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It is six months since the Battle of Hawaii.
The war to defend Taiwan has become World War III, and the surviving pilots of a rested and refitted Aggressor Inc. are thrown back into the fight as it moves across multiple fronts.
In the Central Pacific, sonar operator Elvis 'Ears' Bell and his Orca submersible hunt a Chinese submarine 'wolf pack' preying on a vital convoy.
A Chinese hacker captured off San Luis Obispo Bay could be the key to the wolf pack's victory or defeat.
On Japanese Kunashiri Island, the crew of a single Japanese Infantry Fighting Vehicle tries to hold back an entire Russian airborne company, while marauding Russian fighters pour into the skies overhead.
Can Captain Shinji Kagawa, commander of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Destroyer, JS Haguro, buy them the time they need?
At Josan-ri in Korea, a South Korean incursion into the DMZ sees Chinese-backed North Korean troops flood South under an umbrella of artillery and rocket fire, with US Marine UGV platoon leader Second Lieutenant Leroy King right in their path.
With artillery flying between North and South, what or who can stop North Korea going nuclear?
In Tehran, Iranian President Saman Ghayedi addresses a football stadium sized-rally and threatens to 'unleash nuclear fire' on Israel and its allies. Counter-demonstrators invade the stadium and disrupt the rally - hundreds are killed.
Kurdish sniper, Daryan Al-Kobani, is stalking Ghayedi. Will the brewing civil unrest help or hinder her?
Having destroyed China's Northern Fleet, the next target is its Southern Fleet. But fearing another orbital bombardment, China is keeping its surface combatants in port. From Taiwan and newly captured bases across the South China Sea, the US prepares to launch its largest amphibious assault since D-Day. If it succeeds, it could trigger China's capitulation. If it fails ...
Aboard the USS Lafayette, Air Warfare Watch Officer, Lieutenant Melissa Mayeaux, formerly of the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, is guardian of the sky over the landing force. What is China willing to do to sink the Lafayette?
As Chinese-armed Russian forces mass on the Belorussian border with Poland, the HMS Queen Elizabeth sails into the Baltic to remind Russia that any fight it picks with Poland is a fight with NATO.
Fleet Air Arm Tempest Squadron Leader, Jules ‘Two-Tone’ Hamilton, knows NATO isn't bluffing. How far will Russia go to test it?
And in the US, the powerful conspirators behind the Raven Rock Bombing finally step out of the shadows. US President Carmen Carliotti is suddenly facing an internal enemy that could prove fatal both to her administration, and the integrity of the USA itself.
Can she deal with the sinister new threat without tearing her nation apart, forever?
A generous preview of the epic conclusion to the Aggressor Series will be released on the author's FXHOLDEN website for FREE this summer, and the final version in August 2024!
It is six months since the Battle of Hawaii.
The war to defend Taiwan has become World War III, and the surviving pilots of a rested and refitted Aggressor Inc. are thrown back into the fight as it moves across multiple fronts.
In the Central Pacific, sonar operator Elvis 'Ears' Bell and his Orca submersible hunt a Chinese submarine 'wolf pack' preying on a vital convoy.
A Chinese hacker captured off San Luis Obispo Bay could be the key to the wolf pack's victory or defeat.
On Japanese Kunashiri Island, the crew of a single Japanese Infantry Fighting Vehicle tries to hold back an entire Russian airborne company, while marauding Russian fighters pour into the skies overhead.
Can Captain Shinji Kagawa, commander of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Destroyer, JS Haguro, buy them the time they need?
At Josan-ri in Korea, a South Korean incursion into the DMZ sees Chinese-backed North Korean troops flood South under an umbrella of artillery and rocket fire, with US Marine UGV platoon leader Second Lieutenant Leroy King right in their path.
With artillery flying between North and South, what or who can stop North Korea going nuclear?
In Tehran, Iranian President Saman Ghayedi addresses a football stadium sized-rally and threatens to 'unleash nuclear fire' on Israel and its allies. Counter-demonstrators invade the stadium and disrupt the rally - hundreds are killed.
