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Poyer, David Charles was born on November 26, 1949 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles L. Poyer and Margeret M. Onuffer.
(In the third volume of David Poyer's monumental Civil War...)
In the third volume of David Poyer's monumental Civil War at Sea cycle, North meets South in the momentous first battle between ironclads. In Fire on the Waters America split in two and the characters in David Poyer's Civil War at Sea series had to choose sides. Then, in A Country of Our Own, Ker Claiborne took the war north, aboard the Confederacy's most formidable commerce raider. Now, in That Anvil of Our Souls, David Poyer takes us into the turrets and casemates of the most historic sea engagement of the Civil War. In New York, Theo Hubbard is the engineer for a revolutionary new "fighting machine," the Monitor, and is eager to become a man of means . . . even if it compromises his integrity. In Norfolk, Catherine Claiborne faces her husband's impending hanging for piracy, their baby daughter's death, and the realities of occupation. In Richmond, Lieutenant Lomax Minter must find a spy who threatens the South's ultimate weapon: a tremendous ironclad, rebuilt from a sunken wreck; aging Dr. Steele witnesses the horrors that are the aftermath of glory; and gun captain Hanks, escaped slave, struggles with the twin snakes of "freedom."
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( 400 feet deep, in the treacherous waters of green turtl...)
400 feet deep, in the treacherous waters of green turtle cay, lies the world's most dangerous cargo...waiting for the world's most daring diver. Salvage diver Tiller Galloway vowed he would never work for "The Baptist" again. Until the menacing kingpin makes him an offer he can't refuse, sending him deep into the beautiful blue Caribbean to raise fifty tons of cargo-- a dive to the razor's edge of death. Caught in the cross fire of a crazed underboss and hostile islanders, Tiller takes on a nightmare of double crosses, as a scenario more sinister than he ever imagined begins to unfold. From the author of Down to a Sunless Sea comes this shattering sequel to Hatteras Blue, a tale as explosive as those of Clive Cussler and Peter Benchley, and packed with some of the most breathless undersea scenes ever written.
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(“A powerfully written Florida adventure . . . a compellin...)
“A powerfully written Florida adventure . . . a compelling glimpse at the mysterious world of cave diving.” – The Orlando Sentinel “One of his best novels yet . . . bristles with suspense . . . What makes this novel particularly memorable are the extensive, harrowing descriptions of cave dives, which are riveting enough to terrify experienced divers.” –Publishers Weekly “Fans of Clive Cussler will love this thriller.” – Library Journal. “White-knuckle diving scenes, constant action.” – Kirkus Reviews “Tiller is a character who grows on the reader . . . As usual, Poyer provides a smashing climax, this one fraught with danger from man and nature.” – Jacksonville Times-Union "There can be no better writer of modern sea adventure around today." – Clive Cussler “Claustrophobics beware! David Poyer’s suspenseful cave-diving novel, DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA, takes readers into water crevices, submerged limestone tunnels, cramped wormholes and subterranean hell holes that give suffocation new meaning . . . Vivid, believable descriptions . . .We can get the fear and adrenaline of cave-diving without ever leaving the dry safety of our favorite comfy chairs.” – Tallahassee Sun Democrat Welcome to the most dangerous sport on earth: where cave divers step into murky Florida ponds and end up hundreds of feet below the ground, threading through the narrow passages of Swiss-cheese-like rock formations, heading down tunnels that may open into caverns of breathtaking beauty, or else suddenly collapse in rockfalls that crush out their air and their lives. Open-water diver and ex-con Tiller Galloway has come to this watery underworld to find out why an old friend died young – and take one last shot at being a father, a lover, and a friend. But with a woman opening up her heart, and a deadly conspiracy closing in around him, Galloway must navigate between lies told aboveground and truths hidden in the depths . . . where a violent battle is about to explode. Combining the knife-edged action of Clive Cussler with the heart stopping storytelling skill of John D. MacDonald, USA Today-bestselling Dave Poyer continues to be one of American’s most popular and remarkable thriller writers . . . and a master of underwater suspense. “A ripping good read! Poyer raises the bar with this one. The cave-diving scenes are riveting, claustrophobic, terrifying, and beautiful.” – Booklist
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(It is the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, and Saddam H...)
It is the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, and Saddam Hussein has threatened to attack Tel Aviv if a single tank enters his country. Though the United States has no intelligence on the type of location of the weapon, Naval Lieutenant-Commander Dan Lenson and a recon team of Marines and military professionals are ordered to eliminate the threat. After a crippling trek into the Iraqi desert, the team successfully locates the weapon in the underground tunnels of Baghdad, only to find that destroying it would unleash a horror more terrifying than anyone could have imagined.
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(Diver Tiller Galloway leaves North Carolina for the coast...)
Diver Tiller Galloway leaves North Carolina for the coast of Louisiana to work on the offshore oil rigs, only to stumble upon a plot that threatens a huge environmental disaster. By the author of Bahamas Blue. 25,000 first printing.
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( In a graveyard of the Atlantic, a treacherous sercret h...)
In a graveyard of the Atlantic, a treacherous sercret has been buried...until now. A U-boat went down in 1945, and now, more than 40 years later, the bodies of the three crewmen have surfaced near Hatteras Island. But their chilling reappearance has unleashed a tide of powerful forces--Nazis with a ruthless plan to corner the South American drug market, and a shadowy figure with his own dangerous agenda. We ex-Navy SEAL salvage diver Tiller Galloway probes beneath the surface, he finds himself face-to-face with a killer in a gut-wrenching firefight that cilmaxes hundreds of feet below sea level. Spilling with underwater adventure that will leave you gasping for air, bestselling author David Poyer writes gripping undersea thrillers in the spellbinding tradition of Clive Cussler and John D. MacDonald.
