K-129: The Cold War Disaster, the CIAs greatest Salvage Mission, and the Secrets That Still Lie on the Pacific Floor (The Secret Front Book 8)

One submarine vanished. One superpower searched. The other secretly recovered it.

In March 1968, the Soviet Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine K-129 disappeared beneath the Pacific Ocean with ninety-eight men aboard.

The Soviet Navy launched one of the largest search operations of the Cold War—but failed to find it.

The United States did.

What followed became one of the most ambitious intelligence operations ever attempted.

Using a purpose-built ship disguised as a commercial mining vessel, the CIA mounted a secret mission to raise part of the lost submarine from nearly 17,000 feet below the surface. The operation, known as Project AZORIAN, pushed engineering beyond its known limits while remaining hidden beneath layers of Cold War secrecy.

Drawing upon declassified documents, official reports and decades of historical research, Bill Stewart reconstructs the disappearance of K-129, the intelligence race that followed, and the extraordinary recovery mission that remained hidden from the world for years.

Separating documented fact from enduring myth, this investigation examines the submarine’s final patrol, the competing theories surrounding its loss, the remarkable technology behind the recovery effort, and the lasting impact of one of the Cold War’s greatest intelligence operations.

For readers of military history, naval operations and Cold War espionage, K-129 presents the evidence behind one of history’s most compelling underwater mysteries