Kurdish sniper, Daryan Al-Kobani, is stalking Ghayedi. Will the brewing civil unrest help or hinder her?
Having destroyed China's Northern Fleet, the next target is its Southern Fleet. But fearing another orbital bombardment, China is keeping its surface combatants in port. From Taiwan and newly captured bases across the South China Sea, the US prepares to launch its largest amphibious assault since D-Day. If it succeeds, it could trigger China's capitulation. If it fails ...
Aboard the USS Lafayette, Air Warfare Watch Officer, Lieutenant Melissa Mayeaux, formerly of the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, is guardian of the sky over the landing force. What is China willing to do to sink the Lafayette?
As Chinese-armed Russian forces mass on the Belorussian border with Poland, the HMS Queen Elizabeth sails into the Baltic to remind Russia that any fight it picks with Poland is a fight with NATO.
Fleet Air Arm Tempest Squadron Leader, Jules ‘Two-Tone’ Hamilton, knows NATO isn't bluffing. How far will Russia go to test it?
And in the US, the powerful conspirators behind the Raven Rock Bombing finally step out of the shadows. US President Carmen Carliotti is suddenly facing an internal enemy that could prove fatal both to her administration, and the integrity of the USA itself.
Can she deal with the sinister new threat without tearing her nation apart, forever?
A generous preview of the epic conclusion to the Aggressor Series will be released on the author's FXHOLDEN website for FREE this summer, and the final version in August 2024!
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738 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 30, 2024
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About the author
F.X. Holden
22 books192 followersFX Holden writes action thrillers (The 'Aggressor' and 'Future War' Series) and Science Fiction (The 'Coruscant' and 'Red Legion' Series). He has been awarded two US Publishers' Weekly Stars (the Michelin Star of publishing), the US Readers' Favorite award for Best Political Thriller (twice, including in 2025), and the US Book Excellence award for Best Military Fiction!
FX Holden is a pen name for author Tim (TJ) Slee, winner of the HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Australian fiction and the US Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction.
FX Holden is a pen name for author Tim (TJ) Slee, winner of the HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Australian fiction and the US Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction.
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November 3, 2024
This book is very long, over 700 pages, and it is quite captivating. The author has brought back several characters from the previous book in the series - some with a significant role in this, some not so significant. A few characters who have been in the past few books of the series did not make it to the end and lost their lives to the war.
October 29, 2024
AMAZING!
This was the best military set books I have ever read. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time because it was always action packed and seamlessly flows into the next scene. Absolutely perfect!
This was the best military set books I have ever read. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time because it was always action packed and seamlessly flows into the next scene. Absolutely perfect!
September 6, 2024
Not a true review since I am the author! So, consider this an 'author note' on the writing of FULCRUM. Will keep it spoiler free.
Generally: The cadence for books one to four of the Aggressor series was one every 3 months (!) with the first 'AGGRESSOR' published April 2023. I wore out two laptop keyboards with that pace. The way I work is to very actively use my fantastic beta reading team of around 20 'subject matter experts' for advice including these questions:
- I want to cover an entire year of the war in the final episode. That will mean each chapter jumps 2 to 3 months ahead of the last (I sent them a couple of chapters as examples). Does this work? 80% said yes, so I went with that model.
- I want to cover multiple theaters, one in each chapter, over several chapters. This will mean a book of about 1,000 pages (5x8") and take about six months to finalise. Will I lose readers by changing the cadence and making them wait six months for the finale? 100% said 'no'. So I took the extra time to get it done right!
On Chapter one, Kunashiri: I made a research trip to Japan and in Kyoto at the city museum discovered the legend of the 4 Guardian Gods. I was also able to research the Ainu indigenous people of northern Japan, who have an amazing story of cultural survival despite the occupation of their lands by both Japanese and Russians. And yes, standing on the shore of Japan's most northerly large island, Hokkaido, you can see Russian-occupied Kunashir Island. Russia was militarizing it until it began its Ukraine invasion, and moved forces and resources west. But as long as it is in Russian hands, the Russian military presence will remain a threat to Japan.
