappears, each military and government rank responds immediately.  Really, they should; it’s the height of the Cold War, and the sub in question is somewhere underwater in the cold, Baltic Sea.  Just prior, a Swedish Sonar Petty Officer on that submarine had heard something off-putting in his sonar feed.  As the Captain called for the submarine to rise higher to get more information on the strange sound, a Helmsman alerts the cabin that they have a torpedo heading their way.  Later, when the government and military begin to point fingers to direct blame about their missing submarine, Admiral Klas Nylund begins his own quest using outside channels for support.  Soon, he is embroiled in a war of his own with the Swedish Navy, government, and military intelligence.  

Taken from actual theories and evidence of the events that transpired in the 1980s around a Swedish archipelago, Henrik Ekstrom’s Unbroken Silence is an informative fiction that leaves readers turning page after page.  Henrik deftly places readers inside the inner workings of the Navy replete with Naval codes, command posts, and combat maneuvers all the while making the reader feel they knew all this complex Naval terminology already. This novel feels real, and the effect is a slowly built tension that is artfully prolonged until it simmers. Henrik builds several different plots at once also leaving readers to guess when and where and how it will all come together. And it does come together perfectly, just like a well-written and thoroughly conceptualized novel should.

It’s an extremely well-written, highly entertaining and thoroughly engrossing story that I couldn’t put down, and in the end, I was very satisfied. However, I am very much looking forward to more novels by Henrik Ekstrom, as I love stories set in the open sea and the inner workings of the military So, if you enjoy informative books based on real life deep-sea stories of submarines, the navy, military intelligence and with action-packed scenes –Unbroken Silence by Henrik Ekstrom is the perfect novel for you!  Artisan Book Reviews recommends Unbroken Silence by Henrik Ekstrom to all fans of seafaring suspense and thrillers and anyone who wants to escape out to sea.

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