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Violent Peace: The War with China: Aftermath of Armageddon
World War III is over… or is it? Superpowers race to fill the postwar power vacuum in this page-turning thriller, the next in the Dan Lenson series.In the next installment of David Poyer’s critically-acclaimed series about war with China, mutual exhaustion after a massive nuclear exchange is giving way to a Violent Peace. While Admiral Dan Lenson motorcycles across a post-Armageddon US in search of his missing daughter, his wife Blair Titus lands in a spookily deserted, riot-torn Beijing to negotiate the reunification of Taiwan with the rest of China, and try to create a democratic government.But a CIA-sponsored Islamic insurgency in Xianjiang province is hurtling out of control. Andres Korzenowski, a young case officer, must decide whether ex-SEAL Master Chief Teddy Oberg—now the leader of a ruthless jihad—should be extracted, left in place, or terminated.Meanwhile, Captain Cheryl Staurulakis and USS Savo Island are recalled to sea, to forestall a Russian fleet intent on grabbing a resource-rich Manchuria.The violent and equivocal termination of the war between China and the Allies has brought not peace, but dangerous realignments in the endless game of great power chess. Will the end of one world war simply be the signal for the beginning of another?
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First published November 26, 2020
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David Poyer
82 books240 followersAka D.C. Poyer.
DAVID C. POYER was born in DuBois, PA in 1949. He grew up in Brockway, Emlenton, and Bradford, in western Pennsylvania, and graduated from Bradford Area High School in 1967. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1971, and later received a master's degree from George Washington University.
Poyer's active and reserve naval service included sea duty in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific, and shore duty at the Pentagon, Surface Warfare Development Group, Joint Forces Command, and in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. He retired in July 2001.
Poyer began writing in 1976, and is the author of nearly fifty books, including THE MED, THE GULF, THE CIRCLE, THE PASSAGE, TOMAHAWK, CHINA SEA, BLACK STORM, THE COMMAND, THE THREAT, KOREA STRAIT, THE WEAPON, THE CRISIS, THE CRUISER, TIPPING POINT, HUNTER KILLER, DEEP WAR, OVERTHROW, VIOLENT PEACE, ARCTIC SEA, and THE ACADEMY, best-selling Navy novels; THE DEAD OF WINTER, WINTER IN THE HEART, AS THE WOLF LOVES WINTER, THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN, and THE HILL, set in Western Pennsylvania; and HATTERAS BLUE, BAHAMAS BLUE, LOUISIANA BLUE, and DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA, underwater diving adventure.
Other noteworthy books are THE ONLY THING TO FEAR, a historical thriller, THE RETURN OF PHILO T. McGIFFIN, a comic novel of Annapolis, and the three volumes of The Civil War at Sea, FIRE ON THE WATERS, A COUNTRY OF OUR OWN, and THAT ANVIL OF OUR SOULS. He's also written two sailing thrillers, GHOSTING and THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE. His work has been published in Britain, translated into Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Hugarian, and Serbo-Croatian; recorded for audiobooks, iPod downloads, and Kindle, and selected by the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and other book clubs. Rights to several properties have been sold or optioned for films, and two novellas appeared in the Night Bazaar series of fantasy anthologies.
Poyer has taught or lectured at Annapolis, Flagler College, University of Pittsburgh, Old Dominion University, the Armed Forces Staff College, the University of North Florida, Christopher Newport University, and other institutions. He has been a guest on PBS's "Writer to Writer" series and on Voice of America, and has appeared at the Southern Festival of Books and many other literary events. He taught in the MA/MFA in Creative Writing program at Wilkes University for sixteen years. He is currently core faculty at the Ossabaw Writers Retreat, a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and a board member of the Northern Appalachia Review.
He lives on Virginia's Eastern Shore with novelist Lenore Hart.
DAVID C. POYER was born in DuBois, PA in 1949. He grew up in Brockway, Emlenton, and Bradford, in western Pennsylvania, and graduated from Bradford Area High School in 1967. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1971, and later received a master's degree from George Washington University.
Poyer's active and reserve naval service included sea duty in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific, and shore duty at the Pentagon, Surface Warfare Development Group, Joint Forces Command, and in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. He retired in July 2001.