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("There can be no better writer of modern sea adventure ar...)
"There can be no better writer of modern sea adventure around today." – Clive Cussler “Poyer has an accurate ear for dialogue and he fleshes out his characters . . . plenty of built-in tension.” – New York Times Book Review “. . . Poyer establishes himself firmly in the company of our best writers of seafaring adventure.” – Robert Houston, author of Blood Tango and The Fourth Codex “Poyer produces an action-packed, fast-paced novel, building suspense expertly, with plenty of twists and turns.” – Publisher’s Weekly Salvage diver and ex-con Tiller Galloway vowed he’d never work for "The Baptist" again. Until the menacing kingpin makes him an offer he can't refuse, sending him deep into the beautiful blue Caribbean to raise fifty tons of sunken cargo-- a dive to the razor's edge of death. Caught in the cross fire of a crazed underboss, hostile islanders, and a corrupt government, Tiller and his Hatteras Island sidekick Shad Aydlett take on a nightmare of double crosses, as a scenario more sinister than he ever imagined begins to unfold. From the USA-bestselling author of DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA comes this shattering sequel to HATTERAS BLUE, a tale as explosive as those of Hammond Innes and Peter Benchley, and packed with some of the most breathless and vivid undersea scenes ever written.
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(After a friend dies while cave diving, diver Tiller Gallo...)
After a friend dies while cave diving, diver Tiller Galloway, at the widow's request, takes over his friend's scuba-diving business, but the more he learns about the business the more he begins to suspect his friend's death had not been an accident.
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(MURDER IN THE DEEP WOODS "It was on that first day of the...)
MURDER IN THE DEEP WOODS "It was on that first day of the hunt, an hour after dawn, that the old man found the body of the boy." This classic novel of crime and revenge in deer-hunting country opens on the first day of buck season in remote Hemlock County, Pennsylvania. Long-retired hunter and reclusive hermit W.T. Halvorsen discovers the victim of what at first seems like a hunting accident. After the funeral, the victim's father, Dr.Paul Michelson, begins a search for the killer who shot his son, then walked away, letting him bleed to death in the snow. When Michelson too vanishes, his lover Teresa Del Rosario follows him to Hemlock County, fighting her growing fear he has murder in mind. As terror stalks the deep woods, Halvorsen pits his tracking and shooting skills against those of his human enemy in a deadly cat-and-mouse game deep in the Kinningmahontawany Wild Area. An epic tale of justice, survival, and two utterly determined men hunting each other through the snow-shrouded hills and ravines in the greatest blizzard in twenty years. Hemlock County is Poyer's fictional re-creation and evocation of the country and people where he grew up. There are four books in the series. They were first published in this order: The Dead of Winter, Winter in the Heart, As the Wolf Loves Winter, and then Thunder on the Mountain.
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(Returning to Hemlock County, Pennsylvania, after serving ...)
Returning to Hemlock County, Pennsylvania, after serving two years in prison for setting the fire that killed his wife, ""Racks"" Halvorsen struggles to put his life back together, until a murder in the wilderness exposes a web of corruption in the National Forest Service and local industry.
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(Assigned to investigate a suspected assassination plot ag...)
Assigned to investigate a suspected assassination plot against FDR, a young John Fitzgerald Kennedy teams up with actress Lauren Wolfe to prevent a deadly attempt by a Russian, German, and traitor American in April 1945.
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( The bestselling novels of David Poyer have been read by...)
The bestselling novels of David Poyer have been read by millions around the world, and The New York Times Book Review has proclaimed: "Poyer knows what he is writing about when it comes to anything on, above or below the water." Now he unleashes a heart-pounding new novel combining the thrilling elements of military intrigue, Pentagon politics, Chinese espionage and human drama in his finest work to date. It was a missile that would change the world. He was the man at ground zero. Once Lieutenant-commander Dan Lenson had a ship and a family. Now he is on his own, deep within Washington's military industrial complex. His task: shepherd a controversial weapon through the Navy's testing process to deployment. But powerful forces are lined up against the Tomahawk missile-- and against Lenson. For Dan Lenson, separating his enemies from his friends is the beginning of the most dangerous war of all...
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Poyer, David Charles was born on November 26, 1949 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles L. Poyer and Margeret M. Onuffer.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1971. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1976.
Captain United States Navy and United States Naval Reserve, 1971—2001.
(Returning to Hemlock County, Pennsylvania, after serving ...)
(After a friend dies while cave diving, diver Tiller Gallo...)
( The bestselling novels of David Poyer have been read by...)
(Assigned to investigate a suspected assassination plot ag...)
(Diver Tiller Galloway leaves North Carolina for the coast...)
(In the third volume of David Poyer's monumental Civil War...)
(It is the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, and Saddam H...)
(MURDER IN THE DEEP WOODS "It was on that first day of the...)
( 400 feet deep, in the treacherous waters of green turtl...)
( In a graveyard of the Atlantic, a treacherous sercret h...)
("There can be no better writer of modern sea adventure ar...)
(“A powerfully written Florida adventure . . . a compellin...)
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Married Lenore Elizabeth Hart, November 30, 1991. 1 child Naia Elizabeth Hart Poyer.