Darpa Alpha

WW III #11

by Ian Slater

In a bold and devastating move against the United States, terrorists have hijacked Project Darpa Alpha, classified advanced technology that can transform rifle rounds into tank crushers. The White House is stunned at the magnitude of the assault. General Douglas Freeman has already tried and failed to stop the enemy from transporting Darpa Alpha off U.S. soil. Now he’s about to get his second–and last–chance.

U.S. intelligence has traced the theft to a terrifying military state-within-a-state on the Sino-Russian border. Moscow is willing to turn a blind eye to a retaliatory U.S. assault, and the president has the perfect hero–or the perfect scapegoat–in Freeman. With 1,400 marines on the edge of an eerie, forbidding landscape, Freeman has a career to redeem and an enemy to defeat. But the bad guys have the means and motivation to turn Freeman’s lightning strike into an icy swamp of death–with a terrible new world order waiting on the other side of war.

Genres: Fiction, Russia

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Ian Slater is a thriller writer based in Vancouver, Canada. He has authored twenty-three adventure thrillers, including Firespill, Sea Gold, Air Glow Red, Storm, Deep Chill, Forbidden Zone, MacArthur Must Die, Showdown, Battle Front, and Manhunt. He is also known for his World War III series, which includes eleven stand-alone books, among them WW III: DARPA Alpha.
In addition to fiction, he has written Orwell: The Road to Airstrip One, a widely praised study of George Orwell’s social and political thought. He served as editor of the academic quarterly Pacific Affairs for twelve years and has contributed book reviews to major North American newspapers. His work also extends to film and radio, having written and produced radio dramas and short stories for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as the screenplay for the National Film Board’s animated film Flash Point.
Before turning to writing, Slater held various roles, including working for the Australian navy, serving as a cipher clerk for the country’s Department of External Affairs, and acting as a defense officer for the Australian Joint Intelligence Bureau. He later worked as a marine geology technician, undertaking research voyages in the Pacific. Holding a doctorate in political science, he has taught courses in the humanities as both an author and lecturer.

Reviews

[Henri Moreaux · Rating 3 out of 5]

Terrorists attack a secret US installation where a new super weapon has been invented, and subsequently stolen, once again General Freemen enters the realm with his team backed up by a Marine Expeditionary Unit to seek vengeance.

Probably one of the better recent books in the series, but still not as all encompassing as the first seven books were. Could quite easily be read stand alone without missing much as it doesn't rely much on prior events (an in fact contradicts earlier books by forgetting that North Korea was earlier over thrown, as the last book Payback also did).

Overall, it's a entertaining book but the shine has certainly come off the series the longer it's gone on getting less ambitious and more generic as each new book arrived.

If looking to start reading the series, in my opinion, only books 1-7 are really worth your time, the rest don't line up with events in these prior and seem quite shallow by comparison.

[Brian Clearwater · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Series!!!

I simply cannot get enough of Freeman and the crew... Honestly I don't really care that some of the details seem off, the plot a little reachy....I just love the books!!!!

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding series.

Just finished book 11 and it was definitely worth my time to read them all. I am sorry that the series ended but all good things come to an end eventually.

Buy the books they are worth every penny.

[michael mcleary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ww3

Well written story with lots of detail and quite believable in places. Not sure if I will read the follow up books

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

When top secret weapons research is stolen by a terrorist group, anything goes to recover the data. General Douglas Freeman and his group of SpecOp warriors are the first on the scene, and track the thieves across northern Idaho to the Canadian border where the trail goes cold. Information developed from human intelligence sources points to the data ending up at a location on Lake Knanka, on the Sino-Russian border. Freeman then heads a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to recover the data and destroy the weapons manufacturing facility. This one generates a very high body count, both combatants and civilians. There are a couple of slow sections where domestic problems are sorted out, and also couple of things that got by the proofreader. The late Pat Tillman was an NFL defensive back not an offensive lineman, and Interstate 95 does not come within 2000 miles of the Idaho panhandle.

[Rob & Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A military style book based on new discoveries and battling terrorists who have put together a factory assembling arms for sale within Russia.
A really good read
Rob

[Darcy Lavergne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good story in the WWIII series.