On Chapter two, the Indo-Pacific and the submarine war: I am sorry if you are an aircraft carrier strike group fan, because you would have been screaming as you read this chapter 'where are the carriers?' In that, we have to agree to disagree. If you look at what is happening in Ukraine right now, you will see the west's best air defense system, the Patriot, is unable to cope with Russian hypersonic missiles when they are launched in numbers. Unless defenses dramatically improve in the next 10 years, I believe carriers will just be huge floating targets and basically defenseless against massed hypersonic missile attacks when at sea. I hope we never find out who is right.
Kaesong: This place exists. If you go to Google maps and look it up, from a zoomed out satellite perspective it looks like a normal industrial park. A little Silicon Valley, with big tech campuses and manufacturing sites. Zoom in. You will see the streets are empty. It is post apocalyptic ghost town since South Korea pulled out nearly 20 years ago, with windowless high rise buildings, debris and trash in the streets. It was crying out to have a battle set there. One great subplot I wrote that didn't make it into the story was about the North Korean fleet of AN-2 biplanes. Did you know North Korea actually has about a hundred operational biplanes, each capable of carrying a 3,000lb payload? Such as, for example, a nuke. A reliable source informed me that these biplanes, made of wood and canvas, are very hard to detect on radar and are often used in wargaming a conflict with North Korea, out of a fear they could be loaded with a nuke. There wasn't room for that subplot in FULCRUM in the end, but it might make a good novella!
Kaliningrad: Is a cold war anachronism that only survives as long as there is no open conflict between NATO and Russia. The minute a conflict broke out, it would be isolated and eliminated. But Russia has a doctrine that any attack on Russian territory would create the justification for the use of nuclear weapons. Would Russia use tactical nukes to defend Kaliningrad? Again, I hope we never find out. In this chapter, you will see a carrier at war - the HMS Queen Elizabeth. But it is sailing under the missile shields of several NATO nations in the confines of the Baltic Sea. More likely, it would stay out in the Atlantic and fly its aircraft into Eastern Europe but that would not have been as dramatic!
Tehran: Iran already has both the missile arsenal and enriched uranium needed to produce a 'dirty bomb' ballistic missile which could reach any city in the Middle East. In researching the challenges of defending against dirty bombs, I found a lot of sources saying that even if one was used against a large city or military base, the effect would be limited. UNLESS, the warhead contained Cesium-137 (a byproduct of nuclear enrichment) in water soluble form, and it was dispersed in a major freshwater supply. In that case, it would enter the food chain, poison agricultural land, and cause radiation poisoning and cancers, possibly for generations. Consider this chapter a cautionary tale, against anyone thinking Iran is a paper tiger.
Vermont: Hard to discuss this chapter without spoilers, so let me just apologise to any readers from Vermont, for setting this chapter in your beautiful state. It could just as easily have been any other state with a tradition or history of independence, or active state independence movement. But I chose Vermont. This chapter is another cautionary tale, if you like, of the danger of tech billionaires with political aspirations and the wealth to raise their own militia if they wished. This chapter is entirely fictional of course and no current living tech billionaire with huge US government contracts served as the inspiration for this chapter.
Bohai Bay: The premise of this chapter is that any invasion of China across any of its land borders would be doomed to stall, even in a situation where the invading force had air and naval superiority. But using the deeply detailed wargaming software Command: Modern Operations I was able to create a scenario in which a two front offensive allowed my forces to reach Beijing. Bohai Bay offers potential landing beaches with no natural obstacles, and my research of this coast identified the very idiomatic Grape Island Marina. A huge but deserted marine the size of a port, built for a tourist industry that never took off, and now used as a base for small coastal patrol boats, that takes up only a small part of its many docks. Another location crying out to be the scene of a battle, I thought. Strategically ideal, tactically challenging, a real who dares wins style of operation would be needed to secure it. So I wrote one!
