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Invasion: Downfall
A truck bomb obliterates Downing Street. Airliners are blasted from the skies. Terror attacks cripple central London...
THE INVASION HAS BEGUN.
Prime Minister Harry Beecham has escaped death by a whisker. The government has collapsed, and London is a war zone. His only option is to flee the city - if he can find a way out.
Escorted by his SAS close-protection team, Harry must head for a secret government complex hidden beneath the west country hills, but as they attempt their perilous escape through the besieged city, Harry realises that the target is not just London…
It’s Europe itself.
As England buckles before the might of the Caliphate’s onslaught, the eye of the storm shifts to the north, where scattered British forces are gathering along an ancient border, stockpiling arms and ammunition and digging in deep as they await the final, bloody battle for survival.
A battle they must win so that millions can survive.
THE INVASION HAS BEGUN.
Prime Minister Harry Beecham has escaped death by a whisker. The government has collapsed, and London is a war zone. His only option is to flee the city - if he can find a way out.
Escorted by his SAS close-protection team, Harry must head for a secret government complex hidden beneath the west country hills, but as they attempt their perilous escape through the besieged city, Harry realises that the target is not just London…
It’s Europe itself.
As England buckles before the might of the Caliphate’s onslaught, the eye of the storm shifts to the north, where scattered British forces are gathering along an ancient border, stockpiling arms and ammunition and digging in deep as they await the final, bloody battle for survival.
A battle they must win so that millions can survive.
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First published January 14, 2013
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D.C. Alden
14 books93 followersDC Alden is a UK-based Amazon best-selling author, screenwriter, and award-winning writer/director whose gripping thrillers pull no punches. A former soldier and police officer, he brings raw authenticity and insider insight to every page, blending real-world geopolitics with edge-of-your-seat storytelling.
Fascinated by power, corruption, and the unseen machinery of global events, DC weaves bold, thought-provoking tales where ordinary people are thrust into extraordinary—and often brutal—situations. His stories are dark, cinematic, and unapologetically intense, exploring the razor’s edge between survival and collapse.
He writes military, political, and sci-fi thrillers with a hard-hitting realism that stays with you long after the final page. Step into his world… if you dare.
Fascinated by power, corruption, and the unseen machinery of global events, DC weaves bold, thought-provoking tales where ordinary people are thrust into extraordinary—and often brutal—situations. His stories are dark, cinematic, and unapologetically intense, exploring the razor’s edge between survival and collapse.
He writes military, political, and sci-fi thrillers with a hard-hitting realism that stays with you long after the final page. Step into his world… if you dare.
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June 5, 2020
Unbelievable Racist crap. DNF
May 21, 2013
A rollicking good read. 'Invasion' had me hooked from the first couple of pages all the way through to the end. Superior and more sophisticated than Tom Clancy. Almost too gripping; I'd pick it up with the idea of reading just a few pages and find myself still at it at 04:00.
It ought to be made required reading for anyone in charge of Britain's defense. Let us hope to God or Allah that DC Alden's prescience is fallible.
It ought to be made required reading for anyone in charge of Britain's defense. Let us hope to God or Allah that DC Alden's prescience is fallible.
November 12, 2015
Read this book on holiday and whilst it has some flaws, not least in terms of the technicalities of military hardware (and as a veteran these are important to me) the fact is that it scared the **** out of me.
Make no mistake, not only is this a reasonable thriller, it's a thought provoking read and one I'd highly recommend.
Make no mistake, not only is this a reasonable thriller, it's a thought provoking read and one I'd highly recommend.
June 30, 2014
A book that is well written within the boundaries of its genre the premise though is so far fetched and down right silly that it loses maybe 2 stars. The underlying Islamophobia that permeates the book is also off putting.
In a series of swift, well coordinated terrorist/black-op/military operations Europe is caught off guard and taken over by a Caliphate that stretches from Morocco to Pakistan. Russia (once referred to as the USSR) and Turkey join in on the attack.