Poyer began writing in 1976, and is the author of nearly fifty books, including THE MED, THE GULF, THE CIRCLE, THE PASSAGE, TOMAHAWK, CHINA SEA, BLACK STORM, THE COMMAND, THE THREAT, KOREA STRAIT, THE WEAPON, THE CRISIS, THE CRUISER, TIPPING POINT, HUNTER KILLER, DEEP WAR, OVERTHROW, VIOLENT PEACE, ARCTIC SEA, and THE ACADEMY, best-selling Navy novels; THE DEAD OF WINTER, WINTER IN THE HEART, AS THE WOLF LOVES WINTER, THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN, and THE HILL, set in Western Pennsylvania; and HATTERAS BLUE, BAHAMAS BLUE, LOUISIANA BLUE, and DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA, underwater diving adventure.
Other noteworthy books are THE ONLY THING TO FEAR, a historical thriller, THE RETURN OF PHILO T. McGIFFIN, a comic novel of Annapolis, and the three volumes of The Civil War at Sea, FIRE ON THE WATERS, A COUNTRY OF OUR OWN, and THAT ANVIL OF OUR SOULS. He's also written two sailing thrillers, GHOSTING and THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE. His work has been published in Britain, translated into Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Hugarian, and Serbo-Croatian; recorded for audiobooks, iPod downloads, and Kindle, and selected by the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and other book clubs. Rights to several properties have been sold or optioned for films, and two novellas appeared in the Night Bazaar series of fantasy anthologies.
Poyer has taught or lectured at Annapolis, Flagler College, University of Pittsburgh, Old Dominion University, the Armed Forces Staff College, the University of North Florida, Christopher Newport University, and other institutions. He has been a guest on PBS's "Writer to Writer" series and on Voice of America, and has appeared at the Southern Festival of Books and many other literary events. He taught in the MA/MFA in Creative Writing program at Wilkes University for sixteen years. He is currently core faculty at the Ossabaw Writers Retreat, a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and a board member of the Northern Appalachia Review.
He lives on Virginia's Eastern Shore with novelist Lenore Hart.
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December 8, 2020
Violent Peace: The War with China: Aftermath of Armageddon is the twentieth military action thriller in the Captain Dan Lenson series. Having won the war against China, the United States is trying to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of a nuclear strike that left more than 10 million Americans ”missing and presumed dead.” Meanwhile, elsewhere, U.S. Navy officer Dan Lenson is now on leave from his victory in the South China Sea and, despite having just been promoted to Admiral, has returned to America to attempt to find his daughter, Nan, who had been working on a cure for a mysterious virus named the Chinese flu and was last seen in Seattle, Washington, where she had been distributing the vaccines to those most in need of them.
Unfortunately, Seattle was almost completely devastated by a megaton-range airburst and it is likely Nan fled to escape the effects of radiation; she could be anywhere but it doesn't take resourceful Dan long to uncover a lead on her possible whereabouts. The story then follows all the peripheral, or secondary, characters we've come to care about: Lenson’s wife Blair Titus is working alongside members of the U.S. peace committee currently stationed in Beijing with the aim of setting terms for Taiwan to become part of the Chinese peninsula, as well as also attempting to promote the idea of the installation of a democratic government in China.
We also follow the lives of Cheryl Staurulakis, captain of the USN ship Savo Island; machine gunner Hector Ramos; and Navy Master Chief Theodore Harlett Oberg. This is a terrifyingly close to the bone look at a possible near-future reality and the devastation that could be wreaked by WWIII. The plot is rich in intricate detail, full of palpable tension and thoroughly action-packed from start to finish. Despite this, Violent Peace is a cerebral story that hits close to home, and although you'd think by book twenty the series would perhaps be starting to flounder, it is actually, surprisingly, still going from strength to strength. Exciting, epic in scope and thought-provoking, this is moving and compulsive military action at its finest. Highly recommended.
Unfortunately, Seattle was almost completely devastated by a megaton-range airburst and it is likely Nan fled to escape the effects of radiation; she could be anywhere but it doesn't take resourceful Dan long to uncover a lead on her possible whereabouts. The story then follows all the peripheral, or secondary, characters we've come to care about: Lenson’s wife Blair Titus is working alongside members of the U.S. peace committee currently stationed in Beijing with the aim of setting terms for Taiwan to become part of the Chinese peninsula, as well as also attempting to promote the idea of the installation of a democratic government in China.
We also follow the lives of Cheryl Staurulakis, captain of the USN ship Savo Island; machine gunner Hector Ramos; and Navy Master Chief Theodore Harlett Oberg. This is a terrifyingly close to the bone look at a possible near-future reality and the devastation that could be wreaked by WWIII. The plot is rich in intricate detail, full of palpable tension and thoroughly action-packed from start to finish. Despite this, Violent Peace is a cerebral story that hits close to home, and although you'd think by book twenty the series would perhaps be starting to flounder, it is actually, surprisingly, still going from strength to strength. Exciting, epic in scope and thought-provoking, this is moving and compulsive military action at its finest. Highly recommended.