At the time of writing, one week after launch, FULCRUM is being well received. I am glad to see it, because I did get RSI (not joking) in the writing of FULCRUM's 300,000 words and had to take a two week break on doctors' orders toward the end of writing the book to give my left elbow and wrist a rest! But writing books like FULCRUM is more fun, than work, so I didn't mind a little pain for all the gain ...
FX, Copenhagen, September 2024
Generally: The cadence for books one to four of the Aggressor series was one every 3 months (!) with the first 'AGGRESSOR' published April 2023. I wore out two laptop keyboards with that pace. The way I work is to very actively use my fantastic beta reading team of around 20 'subject matter experts' for advice including these questions:
- I want to cover an entire year of the war in the final episode. That will mean each chapter jumps 2 to 3 months ahead of the last (I sent them a couple of chapters as examples). Does this work? 80% said yes, so I went with that model.
- I want to cover multiple theaters, one in each chapter, over several chapters. This will mean a book of about 1,000 pages (5x8") and take about six months to finalise. Will I lose readers by changing the cadence and making them wait six months for the finale? 100% said 'no'. So I took the extra time to get it done right!
On Chapter one, Kunashiri: I made a research trip to Japan and in Kyoto at the city museum discovered the legend of the 4 Guardian Gods. I was also able to research the Ainu indigenous people of northern Japan, who have an amazing story of cultural survival despite the occupation of their lands by both Japanese and Russians. And yes, standing on the shore of Japan's most northerly large island, Hokkaido, you can see Russian-occupied Kunashir Island. Russia was militarizing it until it began its Ukraine invasion, and moved forces and resources west. But as long as it is in Russian hands, the Russian military presence will remain a threat to Japan.
On Chapter two, the Indo-Pacific and the submarine war: I am sorry if you are an aircraft carrier strike group fan, because you would have been screaming as you read this chapter 'where are the carriers?' In that, we have to agree to disagree. If you look at what is happening in Ukraine right now, you will see the west's best air defense system, the Patriot, is unable to cope with Russian hypersonic missiles when they are launched in numbers. Unless defenses dramatically improve in the next 10 years, I believe carriers will just be huge floating targets and basically defenseless against massed hypersonic missile attacks when at sea. I hope we never find out who is right.
Kaesong: This place exists. If you go to Google maps and look it up, from a zoomed out satellite perspective it looks like a normal industrial park. A little Silicon Valley, with big tech campuses and manufacturing sites. Zoom in. You will see the streets are empty. It is post apocalyptic ghost town since South Korea pulled out nearly 20 years ago, with windowless high rise buildings, debris and trash in the streets. It was crying out to have a battle set there. One great subplot I wrote that didn't make it into the story was about the North Korean fleet of AN-2 biplanes. Did you know North Korea actually has about a hundred operational biplanes, each capable of carrying a 3,000lb payload? Such as, for example, a nuke. A reliable source informed me that these biplanes, made of wood and canvas, are very hard to detect on radar and are often used in wargaming a conflict with North Korea, out of a fear they could be loaded with a nuke. There wasn't room for that subplot in FULCRUM in the end, but it might make a good novella!
Kaliningrad: Is a cold war anachronism that only survives as long as there is no open conflict between NATO and Russia. The minute a conflict broke out, it would be isolated and eliminated. But Russia has a doctrine that any attack on Russian territory would create the justification for the use of nuclear weapons. Would Russia use tactical nukes to defend Kaliningrad? Again, I hope we never find out. In this chapter, you will see a carrier at war - the HMS Queen Elizabeth. But it is sailing under the missile shields of several NATO nations in the confines of the Baltic Sea. More likely, it would stay out in the Atlantic and fly its aircraft into Eastern Europe but that would not have been as dramatic!
Tehran: Iran already has both the missile arsenal and enriched uranium needed to produce a 'dirty bomb' ballistic missile which could reach any city in the Middle East. In researching the challenges of defending against dirty bombs, I found a lot of sources saying that even if one was used against a large city or military base, the effect would be limited. UNLESS, the warhead contained Cesium-137 (a byproduct of nuclear enrichment) in water soluble form, and it was dispersed in a major freshwater supply. In that case, it would enter the food chain, poison agricultural land, and cause radiation poisoning and cancers, possibly for generations. Consider this chapter a cautionary tale, against anyone thinking Iran is a paper tiger.
