The Taking of K-129

‘From the depths of the Pacific and the depths of CIA covert operations comes an absorbing tale of daring engineers and shadowy espionage. A terrific read.’ – David E. Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of The Billion Dollar Spy‘A riveting account of the American intelligence community. Told in fascinating detail, The Taking of K-129 is nonfiction at its best because with every page I had to remind myself this actually happened.’ – Kevin Maurer, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller No Easy Day‘Josh Dean has a gift for unearthing remarkable stories lost to history, and in The Taking of K-129 he has uncovered perhaps the most remarkable one of all – a story replete with spies and engineering marvels and a secret drama unfolding thousands of feet beneath the sea. Brilliantly researched and beautifully written, this is a book you can’t put down.’ – David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon‘As a former submariner and navy diver, I give Josh Dean an A+ for The Taking of K-129. This non-fiction account of one of the most dangerous and daring missions of the Cold War is well-researched and reads like a Tom Clancy thriller.’ – W. Craig Reed, bestselling author of Red November‘If you’ve been hungry for a submarine tale in the league of The Hunt For Red October, but subscribe to the belief that the truth is stranger than fiction, you’ll devour The Taking of K-129, an epic befitting the top shelf of espionage and military reads. Prepare for impact – you won’t be able to put this one down.’ – Eric Blehm, bestselling author of Fearless and The Only Thing Worth Dying For

Josh Dean has written for dozens of national magazines including Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Men’s Health and Cosmopolitan, and is a former editor at various magazines, most recently Men’s Journal, where he was deputy editor. He is also one of the founding editors of PLAY, the New York Times Sports Magazine, and worked on it until it was discontinued in 2008.