December 2, 2020
Forward thinking reality of the next world war.
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I thought the story written before this one, Overthrow, was intense. But the author continued at that remarkable pace and kept most of the same players in place yet expanding on their story. Players that give their heart and soul for their country, without second thoughts.
This installment is after the armistice and walks us through negotiations between the countries as they try to find what’s fair yet trying to install a democratic type government in China.
We also see showdowns between navies with the cat and mouse game that can make or break the end of the war. Commanders who marriages and their world have been irrevocably changed.
There are principal players all throughout the world that have their lives changed in a blink of an eye. A Marine who is barely hanging on with PTSD and horrific lung issues.
A missing daughter trying to escape radiation from detonated bombs in the US while trying to save vaccines and distribute them to those who need it most. A dad, Lenson, searching the US for her.
And throughout all of this heavy look at a potential future, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. A healing and acceptance that things can find normalcy again. Or is it all a balance hanging by a teetering thread?
Poyer tells a story that isn’t for the faint of heart. While it seems almost unrealistic in many ways, if you look at the political atmosphere today it’s scary to say that this could be a reality. And it’s up to us to ensure that something like this “fiction” doesn’t become nonfiction.
For readers of military action, espionage, and the intense realistic future of our world, you need to read this. Poyer tells a story like non-other.
* copy received for review consideration
full review - https://amidlifewife.com/violent-peac...
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I thought the story written before this one, Overthrow, was intense. But the author continued at that remarkable pace and kept most of the same players in place yet expanding on their story. Players that give their heart and soul for their country, without second thoughts.
This installment is after the armistice and walks us through negotiations between the countries as they try to find what’s fair yet trying to install a democratic type government in China.
We also see showdowns between navies with the cat and mouse game that can make or break the end of the war. Commanders who marriages and their world have been irrevocably changed.
There are principal players all throughout the world that have their lives changed in a blink of an eye. A Marine who is barely hanging on with PTSD and horrific lung issues.
A missing daughter trying to escape radiation from detonated bombs in the US while trying to save vaccines and distribute them to those who need it most. A dad, Lenson, searching the US for her.
And throughout all of this heavy look at a potential future, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. A healing and acceptance that things can find normalcy again. Or is it all a balance hanging by a teetering thread?
Poyer tells a story that isn’t for the faint of heart. While it seems almost unrealistic in many ways, if you look at the political atmosphere today it’s scary to say that this could be a reality. And it’s up to us to ensure that something like this “fiction” doesn’t become nonfiction.
For readers of military action, espionage, and the intense realistic future of our world, you need to read this. Poyer tells a story like non-other.
* copy received for review consideration
full review - https://amidlifewife.com/violent-peac...
July 21, 2022
WWIII is over or is it. The Russians want in for the spoils, the US is split between the government and local militias, and the US has to decide if it will continue to support those who helped with the war effort. Dan is able to keep his Admiral rank and continue in the Navy.
June 15, 2020
I am grateful to St. Martin's Press for providing me with a prepublication review copy of the latest book in David Poyer's harrowing series on a third world war with China entitled "Violent Peace" and subtitled "The War With China: Aftermath to Armageddon." The book is set in a world in which a devastating war between China and the United States has just reached a conclusion with an Allied Victory. This particular volume of the series focuses on the events surrounding the armistice which supposedly concludes the fighting and the long lasting devastation resulting from nuclear escalation which occurred near the end of the conflict. Poyer is at his best (and that is saying something) not only in his always outstanding depiction of war and modern combat but also in his riveting and heart rending description of the consequences of a nuclear world war for all of the participants, with the victors not much better off than the defeated Chinese. Among the many subjects covered, through the experiences of well drawn characters, are PTSD, the social and economic cost of "surviving" a nuclear strike and the very personal costs paid by all and those on the home front. It is deeply moving, but it is not a tale for the weak of heart. More than once I was on the verge of tears as the protagonists struggled to find their place in a world almost unrecognizable in the devastation wrought by modern weapons. From the mountains of Turkestan to the Tsushima straits and the nuclear wasteland of Seattle and much of the "heartland" of the United States, the author is unrelenting in forcing the reader to confront the consequences of modern war. Nor does he shy from relating the political implications of this kind of devastation, including civil war, both in China and in the United States. It is a cautionary tale well worth reading, for there are many lessons to be learned here, not just about this future hypothetical war but about our present military and political policies as well as we dance around the precipice of nuclear armageddon. I recommend it without reservation (I could scarcely put it down), and I eagerly await the next volume in the series.
