The Crucible

Kristina Torres, a top U.S. Navy weapons designer, dreams of commanding her own ship, thwarted by past trauma and her father, Admiral Ramon Torres, Pacific Fleet commander. As war looms with North Korea and China, Kristina tests weapons on the USS Gettysburg, believed to be safe north of Hawaii. Unknown to her, the North Korean vessel, Kim-Il-Sung, crosses the Pacific with a perilous message, targeting the unsuspecting Gettysburg amidst a typhoon, threatening to escalate tensions to new heights.

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About the Author: Joaquin De Torres
Joaquin De Torres was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy at 17 where he trained in the field of naval intelligence. He earned his B.S. and M.A. in International Management while serving his final tour at the National Security Agency, and retired from the Navy with 21 years.

His experience with military game changers, along with his adventures within the covert labyrinth of the Defense Department helped create his eclectic collection of heroes and villains, and the dreadful situations they are thrust into.

In the spirit of Michael Crichton and Jules Verne, De Torres sees a world where technology is the elixir and, ultimately, the inhumane curse of Mankind. His visions of that curse are graphic and disturbing, forcing his characters to come to grips with their flaws and fears in order to summon their courage to stop it.

De Torres is an English professor, private tutor and freelance writer living with his family on assignment in Zagreb, Croatia.
Commander Kristina Torres, the U.S. Navy's preeminent weapons designer, once had a dream of commanding her own ship. But her father's over-protective demeanor, and a horrifying experience when she was a teenager have all but ended any realization of that dream.

Her father, Admiral Ramon Torres, is the commanding officer of the Pacific Fleet, a force that faces a shortage of ships and captains on the eve of war with North Korea and China. He must enforce the globally-protested "Iron Clad blockade" around North Korea which has already caused the deaths of half a million people.

Out of sheer rage and desperation, North Korea has given the U.S. just 24 hours to lift the blockade before it launches every last man, shell and missile onto South Korea and the 30,000 American troops stationed there. China waits patiently for this, planning to launch a million landing troops on Taiwan on the heels of the initial attack.

At the moment, Admiral Torres' daughter is in waters north of Hawaii, on the testbed ship USS Gettysburg, testing weapons that she herself designed. She's thousands of miles away from any war zone, any threat. She's utterly safe. . .at least that's what he thinks.

Stalking behind a pending typhoon is a massive predator. The North Korean juggernaut--the Kim-Il-Sung--has sailed across the Pacific to deliver a message to the U.S. government and the world. When the Kim Il-Sung spots the Gettysburg, it unleashes its message.

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