Santorini (novel)

1986 novel by Alistair MacLean

Santorini

First edition (UK)

Author| Alistair MacLean
Language| English
Genre| Thriller
Publisher| Collins (UK)
Doubleday (US)

Publication date

| 1986
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print
Pages| 224 pp.
ISBN| 0-00-617453-1
OCLC| 18741116
Preceded by| San Andreas

Santorini is the final novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1986.[1]

The book was a best seller.[2]

## Plot introduction

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While on station in the Aegean Sea under the guise of a hydrographic survey mission, the crew of Royal Navy electronic intelligence vessel HMS Ariadne witnesses two disasters at once, a mysterious strategic bomber crashing into the sea and a large pleasure yacht on fire and sinking. The plane turns out to have been loaded with nuclear weapons, and the survivors rescued from the yacht (who include a wealthy Greek tycoon) appear somehow connected with the plane's destruction. With potential saboteurs aboard, Commander Talbot and the crew of the Ariadne must raise the one activated weapon before it can explode, setting off the others by sympathetic detonation and causing the nearby volcano of Santorini to explode in a tremendous eruption which would bring on a devastating tsunami and possibly a worldwide nuclear winter.

## References

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1. ^ The Final Adventure of Alistair MacLean: SANTORINI By Alistair MacLean Doubleday. 245 pp. $16.95 By Heywood Hale Broun. The Washington Post 12 Apr 1987: BW7
2. ^ BEST SELLERS: APRIL 5, 1987: [List] New York Times5 Apr 1987: A.40

## External links

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* Book review at AlistairMacLean.com

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Works by Alistair MacLean

Novels|

* HMS Ulysses (1955)
* The Guns of Navarone (1957)
* South by Java Head (1957)
* The Last Frontier (1959)
* Night Without End (1959)
* Fear Is the Key (1961)
* The Dark Crusader (1961)
* The Golden Rendezvous (1962)
* The Satan Bug (1962)
* Ice Station Zebra (1963)
* When Eight Bells Toll (1966)
* Where Eagles Dare (1967)
* Force 10 from Navarone (1968)
* Puppet on a Chain (1969)
* Caravan to Vaccarès (1970)
* Bear Island (1971)
* The Way to Dusty Death (1973)
* Breakheart Pass (1974)
* Circus (1975)
* The Golden Gate (1976)
* Seawitch (1977)
* Goodbye California (1978)
* Athabasca (1980)
* River of Death (1981)
* Partisans (1982)
* Floodgate (1983)
* San Andreas (1984)
* Santorini (1986)

Non-fiction|

* All About Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
* Captain Cook (1972)

Screenplays|

* Where Eagles Dare (1968)
* Puppet on a Chain (1971)
* When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
* Breakheart Pass (1976)

Adaptations|

* The Guns of Navarone (1961)
* The Secret Ways (1961)
* The Satan Bug (1965)
* Ice Station Zebra (1968)
* Fear Is the Key (1972)
* Caravan to Vaccarès (1974)
* Golden Rendezvous (1977)
* Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
* Bear Island (1979)
* The Hostage Tower (1980, TV)
* River of Death (1989)
* Death Train (1993, TV)
* Night Watch (1995, TV)
* Air Force One Is Down (2013, TV)

Related articles|

* UNACO

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