August 20, 2021
I picked this book up on a whim at the library for my husband who loves history (history major in college) and anything politics related. He loved it - despite this being 20th in a series and not having read any of the prior books. Based on his recommendation, I read it as well.
Fast-paced, intense book set after a terrible war between China and the U.S. and the impact of this. Looking forward to the next one that is coming out in November.
For me, this was probably a 4-star book, but I bumped it up to 5 stars because of my DH's enthusiasm (he reads more books like this than I do and has a better baseline for comparison). :)
Fast-paced, intense book set after a terrible war between China and the U.S. and the impact of this. Looking forward to the next one that is coming out in November.
For me, this was probably a 4-star book, but I bumped it up to 5 stars because of my DH's enthusiasm (he reads more books like this than I do and has a better baseline for comparison). :)
December 13, 2020
Violent Peace is the last book in the series "War With China". I think we can add Violent Peace to the bookshelf of anti-war books of historical renown: "All Quiet on the Western Front", "A Farewell to Arms", and "Catch-22" among others. David Poyer describes for us the horrors of an aftermath to war on our home territory, the effects on our military establishment, and how globally disruptive a post-war period can be.
In this book, Mr. Poyer tells us what happens to the primary protagonists whom we have grown to care and worry about throughout this series. You will be surprised and pleased for those who were successful and weep for those who did not.
Mr. Poyer also gives us insight to the challenges that arise during peace negotiations between formerly warring parties. He also speculates as to the fissures, disruptions, and even para-military actions which can arise within an even victorious state during a post-war period.
If you have not yet read the books in this series, I recommend that you start at the beginning and follow through to the end. David Poyer is worth it.
In this book, Mr. Poyer tells us what happens to the primary protagonists whom we have grown to care and worry about throughout this series. You will be surprised and pleased for those who were successful and weep for those who did not.
Mr. Poyer also gives us insight to the challenges that arise during peace negotiations between formerly warring parties. He also speculates as to the fissures, disruptions, and even para-military actions which can arise within an even victorious state during a post-war period.
If you have not yet read the books in this series, I recommend that you start at the beginning and follow through to the end. David Poyer is worth it.
June 25, 2021
It was OK, is about all the good I can say. The problem I have is comparing these newer Dan Lenson books to older ones. Night and day difference. Utilizing the aforementioned thought process, this is just drivel. That being said, If you are newer to the series then I suppose its a decent read. Thankfully Teddy is done for and hopefully Hector isn't far behind. Both were / are a drag on the series. I'm fully invested in the Lenson series so I'll keep looking for the next story at the library, but I cant recommend anyone spending their hard earned cash on these newer Lenson stories.
December 20, 2020
I am a sucker for post apocalyptic stories. And this one just hit it on the nail. It’s definitely a scary story, something we hope never happens. But this book makes the impossible look realistic.
June 22, 2021
David Poyer's plots almost always involve cutting edge naval technology. His books are required reading for naval officers in training. I have found all of his previous books very interesting (I was a defense contractor with secret clearance for 25 years). This one falls flat. I get the impression that Poyer is losing interest in Dan Lenson. There are too many sub-plots for a book this short. None of the short stories associated with the main characters is satisfying. This book describes a world that is exhausted and traumatized. This book shouldn't have been released. It should be the first half of the next book where, perhaps, the story starts to turn around.
February 7, 2021
While I liked it, the book really was nothing but wrapping up the China Arc. I see that the author is going to continue writing lenson books and I will probably continue to buy them as I find them enjoyable. This is a spoiler so stop reading if you haven’t read the book. I’m glad he killed off Teddy and hopefully we have seen the last of Hector. One thing I’ve noticed about Poyer is he is great with his A and B storylines. After that they tend to be not so good.
March 11, 2024
What happens after the war is kind of a boring premise for a thriller. It's boring enough that the United States has repeatedly lost wars after they've been supposedly won because nation building and post war reconstruction have been given so little attention since the successful marshal plan after WWII. Well, despite me being a little skeptical about the premise, not to mention burnt out by how heavy the previous novel's subject matter was, this book turned out to be a great read.
