Shortfall to Equilibrium (Steve Steele Book 1)

When a stolen “Atlas” Intermediate range ICBM is lost in the Baltic Sea, Steve Steele must find the mastermind behind the attempt to steal American nuclear secrets. Steele and his associate Lieutenant Lennox Bird travel to Malmo where she is captured and flown to Riga.There follows a sea battle during which the Russians use an ex-Kreigsmarine Schnell-boat and crew. They then reveal their secret weapon to the British agents. The Ekranoplan is a cross between an airliner and a naval frigate, which can “fly” at speeds up to 300 mph. It is intended to use this to unleash devastation, which will bring back the hard-liners in Russia and defeat their ancient adversary, the capitalist United States, at the same time.As our story draws to a close there is an underwater fight to control the salvage of the “Atlas” warhead.