Last year when I read the prior release in the series it not only took me by surprise but I was blown away by the depth of insight and understanding of what could happen in our delicate political atmosphere. The world is a balancing act.
When I saw this author had a new book coming for review and for publication, I knew I had to get the rest of the story. This book gives us some closure but Poyer is not quite done. Read on for my full review.
Violent Peace by David Poyer
ISBN-13: 978-1250220585
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (December 8, 2020)
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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?
Violent Peace by David Poyer
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.
Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free ebook so she could evaluate and use it for this post. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.
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