What's the Vasili Arkhipov Story?
The Man who Saved the World during the Cuban Missile Crisis
This Breathtaking Novel Lets You Feel History
"If you read one naval thriller this year, let it be The Last Saturday of October: The Declassified Saga of Black Saturday ... so disturbing, so gripping, and so wild that it’s hard to believe it’s based on declassified facts."
The B-59 Incident of Black Saturday 1962
"Dark and intense ... enjoyable as it is disturbing ... a powerful encounter with history ... a stunning submarine thriller."
The true story of Russian naval officer Vasili Arkhipov who stopped a nuclear firestorm and saved the United States, and the world.
The Man Who Saved the World--Vasili Arkhipov
"Vasili Arkhipov is arguably the most important person in modern history, thanks to whom October 27, 2017 isn’t the 55th anniversary of WWIII." Max Tegmark, October 27, 2017.
Nuclear Near Miss
Cuban Missile Crisis
"The Cuban Missile Crisis just isn't what it used to be." Thomas S. Blanton
Soviet Foxtrot Diesel Submarines
Responsibility for war and peace delegated itself to a handful of marauding, sea-roving Soviet sub captains.
Nuclear Torpedoes
The nuke lay in its cradle, sealed orders rested in the safe, and the clock ticked.
Ride the B-59 to the Sargasso
We are heading into Bermuda Triangle and the Battle of the Sargasso Sea.
We follow orders. We keep attacking.
Prevented Nuclear War
You just can’t have this kind of war. There aren’t enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
About the Author
Inventor, researcher, engineer, mathematics professor.
US Naval Academy and Yale University