The geopolitics of this are just dumb. Really Shia will join with Sunni in an enormous empire with one leader who is called "the Holy one"? That admittedly is not gone into that much because it is just not going to happen. Oh yes this a by product of the Arab Spring 20 years earlier.
The other silly part is that it is simply not possible for 500 or 600 surprise attacks across the whole of Europe to actually happen without some sort of intel getting out before hand. A continent the size of Europe is not militarily defeated in a few months by surprise attack.
So forgetting the silliness and implied nutty racism, the story is quite well written and is a page turner. Not great literature and certainly not in the league of La Carre but for a pot boiler not bad.
In a series of swift, well coordinated terrorist/black-op/military operations Europe is caught off guard and taken over by a Caliphate that stretches from Morocco to Pakistan. Russia (once referred to as the USSR) and Turkey join in on the attack.
The geopolitics of this are just dumb. Really Shia will join with Sunni in an enormous empire with one leader who is called "the Holy one"? That admittedly is not gone into that much because it is just not going to happen. Oh yes this a by product of the Arab Spring 20 years earlier.
The other silly part is that it is simply not possible for 500 or 600 surprise attacks across the whole of Europe to actually happen without some sort of intel getting out before hand. A continent the size of Europe is not militarily defeated in a few months by surprise attack.
So forgetting the silliness and implied nutty racism, the story is quite well written and is a page turner. Not great literature and certainly not in the league of La Carre but for a pot boiler not bad.
February 7, 2023
Wow….just wow
August 7, 2013
I didnt think I would like this book, it seemed too implausible when I read the other reviews and info but this book was brilliant, I could not put it down and read it very quickly.
SPOILER ALERT!!!!
The plot is that a new religious leader has united all of the Muslim countries from Morocco in the West to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east to Somalia in the south. (Central Asia is never mentioned.) This new Empire is called "Arabia". Somehow all the internal problems of poverty, civil war, corruption, dictators, greed, etc which dog many of these countries at the moment are solved, along with Israel. Perhaps a little too simply but that's not the story/focus for this book.
Once this is done the leader of Arabia turns his eyes towards Europe and plans a huge assault on mainland Europe as a whole and Britain in particular as the UK is seen as being a potential problem if not addressed quickly. So with the help of Russia who is bribed to help, attacking in the east, Turkey (which is given the role of a Trojan horse - already in the EU and NATO and trusted) attacking in the south and very significantly with the assistance of Muslims living in the target countries; Somalis, Chechens, Pakistanis, Arabs, etc. who have been supplied with a lot of serious weapons and who then cause chaos by attacking Power stations, the Army, Police, transport and importantly all communication systems along with general random attacks of terror to paralyse each country in turn.
I don't want to give anything more away but it seems terrifyingly believable and makes you wonder how vulnerable we are in the west! Of course there is no unified Muslim federation to threaten Europe and Turkey is a trusted secular ally of long standing. (Not sure about Putin and Russia at the moment though) But read the book and see what you think.
If you did enjoy this book check out Colin Gee's Red Gambit Series, Stuart Slade's "The Big One", Harvey Black's "The Red Effect", S M Stirling's brilliant "The Peshawar Lancers", Guy Saville's "The Afrika Reich" and Andy Johnnson's "Seelowe Nord - The Germans are coming".
SPOILER ALERT!!!!
The plot is that a new religious leader has united all of the Muslim countries from Morocco in the West to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east to Somalia in the south. (Central Asia is never mentioned.) This new Empire is called "Arabia". Somehow all the internal problems of poverty, civil war, corruption, dictators, greed, etc which dog many of these countries at the moment are solved, along with Israel. Perhaps a little too simply but that's not the story/focus for this book.
