The Oceans and the Stars by Mark Helprin

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/146671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Oceans and the Stars Author: Mark Helprin Narrator: Traber Burns Format: mp3 Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins Release date: 10-03-23 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 266 ratings Genres: Sea Adventures Publisher's Summary: A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined always to do what’s right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line’s only prototype­—Athena, Patrol Coastal 15­­—with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the new assignment in stride.