In the 1930s, the transoceanic airliner would be a four engine seaplane, a Sikorsky or equivalent Japanese model. They set down at atolls and island harbors to refuel and resupply. Taken out by an undersea threat is very possible, fits the rest. That's a good mystery hook to start a story.
Unno is amazingly good. We just translated a novel called THE MIDNIGHT MAYOR that anticipates China Mieville's THE CITY AND THE CITY by nearly 80 years.
In the 1930s, the transoceanic airliner would be a four engine seaplane, a Sikorsky or equivalent Japanese model. They set down at atolls and island harbors to refuel and resupply. Taken out by an undersea threat is very possible, fits the rest. That's a good mystery hook to start a story.
Unno is amazingly good. We just translated a novel called THE MIDNIGHT MAYOR that anticipates China Mieville's THE CITY AND THE CITY by nearly 80 years.