For a start, the war doesn't just end, ala every Tom Clancy novel ever. The losers have to be convinced not to go back to fighting, and as with previous US military adventures, the regional powers are sweeping in to rob the corpses of the vanquished while the US catches its breath.
There are still a bunch of different character threads in this book. Some of the highlights include some decent naval action, Dan Lenson's ride through the nuclear wasteland (especially interesting if you're a fan of the Fallout games) and the two stories you probably saw concluding in this book, are both being handled perfectly.
The negotiations to end the war are interesting and you have to wonder why other authors of large scale military thrillers don't bother with this aspect. Or deal with the nuclear aspect. Or look at advances in technology brought on by these wars(Dale Brown kind of does this but he seems to be encouraged more by the rule of cool). Or deal with the changed geopolitical status quo. This should be the new standard for novels about near future, near-peer adversary conflicts. But I can't see anyone topping it or even trying to anytime soon. Poyer's War with China series is such a serious and thoughtful treatment of modern conflict that it makes most other books in the genre just look like entertainment. Not that there's anything wrong with that, everyone likes being entertained. But this series shows it is possible to explore what a modern war would look like in the thriller format, in a way that is thought provoking, convincing and entertaining. The only other book I can think to compare them to is Red Army by Ralph Peters (which is also excellent).
For a start, the war doesn't just end, ala every Tom Clancy novel ever. The losers have to be convinced not to go back to fighting, and as with previous US military adventures, the regional powers are sweeping in to rob the corpses of the vanquished while the US catches its breath.
There are still a bunch of different character threads in this book. Some of the highlights include some decent naval action, Dan Lenson's ride through the nuclear wasteland (especially interesting if you're a fan of the Fallout games) and the two stories you probably saw concluding in this book, are both being handled perfectly.
The negotiations to end the war are interesting and you have to wonder why other authors of large scale military thrillers don't bother with this aspect. Or deal with the nuclear aspect. Or look at advances in technology brought on by these wars(Dale Brown kind of does this but he seems to be encouraged more by the rule of cool). Or deal with the changed geopolitical status quo. This should be the new standard for novels about near future, near-peer adversary conflicts. But I can't see anyone topping it or even trying to anytime soon. Poyer's War with China series is such a serious and thoughtful treatment of modern conflict that it makes most other books in the genre just look like entertainment. Not that there's anything wrong with that, everyone likes being entertained. But this series shows it is possible to explore what a modern war would look like in the thriller format, in a way that is thought provoking, convincing and entertaining. The only other book I can think to compare them to is Red Army by Ralph Peters (which is also excellent).
February 5, 2022
I've read a few of his books in this series, some are innovative and have a lot going on but he does get 'bogged down' with some of his characters. In general his style is to descibe events through the eyes of a small number of characters in different situations in the context of the story. So we have the soldier the sailor the politician and the terrorist/freedom fighter. He then serialises each in seperate chapters throughout his books. This works ok if something is really happening unfortunately in this book not much does, as a result it is a quite uninteresting and flat read. I get the feeling that Mr Poyer has lost interest in the series and now is drawing a veil over some of his characters as in killing them off. There was no innovation or development or speculation in the way things might develop here just a romp through a sad destroyed world with not much hope. Had to speed read the last couple of chapters it was so predictable and slow. Not a book I'd recommend and probably the last one of his I'll read.
May 13, 2022
I respect the creativity and inventiveness of Poyer's writing. Having worked in the defense industry for 50 years, I also enjoyed the technical aspects, both describing existing weapons systems and inventing their extension into the near future.
Nevertheless, I had trouble enjoying the book as fiction. I think the reason is that it is too close to potential reality. You can't help reading the geopolitical aspects of the book without thing of China, Russia, Taiwan, and Ukraine.
I may be old-school, but I still believe that an author does himself no service by throwing f-bombs into every conversation of his characters, male and female alike. If that is the way military people talk all the time, shame on them; I just cannot imagine reading a book and finding it unrealistic because the f-bombs were left out of the dialog.
I happened to see this book on display at the library and gave it a try. I will not be reading the rest of the series.
Nevertheless, I had trouble enjoying the book as fiction. I think the reason is that it is too close to potential reality. You can't help reading the geopolitical aspects of the book without thing of China, Russia, Taiwan, and Ukraine.
I may be old-school, but I still believe that an author does himself no service by throwing f-bombs into every conversation of his characters, male and female alike. If that is the way military people talk all the time, shame on them; I just cannot imagine reading a book and finding it unrealistic because the f-bombs were left out of the dialog.
I happened to see this book on display at the library and gave it a try. I will not be reading the rest of the series.
