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Ghost fleet
416 pages
A chillingly plausible, high-octane glimpse into the terrifying realities of near-future global warfare.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting in the war room during a global crisis, watching a terrifyingly plausible future unfold in real-time. The narrative moves at a propulsive clip, driven by an urgent, authoritative tone that grounds its high-stakes action in meticulous, cutting-edge research. It is a deeply tense and adrenaline-fueled experience, immersing the reader in a chillingly realistic atmosphere where cyber-warfare and drone strikes are as visceral as boots on the ground. The prose is crisp and clinical, prioritizing kinetic momentum and technical accuracy over emotional introspection. It is a perfect match for technothriller aficionados and defense wonks who crave a gritty, sprawling wargame that explores the terrifying fragility of our modern, hyper-connected world.
- Mood
- tense
- high-stakes
- adrenaline-fueled
- chillingly plausible
- Tone
- authoritative
- urgent
- clinical
- gritty
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- fragility of modern infrastructure · human ingenuity vs. automation · asymmetric warfare · geopolitical anxiety
- The writing
- Crisp, heavily researched, and detail-oriented, the writing prioritizes technical accuracy and kinetic action over lyrical flourish.
- The arc
- The journey moves from the shock of catastrophic vulnerability through a desperate, scrappy resistance, culminating in a tense, hard-fought reclamation of power.
- Who it's for
- Defense policy wonks, technothriller aficionados, and anyone who loves a heavily researched, Tom Clancy-esque wargame scenario.
Content notes
- military violence
- geopolitical anxiety
- cyberterrorism
- mass casualties
About the book
"What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller. The United States, China, and Russia eye each other across a twenty-first century version of the Cold War, which suddenly heats up at sea, on land, in the air, in outer space, and in cyberspace. The fighting involves everything from stealthy robotic-drone strikes to old warships from the navy's "ghost fleet." Fighter pilots unleash a Pearl Harbor-style attack; American veterans become low-tech insurgents; teenage hackers battle in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on blending the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future. Ghost Fleet is a page-turning speculative thriller in the spirit of The Hunt for Red October. The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, it is unique in that every trend and technology featured in the novel -- no matter how sci-fi it may seem -- is real, or could be soon. "--
Description from Open Library.
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