In today's world climate, with many unstable countries stretching beyond their financial limits to join the nuclear elite and terrorists grabbing any opportunity to create a nuclear disaster in their self defined bulls eye, it seems almost inevitable that a dirty bomb or nuclear weapon will go off somewhere in the world within the next decade. How did we get to this point as a planet? Are these weapons more of a help or a hindrance to world peace? As one of the main holders, and the only user of these weapons, what is the United States' role in creating this world as we see it today?

Karl is uniquely qualified to address these questions. As a naive young lad fresh out of high school, he joined the Navy and was set on a course that eventually placed him in one of the hot-seats of the Cold War, maintaining and preparing nuclear missiles for launch from a submarine deep under the world's oceans. The truth of these experiences have been shrouded in secrecy for decades. Now that the original 41 missile carrying submarines have been removed from service, these secrets are starting to become declassified, and the history that has been hidden beneath the ocean all these years is starting to surface.

Slowly awakening to the seriousness of the position for which he was being groomed, he transitioned from pride and excitement about the trust his government had in him to trepidation, depression, nightmares, and attempted suicide, which he managed to keep hidden from his superiors for several years.

Probing the Deep is one man's attempt to make sense of the role he played in the Cold War. It is Karl's attempt to tell his story and bring clarity to some unresolved questions about the position he held, the mission he might have been asked to carry out, and the nightmares that continued for years thereafter.

Bracing action will have the readers swallowing hard while they experience several close calls with death. They will walk with Karl as he questions both his Christian faith and his place in the insanity of nuclear deterrence. Readers will be spectators to the end of the Cold War. They will bear witness to his attempted suicide, a powerful encounter with God, and his eventual recovery from depression after leaving the Navy.

Join the journey, probing the deep through the eyes of this cold war submariner.