January 28, 2021
The aftereffects of a brutal war marked by nuclear exchanges that killed millions (a subject of Poyer's last three novels) make for a fascinating novel. Poyer adeptly weaves back and forth among several story lines: his diplomat/politician wife's efforts to help craft a workable armistice, his own search for his missing daughter among the nuclear wreckage of the northwest US, Teddy Oberg's CIA-backed Islamic guerrilla war against the Chines, Cheryl Staurulakis's leading of an outgunned flotilla against a Russian attempt to rip off a major piece of China, and a Marine sergeant's attempt to put himself back into one piece, both physically and mentally after a particularly violent war experience. The total picture is both scary and impressive (as twentieth in a series), and it is not the end of the road.
January 10, 2024
A very interesting telling of various possible scenarios in different locations in the aftermath of a great war between China and the US, where the US triumphs, with grave damage to the west coast, and internal strive, with Russia at the side, waiting for the pickings in the wake of weakening world powers. It is such scenarios that should make the Indo-Pacific countries think very very hard before going into a fight where almost everybody loses.
January 23, 2021
Not the usual Dan Lenson mil-tech thriller -- deals with issues affecting veterans such as PTSD and reintegration and a post apocalyptic dystopian world that is unfortunately readily imaginable given the events of January 6th, covid-19, our relations with China as well as the political wheeling and dealing behind the scenes as our government struggles functions.
January 25, 2021
Where The Actions At
This is another in a long line of outstanding military action novels from David Potter. He continues to weave a very intense storyline from the perspective of several very believable characters that you really develop feelings for. His writing makes it very difficult to find a stopping point once you start reading. I can't wait for the follow-up book.
This is another in a long line of outstanding military action novels from David Potter. He continues to weave a very intense storyline from the perspective of several very believable characters that you really develop feelings for. His writing makes it very difficult to find a stopping point once you start reading. I can't wait for the follow-up book.
July 16, 2023
While I enjoyed this book, it lacked the exciting seamanship and naval battles that have become a trademark of this series. A couple of the storylines were concluded, which was good. Meanwhile, Dan and wife Blair are about to embark on new phases in their respective careers. Overall, a terrific series.
November 15, 2023
Very nice. The war with China winds down to the internal story in the United (barely) States and in China. Very realistic with Blair and Teddy Oberg. The journey over the United States gives a brief idea of how bad it might become if we don't implement a clear vision of the future that protects us and the world.
December 18, 2020
As always, David Poyer never fails to deliver. Although, now that the War with China is over, there are none of the naval battles and action scenes we've gotten used to.
On the whole, satisfactory ending to the China War series, and of course, a hint at further action with a new adversary.
On the whole, satisfactory ending to the China War series, and of course, a hint at further action with a new adversary.
January 17, 2021
I really like David Poyer and I really like this series, but this one left me hanging in too many areas. I hope there's better closure in the next novel as there are definitely too many hanging questions at the end of this one.
May 15, 2021
I’m really enjoying the Dan Lenson books I’ve been reading over the last few years.
Fast-paced, real-life, gritty without being miserable and apparently about to head off in a new direction after the end of the war with China.
Highly recommended for readers who enjoy military action novels.
Fast-paced, real-life, gritty without being miserable and apparently about to head off in a new direction after the end of the war with China.
Highly recommended for readers who enjoy military action novels.
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May 21, 2021First time reading this author of his latest book. Lots of backstory needed as author has been writing this series since 1989. The past war is a featured story arc which took place several books back. But enough past info is provided to move the story and new reader along.
February 3, 2022
I’ve been reading apogee for a long time. These last few books of the Dan Lenson story are so scarily prophetic, it is sobering. Always informative. Power does not pull any punches. Definitely knows his subject
November 8, 2022
The Chase is on ! Aftermath of war is never pretty...the author has painfully described a possible outcome that no sane person should ever desire to see. The characters that played this story out became real to life. Looking forward to more from David Poyer's Dan Lenson.
December 14, 2020
Good book,really keeps your interest!
A very good story,will really hold the reader's attention.Great story line!Read the whole series,can't wait for the next one,The arctic.
A very good story,will really hold the reader's attention.Great story line!Read the whole series,can't wait for the next one,The arctic.
December 28, 2020
Great book that held my interest all the way through.
January 2, 2021
This book was the "clean up loose ends" from all of the stories that have come in preceding books. Not bad...but didn't really move the overall story forward.
January 26, 2021
David Poyer delivers again!!!!!
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