Once this is done the leader of Arabia turns his eyes towards Europe and plans a huge assault on mainland Europe as a whole and Britain in particular as the UK is seen as being a potential problem if not addressed quickly. So with the help of Russia who is bribed to help, attacking in the east, Turkey (which is given the role of a Trojan horse - already in the EU and NATO and trusted) attacking in the south and very significantly with the assistance of Muslims living in the target countries; Somalis, Chechens, Pakistanis, Arabs, etc. who have been supplied with a lot of serious weapons and who then cause chaos by attacking Power stations, the Army, Police, transport and importantly all communication systems along with general random attacks of terror to paralyse each country in turn.
I don't want to give anything more away but it seems terrifyingly believable and makes you wonder how vulnerable we are in the west! Of course there is no unified Muslim federation to threaten Europe and Turkey is a trusted secular ally of long standing. (Not sure about Putin and Russia at the moment though) But read the book and see what you think.
If you did enjoy this book check out Colin Gee's Red Gambit Series, Stuart Slade's "The Big One", Harvey Black's "The Red Effect", S M Stirling's brilliant "The Peshawar Lancers", Guy Saville's "The Afrika Reich" and Andy Johnnson's "Seelowe Nord - The Germans are coming".
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May 10, 2016Although it contains a few technical errors in terms of military applications, this is one of the most thought provoking, if not terrifying, books I've read in a long time.
I'm not going to go over the plot or post any spoilers but one only has to look at what has been going on throughout Europe over the last year or so to wonder just how far fetched a scenario actually is.
I'm not going to go over the plot or post any spoilers but one only has to look at what has been going on throughout Europe over the last year or so to wonder just how far fetched a scenario actually is.
May 28, 2017
Action thriller set in post War England. The Islamic state has won. Now the problems are cropping up.
March 21, 2018
An InfoWars publication?
This honestly has to be one of the worst books I've read. The language is stilted, the plot absurd, with the author so busy projecting his own paranoid delusions onto orhers, it destroys what little credible writing there is.
A particular standout section at the in the first chapter reveals the authors ignorance and mentality:
"And there were many others like him in the French government, Mousa knew, appeasers, liberals and hard-core socialists whose national self-hatred would be manipulated to the Caliphate’s advantage. And by the time they realised what the future held for them, it would be too late."
Absolute bunk, but an article of faith for the far right raised on a diet of ignorance, intolerance, and fear driven by inadequacy and a feeling of innate superiority. Based on the writing in this book, the authors skills barely show competence.
Avoid, unless you're looking for a 3rd rate military fairytale to pander to insecurities.
This honestly has to be one of the worst books I've read. The language is stilted, the plot absurd, with the author so busy projecting his own paranoid delusions onto orhers, it destroys what little credible writing there is.
A particular standout section at the in the first chapter reveals the authors ignorance and mentality:
"And there were many others like him in the French government, Mousa knew, appeasers, liberals and hard-core socialists whose national self-hatred would be manipulated to the Caliphate’s advantage. And by the time they realised what the future held for them, it would be too late."
Absolute bunk, but an article of faith for the far right raised on a diet of ignorance, intolerance, and fear driven by inadequacy and a feeling of innate superiority. Based on the writing in this book, the authors skills barely show competence.
Avoid, unless you're looking for a 3rd rate military fairytale to pander to insecurities.
September 12, 2019
I’m a sucker for a bit of military action in a book and this had loads. The plot itself was an interesting premise and made for a good ‘what if?’
What marred this story for me was the full on Right Wing rhetoric espoused by a number of the British characters. I couldn’t work out if this was actually the beliefs of the author or if he’d just done a great job of getting into the mindset of the f****d up nut jobs which are popping up left right and centre these days. If this book was a baby, it’s the bastard son of a certain controversial Right Wing female newspaper columnist and the well known leader of a British far right group.
If it were a recipe book the only recipe it contained was Hate Cake and I’m feeling pretty sick from eating too much...
All in all what could of been an enjoyable military thriller was brought down by some unpleasant Right Wing ideology...
What marred this story for me was the full on Right Wing rhetoric espoused by a number of the British characters. I couldn’t work out if this was actually the beliefs of the author or if he’d just done a great job of getting into the mindset of the f****d up nut jobs which are popping up left right and centre these days. If this book was a baby, it’s the bastard son of a certain controversial Right Wing female newspaper columnist and the well known leader of a British far right group.
