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Iron Crucible #5
Rust Skies
The year is 1992. The Third World War rages. With Central Europe locked in a bloody stalemate, the chaos boils over into Greece and Turkey, with NATO holding on by a thread against the Soviet onslaught.
But the greatest twists of fate unfold behind the scenes. The United States Presidential election may upend the balance altogether, as America's citizens choose who will lead them into the maelstrom. But in Moscow, hidden forces within the Soviet Union finally make their bid for power. The decisive battles of the war are being waged not for Europe, but for the White House...and the Kremlin. Who will stand victorious, and who will vanish into the dustbin of history?
But the greatest twists of fate unfold behind the scenes. The United States Presidential election may upend the balance altogether, as America's citizens choose who will lead them into the maelstrom. But in Moscow, hidden forces within the Soviet Union finally make their bid for power. The decisive battles of the war are being waged not for Europe, but for the White House...and the Kremlin. Who will stand victorious, and who will vanish into the dustbin of history?
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 18, 2024
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June 16, 2024
Wow, the ending you didn't see coming...
From someone who served during the Cold War, three tours in West Germany, who stood on one side of the 1k zone during first tour looking thru binos at Soviet and East German soldiers looking back at me thru their own binos, someone who sat in a Humvee during second tour on a hilltop in the Fulda Gap watching a flood of East German Trabants streaming down the autobahn into West Germany after the Wall fell, congrats and well done Mr Blackwood!
From someone who served during the Cold War, three tours in West Germany, who stood on one side of the 1k zone during first tour looking thru binos at Soviet and East German soldiers looking back at me thru their own binos, someone who sat in a Humvee during second tour on a hilltop in the Fulda Gap watching a flood of East German Trabants streaming down the autobahn into West Germany after the Wall fell, congrats and well done Mr Blackwood!
September 13, 2024
about time you hit the peddle to the metal.
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
John F. Kennedy
He’d be both suprised and not how the leaders of the Iron crucible time played out and really it was always going to be the men in the trenches who decided how it’ll all end.
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
John F. Kennedy
He’d be both suprised and not how the leaders of the Iron crucible time played out and really it was always going to be the men in the trenches who decided how it’ll all end.
June 16, 2024
Iron crucible
Rather than review every book I thought I would review the whole series and what a series it could carry on as the ending is uncertain for the future of the Russians and the Allies in the coming year of the conflict
Rather than review every book I thought I would review the whole series and what a series it could carry on as the ending is uncertain for the future of the Russians and the Allies in the coming year of the conflict
March 13, 2025
Cold war at it's hottest and realist!
As an old cold warrior in West Germany late 1980s. This series rings true and close to home. TK spins a tale very close to what was planned for back then. Terrific reading!
As an old cold warrior in West Germany late 1980s. This series rings true and close to home. TK spins a tale very close to what was planned for back then. Terrific reading!
May 20, 2024
Solid follow up
Great continuation. Focus on the Greek, Turkish and Mediterranean fronts. Interesting take on the Russian home front. Can't wait for the next book
Great continuation. Focus on the Greek, Turkish and Mediterranean fronts. Interesting take on the Russian home front. Can't wait for the next book
August 20, 2024
Good
Great ending like red storm raising. Good ,good ,good , same, same way about to not change my mind today
Great ending like red storm raising. Good ,good ,good , same, same way about to not change my mind today
February 13, 2025
great story continues
Great character development. You feel as if you are in the room. On to the next book. The first 5 books have been great
Great character development. You feel as if you are in the room. On to the next book. The first 5 books have been great
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