Vermont: Hard to discuss this chapter without spoilers, so let me just apologise to any readers from Vermont, for setting this chapter in your beautiful state. It could just as easily have been any other state with a tradition or history of independence, or active state independence movement. But I chose Vermont. This chapter is another cautionary tale, if you like, of the danger of tech billionaires with political aspirations and the wealth to raise their own militia if they wished. This chapter is entirely fictional of course and no current living tech billionaire with huge US government contracts served as the inspiration for this chapter.
Bohai Bay: The premise of this chapter is that any invasion of China across any of its land borders would be doomed to stall, even in a situation where the invading force had air and naval superiority. But using the deeply detailed wargaming software Command: Modern Operations I was able to create a scenario in which a two front offensive allowed my forces to reach Beijing. Bohai Bay offers potential landing beaches with no natural obstacles, and my research of this coast identified the very idiomatic Grape Island Marina. A huge but deserted marine the size of a port, built for a tourist industry that never took off, and now used as a base for small coastal patrol boats, that takes up only a small part of its many docks. Another location crying out to be the scene of a battle, I thought. Strategically ideal, tactically challenging, a real who dares wins style of operation would be needed to secure it. So I wrote one!
At the time of writing, one week after launch, FULCRUM is being well received. I am glad to see it, because I did get RSI (not joking) in the writing of FULCRUM's 300,000 words and had to take a two week break on doctors' orders toward the end of writing the book to give my left elbow and wrist a rest! But writing books like FULCRUM is more fun, than work, so I didn't mind a little pain for all the gain ...
FX, Copenhagen, September 2024
October 5, 2024
Another winner.
Yet again you are taken into the world of war by the author who has the ability to describe what can happen during a major conflict between the world Super powers and ultimately the deaths that mount up,both civilian deaths and military.
The characters he writes about are not Super heroes,they are ordinary people who believe that they have to defend the innocent people of the world from being used as pawns by powerful politicians who want to mould the world into what they want by instigating conflicts that they can control.
However they can never control the spirits of true warriors who will stop at nothing to protect the innocents,and as the deaths mount up they learn that no matter what they try to achieve their is always brave men and women who will stop them.
Yet again you are taken into the world of war by the author who has the ability to describe what can happen during a major conflict between the world Super powers and ultimately the deaths that mount up,both civilian deaths and military.
The characters he writes about are not Super heroes,they are ordinary people who believe that they have to defend the innocent people of the world from being used as pawns by powerful politicians who want to mould the world into what they want by instigating conflicts that they can control.
However they can never control the spirits of true warriors who will stop at nothing to protect the innocents,and as the deaths mount up they learn that no matter what they try to achieve their is always brave men and women who will stop them.
October 9, 2024
I have read every book in this series including earlier ones like Kobani.
Obviously, I loved them.
The was (as usual) a fast-paced, action-packed novel. What I really enjoyed was seeing some recurring characters that reappeared throughout the series.
The novel tied up a lot of loose ends from prior novels, and finally, there was a winner to what was essentially WWIII.
Obviously, I loved them.
The was (as usual) a fast-paced, action-packed novel. What I really enjoyed was seeing some recurring characters that reappeared throughout the series.
The novel tied up a lot of loose ends from prior novels, and finally, there was a winner to what was essentially WWIII.
September 23, 2024
NON STOP READING
This is non stop reading from Book 1'trough 5. In Fulcrum, Holden brings the war to conclusion trough a delta's of independent stories casting the favorite characters from The Future Of War Series vans Aggressor. So this is about Bunny O'Hare., about gunnery earnest James Jensen bringing war back to the Chinese with their own weapons, it is about Major General Tent ent Bondarev, resurrected by Holden after certain death in Orbital, it is about chinese cyber warrior Grant opp kanji Lee, also resurrected after we thought she had drowned when lighten ant Melissa Mayoud rammed the,spy submarine Lee was raiding on.. brilliant . Congrats Mr. Holden, I can' t wait for your next book.