If it were a recipe book the only recipe it contained was Hate Cake and I’m feeling pretty sick from eating too much...
All in all what could of been an enjoyable military thriller was brought down by some unpleasant Right Wing ideology...
June 19, 2016
I'm torn with this book, I enjoyed the read, it had my blood boiling and I was really rooting for the losing side but it's simply unbelievable that this could happen on such a scale as is written here. Had it been on a smaller scale I could have believed it.
That said and as I said above I quite enjoyed it, it made me uncomfortable in the way it presents certain religions but I guess that's what it set out to do...
That said and as I said above I quite enjoyed it, it made me uncomfortable in the way it presents certain religions but I guess that's what it set out to do...
October 30, 2015
The idea behind this book is better than the story written. I enjoy possible future visions of what may be and whilst I did enjoy this novel, I feel that it got somewhat rushed towards the end, jumping forward in time with many questions unanswered. Feel that a sequel may be intended in the future and I would like to see this happen.
Ray Smillie
Ray Smillie
February 13, 2016
Fast moving thriller with an imagined invasion set in the future. Too much information on weapons but other than that a good read
October 4, 2013
excellent book, couldn't put it down
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February 28, 2017I loved this book. What a read!
just hope their will be a sequel
just hope their will be a sequel
August 13, 2014
wow!!! what a story...not my usual read, but boy am I glad I did...loved every page, perfectly told story!
March 18, 2015
Highly improbable, but a ripping good read nonetheless.
November 12, 2015
Very good, keeps you in suspense. Always makes you think this could really happen with our immigration policy. Government take note
March 3, 2016
UK-centric Dystopian Saga
Very hard to write about this one without plot spoilers. The U.K. setting is uncommon and makes for a good story. Recommended !
Very hard to write about this one without plot spoilers. The U.K. setting is uncommon and makes for a good story. Recommended !
September 7, 2016
The concept for the story is a good one - Arabia United invades Britain and Europe. The short chapters help keep the pace flowing and I found that, being set in the near future meant I found it easy to envisage what was happening. Sometimes with science fiction I struggle to understand the worlds and concepts which get in the way of the story. My main issue was the structure and characters. The novel consists of a lot of telling - vast descriptive chapters not told from anyone's point of view. There are a couple of characters we follow loosely throughout - the British Prime Minister, an Arabian General and an ex special forces guy. The chapters involving these characters are more engaging, but their stories are not resolved fully. In one case it's just a passing comment from a narrator in the future tells you what happened. I also found that many of the plot developments seemed coincidental. So when Harry is escaping in a helicopter and being chased by the enemy, all of a sudden a new set of good guys are introduced, just long enough to save the day - about 3 pages. Many characters were short lived and I felt they were put there just to achieve the next bit of drama before being quickly killed off. This gave the novel a disjointed feeling. Overall a good idea just not done as well as it could've been.
February 18, 2018
Seems like a draft not a final book?
This book has been sold as being in the same vein as a Tom Clancey's Red Storm Rising but it isn't in the same league. The author is described as military authority, yet there are huge errors that could have been fixed with some basic research (in particular anything to do with aircraft tactics, the way radars work, what an E3 really does, where aircraft are based.)
The other major failing is the structure of the book, it jumps around all over the place and some story threads never get enough detail to attract attention, while others never get resolved.
There are spelling mistakes throughout this book.
Overall, I read this book for free as part of Amazon Prime and am glad I didn't spend any of my own money. It feels like the authors first draft, before all of the details are finished and it is edited ready for publishing?
This book has been sold as being in the same vein as a Tom Clancey's Red Storm Rising but it isn't in the same league. The author is described as military authority, yet there are huge errors that could have been fixed with some basic research (in particular anything to do with aircraft tactics, the way radars work, what an E3 really does, where aircraft are based.)
