{"product_id":"across-the-black-water-9781648759239","title":"Across the Black Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping installment in John J. Gobbell's acclaimed Ingram family saga, blending authentic military detail with pulse-pounding international intrigue. For readers who lived through Todd Ingram's battles, \u003ci\u003eAcross the Black Water\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the trials his grandson faces when the next war comes calling.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new Cold War ignites in the Pacific--and the Ingram family is caught in the crosshairs once again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lieutenant Commander Noah Ingram, grandson of the legendary Todd Ingram, commands a P-3 Orion patrol bomber hunting submarines across the South China Sea. When he discovers a secret Russian submarine hidden aboard a Chinese cargo ship, enemy fighters blow his aircraft from the sky. Dragged to a mainland prison and facing brutal interrogation, Noah's only escape is a desperate gamble: steal a fully fueled WWII P-51 Mustang and fly seven hundred miles across hostile ocean toward freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Half a world away, the woman Noah loves harbors a deadly secret. Marika Dráva--nightclub singer and engineer--has just assassinated the Russian GRU sniper who murdered her mother during their escape from Communist Hungary. Now Kapitán Pyotr Sokolov, a disgraced military intelligence officer, has traced the killing back to Marika through a single spent cartridge. As he closes in for the kill, Chinese operative Charlie Wu hunts Noah across the Pacific, determined to recapture or eliminate the pilot who humiliated Beijing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two enemies. Two targets. One couple caught between governments that want them both dead--and secrets that could destroy everything they've built together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn River Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648759239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs","brand":"John J. Gobbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458923946165,"sku":"9781648759239","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781648759239.jpg?v=1791297538","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/across-the-black-water-9781648759239","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}