PS there's a couple of glitches that need correction. In one instance, OHare says that she has seven missiles left on her Window and a page later, she releases eight missiles. On other chapter, OHare is pilot ing a Tempest but next,she is introducing commands in her Widow, and switches to a Tempest again. This happens several times. I think oh are is on a Tempest.
This is non stop reading from Book 1'trough 5. In Fulcrum, Holden brings the war to conclusion trough a delta's of independent stories casting the favorite characters from The Future Of War Series vans Aggressor. So this is about Bunny O'Hare., about gunnery earnest James Jensen bringing war back to the Chinese with their own weapons, it is about Major General Tent ent Bondarev, resurrected by Holden after certain death in Orbital, it is about chinese cyber warrior Grant opp kanji Lee, also resurrected after we thought she had drowned when lighten ant Melissa Mayoud rammed the,spy submarine Lee was raiding on.. brilliant . Congrats Mr. Holden, I can' t wait for your next book.
PS there's a couple of glitches that need correction. In one instance, OHare says that she has seven missiles left on her Window and a page later, she releases eight missiles. On other chapter, OHare is pilot ing a Tempest but next,she is introducing commands in her Widow, and switches to a Tempest again. This happens several times. I think oh are is on a Tempest.
October 6, 2024
I enjoyed this series
I looked forward to each release and the story was excellent. Holden does a great job of bringing the reader into the story. His characters are real and I could relate with them. I really enjoyed this series! Thank you for doing what you do!
I looked forward to each release and the story was excellent. Holden does a great job of bringing the reader into the story. His characters are real and I could relate with them. I really enjoyed this series! Thank you for doing what you do!
September 28, 2024
Outstanding
What a great way to conclude a well written series of books.
The sad part of any ending is you know you will be losing characters that you have connected with; is the author has done his job!
All I can add is well done sir look forward to your next book!
What a great way to conclude a well written series of books.
The sad part of any ending is you know you will be losing characters that you have connected with; is the author has done his job!
All I can add is well done sir look forward to your next book!
September 25, 2024
Wow!
His best yet. I rarely give a 5 star review.. This book has it all. Impossible to put down. Enjoy!
His best yet. I rarely give a 5 star review.. This book has it all. Impossible to put down. Enjoy!
September 30, 2024
Thanks for The Journey
Sad it is over but….. Damn what a series!
Gotta find a way to get Bunny and Fi involved in something BIG! In the future????
Thanks for the ride!
Sad it is over but….. Damn what a series!
Gotta find a way to get Bunny and Fi involved in something BIG! In the future????
Thanks for the ride!
September 12, 2024
The trail of Heroes and Tyrants
A series tgat expanded on several books of future wars and the catalyst for WW3 and its end.
I had a lot conflicting emotions for this has felt like super compressed a year in to single book lay the first year of the war had been spread over 4 books like book 5 was also longer then previous books by 200-300 pages that really felt held down by every thing happening.
Nothing was great or bad it just felt like the author burnt out an wanted to set the mood for his next book.
A series tgat expanded on several books of future wars and the catalyst for WW3 and its end.
I had a lot conflicting emotions for this has felt like super compressed a year in to single book lay the first year of the war had been spread over 4 books like book 5 was also longer then previous books by 200-300 pages that really felt held down by every thing happening.
Nothing was great or bad it just felt like the author burnt out an wanted to set the mood for his next book.
September 2, 2024
Excellent
Amazing near future military and (less) political fiction. Very good writing skills, lots of action. Absolutely amazing knowledge of current, under development and projected weapons and weapons systems; also good employment of fighters' psychology.
Very good, if somewhat optimistic, finale.
Looking forward to other books from this author.
Amazing near future military and (less) political fiction. Very good writing skills, lots of action. Absolutely amazing knowledge of current, under development and projected weapons and weapons systems; also good employment of fighters' psychology.
