Aggressor

It is April 1, 2038. Day sixty of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan. The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced, it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run the Chinese blockade to deliver it? Aggressor is the first novel in a new series that looks at the conflict that could spark the next World War, through the eyes of soldiers, sailors, civilians, and aviators on all sides. Featuring technologies that are on the drawing board today and could be fielded in the near future, Aggressor is the military technothriller you have been waiting for!

"I would place Holden with the best of the best military thriller writers . . . " -JAMIE MICHELE, READERS' FAVORITE, 5 STARS With United States troops and aircraft on Taiwanese soil, and missiles flying across the Taiwan Strait, the world prepares itself for the war that has been building since the turn of the century . . . Will China back down, or double down? Will the fragile Western Coalition hold? Will regional conflict tip over into a global war? And what's next for the newly raised 68th Aggressor Squadron and the personnel of Aggressor Inc.? Beachhead is told through the eyes of six combatants from multiple nations, fighting to survive as the two superpowers clash. Few, if any, will still be alive by the end of the week . . . Featuring a plot taken from tomorrow's headlines, cutting-edge technologies that are on the drawing board today, and characters you will never forget, the Aggressor series delivers guaranteed page-turners for military action enthusiasts.

The battle lines have been drawn. China has unleashed a new weapon of mass destruction on the world, and the US-led Coalition has no way to counter it. Sheltering in bunkers in the mountains south of Taipei, Taiwan's government considers suing for peace. Taiwanese fisherman, Lin Hungyu, may have the answer. But his neighbors think he is mad, and the military won't take his calls. Who will listen to him? After losses in the Taiwan conflict, the 68th Aggressor Squadron is stood down to rest and refit. Where will the war take them next? Or will war come to them instead? Swarm is a gripping tale of superpower conflict told through the eyes of ordinary combatants and civilians on all sides of the conflict. But is it fiction, or prophecy? You be the judge!

The night is always darkest before the dawn. For the surviving Aggressor Inc. pilots, dawn can't come fast enough. The Taiwan government is on the brink of collapse. From their hiding place on Xiuguluan Mountain, a United States-Taiwanese special ops team prepares to wage guerilla warfare. Their mission may demand the ultimate sacrifice, but could change the course of the war. The fog of war has become a pea soup. And from the fog, a massive Sino-Russian fleet emerges. China launches strikes on United States bases in Japan and the Philippines, but also across the IndoPacific: on Guam, Wake Island, Midway . . . and Hawaii. The Battle for Taiwan is not yet over. But the Battle for Hawaii is about to begin. United States President, Carmen Carliotti, faces crises on multiple fronts-in the Pacific, and at home, as rioting and unrest force her to implement extreme measures. But who is behind the suspiciously well-organized and funded civil uprising? NATO and the Shanghai Pact nations face off as the battle-for global supremacy and for the very soul of America-rages.

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. 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. A Chinese hacker captured off San Luis Obispo Bay could be the key to the wolf pack's victory or defeat. At Josan-ri in Korea, US Marine Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Leroy King of Scout Team Two, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, prepares for an incursion into the DMZ. 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. China's Northern Fleet was destroyed off Hawaii and its air force has lost control of the skies over the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. From ports in South Korea, the US prepares to launch its largest amphibious assault since D-Day. If it succeeds, it could trigger China's capitulation. If it fails . . .