The other major failing is the structure of the book, it jumps around all over the place and some story threads never get enough detail to attract attention, while others never get resolved.
There are spelling mistakes throughout this book.
Overall, I read this book for free as part of Amazon Prime and am glad I didn't spend any of my own money. It feels like the authors first draft, before all of the details are finished and it is edited ready for publishing?
December 14, 2011
Clever premise, drawing on sufficient current reality to make it a plausible read. The need to drive the story along delivers little time for genuine character development and, as such, they largely remain 'skin deep' and I found it difficult to frankly care much about any of them. Still, the construct at the beginning & end of the novel is a nice tweak.
Holiday reading I'd suggest and enjoyable too, just don't take it too seriously!
Holiday reading I'd suggest and enjoyable too, just don't take it too seriously!
February 2, 2021
Took a gamble on this as a free kindle book and was not disappointed. The alternate reality of a major Islamic invasion of Europe had just the right balance of believable fact alongside the fictional aspects of the story. The action scenes were up there with the best of this type of political thriller /war story of Tom Clancy or Larry Bond.
July 30, 2016
Good read
This book I enjoyed at first I thought there was to much detail but I got used to it & enjoyed it. Not sure if this is a series if it is I will buy the next one.
This book I enjoyed at first I thought there was to much detail but I got used to it & enjoyed it. Not sure if this is a series if it is I will buy the next one.
August 23, 2016
Good read
Decent read enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. Was impressed with the plot and ending . Worth a read !
Decent read enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. Was impressed with the plot and ending . Worth a read !
September 20, 2016
Read it in small pieces and be prepared to think.
July 21, 2018
Exciting!
Very exciting book that's filled with scarily realistic scenarios of war. Gets two thumbs up from this reader! Good read!
Very exciting book that's filled with scarily realistic scenarios of war. Gets two thumbs up from this reader! Good read!
March 26, 2020
Action packed saga, great read!.
Outstanding military thriller, all believable and far too possible. Once the a tion starts, it just never stops. I couldn't turn pages fast enough.
Outstanding military thriller, all believable and far too possible. Once the a tion starts, it just never stops. I couldn't turn pages fast enough.
January 24, 2025
Just awful. Pure ultra-rightwing propaganda. Xenophobic at best, outright racist at worst.
January 23, 2019
6/4/2029 The Caliphate. General Faris Mousa (Islamic State Special Forces, Special Operations & Planning C/O), Grand Mufti Mohammed Wazir (chief cleric of the Islamic State, Caliphate supreme ruler), & his 4-man team were cruising over the desert in the Black Hawk helicopter.
Upon landing they met with IS defense minister, the Foreign Secretary, & Demir Hassan (Turkish Federation VP).
The next mission for General Mousa, & his team is to lead an airborne operation & seize control of Whitehall in London, England. Next stop will be Baghdad, onto Cairo, where Major Allawi will be waiting.
6/11 London, England. Crisis Management Centre fortified bunker (# 10 Downing St.). PM Harry Beecham (British), & Chief of Staff David Fuller had their meeting with COBRA which consisted of: MI5, MI6, GCHQ, the Joint Intelligence Group, & the Defense Intelligence Staff & Special Branch.
SW London, England. The mosque just off the A24 Morden Rd. Fawad “Faz” Shafiq (aka Baseball Cap, M15 Muslim op.), Max (driver), & Spencer’s target was to take out # 1 (30+, black m).
He was followed to Clapham Common tube station.
BOOM! There was nothing Captain Lewis Ainsworth piolet) could do.
# 297 Airbus A380 airplane flipped over completely & plummeted towards the ground at nearly 200 mph.
Mortlake Rd. was jamb packed with traffic both ways.
Everything in a 400-metre radius was destroyed.
Lara Bevan (35+, Fisher Brown Finance PA, Holborn) watched from her balcony & was scared to death.
Ross Taylor (Metropolitan PD Tactical Support Team firearms officer) had seen the impact also.
Target 1’s van had smashed into Ellen Beecham’s (wife) Jaguar.