Very good, if somewhat optimistic, finale.
Looking forward to other books from this author.
September 29, 2025
great read, fast paced, happy endings
The conclusion of the Aggressor series was presented differently than the previous books, dealing with one scenario after another to the conclusion of the sub plot. A positive read where the allies get their act together in a series of actions in different theaters. Read the whole series!
The conclusion of the Aggressor series was presented differently than the previous books, dealing with one scenario after another to the conclusion of the sub plot. A positive read where the allies get their act together in a series of actions in different theaters. Read the whole series!
September 17, 2024
Terrific near future military series!
Just really enjoyed the whole series and have been thrilled with Fulcrum! Highly recommend reading all the books in order and see how current events are leading up toward these scenarios.
Just really enjoyed the whole series and have been thrilled with Fulcrum! Highly recommend reading all the books in order and see how current events are leading up toward these scenarios.
February 17, 2025
Wonderful series have read all books and loved them the best I have read in a long time.
Great books am gonna miss the adventure and excitement for this series. So much. Loved reading. Can't wait to read future books.
Great books am gonna miss the adventure and excitement for this series. So much. Loved reading. Can't wait to read future books.
April 11, 2025
great series
Fortunate to have this author “preview” the hell the world would go through with modern and futuristic war machines. One shudders to think of it if it were to happen in our lifetime
Fortunate to have this author “preview” the hell the world would go through with modern and futuristic war machines. One shudders to think of it if it were to happen in our lifetime
April 11, 2025
Gone But Not Forgotten
A fitting conclusion to one of the best series I've read. I'm going to miss the great action and well developed characters that I learned to care for. I look forward to starting the next FX Holden book.
A fitting conclusion to one of the best series I've read. I'm going to miss the great action and well developed characters that I learned to care for. I look forward to starting the next FX Holden book.
May 7, 2025
Best Future War Series on the Planet
I have been so thoroughly immersed in all of Mr. Holdens works that I just don't have the time or inclination to read anything else right now. The Aggressor Series is the best of the lot but don't bypass anything he's written.
I have been so thoroughly immersed in all of Mr. Holdens works that I just don't have the time or inclination to read anything else right now. The Aggressor Series is the best of the lot but don't bypass anything he's written.
September 28, 2025
Fulcrum
Wow what a read the conclusion or is it????
If you like technology, and future forms of wars then start reading the agressor series from the start once you start you're hooked
Wow what a read the conclusion or is it????
If you like technology, and future forms of wars then start reading the agressor series from the start once you start you're hooked
October 7, 2025
Good Read interesting Ending
Could use some editing but good read. Sort of a typical read of this type, with America on the ropes, cannot keep up, but seems to prevail in the end. A little predictable from that perspective.
Could use some editing but good read. Sort of a typical read of this type, with America on the ropes, cannot keep up, but seems to prevail in the end. A little predictable from that perspective.
September 15, 2024
Great ending to a fun series
Like a modern Red Storm Rising that’s a lot more accessible and doesn’t take itself as seriously.
Entertaining all the way through.
Like a modern Red Storm Rising that’s a lot more accessible and doesn’t take itself as seriously.
Entertaining all the way through.
September 20, 2024
Outstanding
another Outstanding Book in the Aggressor Series. I found it hard to put down. I really sad to see it end, but I did like how it ended..
another Outstanding Book in the Aggressor Series. I found it hard to put down. I really sad to see it end, but I did like how it ended..
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November 18, 2024A very lengthy wrap up of the series. I enjoyed the series but this wrap up length and detail was a lot.
I would recommend this book but know it's longggg.
I would recommend this book but know it's longggg.
April 6, 2025
Great near future theme
FX Holden does a masterful job of making characters and events come alive. I have read all books in this series, and I am sad to see them end!
FX Holden does a masterful job of making characters and events come alive. I have read all books in this series, and I am sad to see them end!
August 1, 2025
It was an excellent series. I am now following the author.
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