Th of these weapoe possibility of rogue nations or terrorist groups obtaining Weapons of Mass Destruction has dominated the news in recent years.  The IAEA conducts inspections of nations suspected of harboring WMDs, and the United States is in the midst of a war sold to the public as a preemptive action to prevent a possible WMD attack. The possibility of the existencens has created a volatile political climate in this century. Now imagine that an undersea cache of high-tech WMDs mysteriously appears from the past, in the possession of a submarine crew still fighting a war that ended over half-century ago. In his compelling sci-fi thriller, U-1706, author Rene Egle has created just such a scenario. The suspense builds as those who know of the German U-boat’s presence race to avert the threat of an international incident of gargantuan proportions.  

Germany is losing World War II. In a last, desperate attempt to turn the tide, German High Command sends a U-boat loaded with the latest in weapons technology and uranium to meet with the Japanese in the Philippine Sea. U-1706 also carries highly sensitive documents. 

High in the mountains of the Black Forest in Germany at the Freiberg Institute, two young scientists make a revolutionary breakthrough during a routine experiment. Instead of a test cube, they transport an entire submarine from the past to the future.

Stranded in the 21^st century, U-1706 with all its crew is soon sighted in Southeast Asia, drawing the attention of American Intelligence. The two German scientists must race U.S. operatives to find the boat and make contact, to prevent the worst. 

Rene D. Egle is a German national and he has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years, in Germany, England, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Dubai. Rene also served two years in the German Navy and two more on a cruise liner traveling the world.

Rene was inspired to write by a deep passion for history, specifically German Naval History since 1900.