BOOM! The detonation had taken out the Cenotaph (honorable empty tomb), buildings, car’s buses & killed lots of PPL.
Harry, & David had survived.
Harry got the news his wife had been blown to smithereens.
# 10 Downing St. was in total chaos.
Bulgaria Turkey boarder. Georgi Milanov (45+, border security), & 22 of his comrades handcuffed, watched as Islamic State battle tanks & armored vehicles drove through the Andreevo border crossing into Bulgaria.
General Mousa told his men he wanted Harry found alive.
What were Lara Bevan, Fawad “Faz” Shafiq, & Ross Taylor doing?
Will Major Monroe (security Alternate 1 head), Sergeant Mike Reynolds SAS team leader, Chivers, & PM Harry Beecham (British) ever see their family/friends again?
What happened to the GCHQ?
Camp David, MD. What were President Robert Mitchell, Chief of Staff Zack Radanovich, & Eliot Bird (NSA) discussing?
I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one. All thoughts & opinions are entirely my own.
A very awesome book cover, & great font/writing style. A very well written military/political thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great military/political thriller movie, or better yet a mini TV series. A very easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free Double Tap Press; 4th edition; Bookfunnel; Author; PDF, Word book
Tony Parsons (Washburn; MSW)
Upon landing they met with IS defense minister, the Foreign Secretary, & Demir Hassan (Turkish Federation VP).
The next mission for General Mousa, & his team is to lead an airborne operation & seize control of Whitehall in London, England. Next stop will be Baghdad, onto Cairo, where Major Allawi will be waiting.
6/11 London, England. Crisis Management Centre fortified bunker (# 10 Downing St.). PM Harry Beecham (British), & Chief of Staff David Fuller had their meeting with COBRA which consisted of: MI5, MI6, GCHQ, the Joint Intelligence Group, & the Defense Intelligence Staff & Special Branch.
SW London, England. The mosque just off the A24 Morden Rd. Fawad “Faz” Shafiq (aka Baseball Cap, M15 Muslim op.), Max (driver), & Spencer’s target was to take out # 1 (30+, black m).
He was followed to Clapham Common tube station.
BOOM! There was nothing Captain Lewis Ainsworth piolet) could do.
# 297 Airbus A380 airplane flipped over completely & plummeted towards the ground at nearly 200 mph.
Mortlake Rd. was jamb packed with traffic both ways.
Everything in a 400-metre radius was destroyed.
Lara Bevan (35+, Fisher Brown Finance PA, Holborn) watched from her balcony & was scared to death.
Ross Taylor (Metropolitan PD Tactical Support Team firearms officer) had seen the impact also.
Target 1’s van had smashed into Ellen Beecham’s (wife) Jaguar.
BOOM! The detonation had taken out the Cenotaph (honorable empty tomb), buildings, car’s buses & killed lots of PPL.
Harry, & David had survived.
Harry got the news his wife had been blown to smithereens.
# 10 Downing St. was in total chaos.
Bulgaria Turkey boarder. Georgi Milanov (45+, border security), & 22 of his comrades handcuffed, watched as Islamic State battle tanks & armored vehicles drove through the Andreevo border crossing into Bulgaria.
General Mousa told his men he wanted Harry found alive.
What were Lara Bevan, Fawad “Faz” Shafiq, & Ross Taylor doing?
Will Major Monroe (security Alternate 1 head), Sergeant Mike Reynolds SAS team leader, Chivers, & PM Harry Beecham (British) ever see their family/friends again?
What happened to the GCHQ?
Camp David, MD. What were President Robert Mitchell, Chief of Staff Zack Radanovich, & Eliot Bird (NSA) discussing?
I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one. All thoughts & opinions are entirely my own.
A very awesome book cover, & great font/writing style. A very well written military/political thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great military/political thriller movie, or better yet a mini TV series. A very easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free Double Tap Press; 4th edition; Bookfunnel; Author; PDF, Word book
Tony Parsons (Washburn; MSW)
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