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Power Vacuum
The European Defense Council Has Fallen……But Peace Has Not Come to EuropeWill the Chaos Only Spread from Here?The thunder run into Germany has left Matt’s team battered and borderline combat ineffective. The Triarii don’t have the reinforcements for them to stand down, however. Commitments in the US and the Western Pacific have stretched them thin.And with Europe in chaos, there is no rest to be had.Jihadis have struck repeatedly, sowing bloodshed and confusion where possible, and it appears the Turks are involved. The Russians are pushing in the east, and they may have operatives in the heart of Western Europe as well.The European Defense Corps hasn’t stood down, either.And a new NGO that’s arrived to help might be the most dangerous enemy of all…You’ll love this military thriller because the action’s as brutal as the intrigue is thick!Get it now.
378 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 15, 2022
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Peter Nealen
73 books106 followersPeter Nealen is a former Recon Marine, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, and something of an aspiring renaissance man (emphasis on aspiring). He has long been a reader of history, philosophy, folklore, science fiction, and fantasy, and is the author of the American Praetorians series of paramilitary thrillers as well as the Jed Horn series of supernatural thrillers.
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February 27, 2022
The penultimate entry in Peter Nealen's Maelstrom Rising series, Power Vacuum, is packed with thrills and twists. Matt Bowen's Grex Luporum team have shifted from purely kinetic military operations to more of the gray zone urban operations that have been common in the here and now. Along the way, they discover that while they decapitated the European Defense Council, the European Defense Corps is still very much a problem, along with a Chinese PMC lurking in the shadows.
Seeing the shift in the type of operations is a welcome change of pace (though fret not: if you prefer straight up military action, there's still plenty of that in this entry). Over the course of eight novels, Nealen has a done a fine job with both world building and character development. Reading the novel, I feel fully immersed in his speculation as to what will cause the next world war and what entities will participate in it.
The epilogue sets the stage for the final entry in the series in spectacular fashion (though minor nitpick, I feel the character building in the epilogue could have been elaborated on a bit) and I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Option Zulu.
Seeing the shift in the type of operations is a welcome change of pace (though fret not: if you prefer straight up military action, there's still plenty of that in this entry). Over the course of eight novels, Nealen has a done a fine job with both world building and character development. Reading the novel, I feel fully immersed in his speculation as to what will cause the next world war and what entities will participate in it.
The epilogue sets the stage for the final entry in the series in spectacular fashion (though minor nitpick, I feel the character building in the epilogue could have been elaborated on a bit) and I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Option Zulu.
February 19, 2022
Writen like an after action report
The battles across Europe have lead to lead Triarii threw death and victory but in the finale push its a 5-way warzones between Chinese, German forces, U.S. Army, EDC remnants, and Triarii for the future polices of of CENTRAL EUROPE.
This novel isn't one dingler battle but servel over many weeks has it shows the fog of war is not easy to tread towards victory. It more a text bookcase of how no foresight in postwar rebuilding and external forces murky up the process with there own intrestes in how they want it done even it means escalating the conflicts.
The battles across Europe have lead to lead Triarii threw death and victory but in the finale push its a 5-way warzones between Chinese, German forces, U.S. Army, EDC remnants, and Triarii for the future polices of of CENTRAL EUROPE.
This novel isn't one dingler battle but servel over many weeks has it shows the fog of war is not easy to tread towards victory. It more a text bookcase of how no foresight in postwar rebuilding and external forces murky up the process with there own intrestes in how they want it done even it means escalating the conflicts.
February 22, 2022
Nealen is the new Clancy
Pete Nealen is to action thrillers what Tom Clancy was to the techno thriller with better combat scenes. Another great chapter in the series. Keep your copy of Janes handy as Nealen uses the newest weapon systems out there to keep it interesting. Highly recommended.
Pete Nealen is to action thrillers what Tom Clancy was to the techno thriller with better combat scenes. Another great chapter in the series. Keep your copy of Janes handy as Nealen uses the newest weapon systems out there to keep it interesting. Highly recommended.
March 19, 2022
love this series
This is a good read for patriots. If you are woke, bring a bucket for your nausea. If you understand the real-politik ways of the world, then this is a good distraction from the slow grinding of gears that we see in our struggling republic today.
This is a good read for patriots. If you are woke, bring a bucket for your nausea. If you understand the real-politik ways of the world, then this is a good distraction from the slow grinding of gears that we see in our struggling republic today.
February 18, 2022
Still hyped.
Fast, thrilling and none stop. Love this series. Each book better than the last. Can't wait for the thrilling finale.
Fast, thrilling and none stop. Love this series. Each book better than the last. Can't wait for the thrilling finale.
March 17, 2022
Great
Another Great Book in the Maelstrom Rising Series. It was very hard to put down and cannot wait for Book 9 to come out.
Another Great Book in the Maelstrom Rising Series. It was very hard to put down and cannot wait for Book 9 to come out.
March 19, 2022
loved it
Another great one from Nealen. Fast paced with unrelenting action. Very much looking forward to the final novel in the series.
Another great one from Nealen. Fast paced with unrelenting action. Very much looking forward to the final novel in the series.
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