"One bridgehead. Four lives. Zero margin for error.
Lieutenant Grant Richardson's mission is simple: blast through enemy fire and take the Volga Bridgehead. Failure means certain death—and the collapse of the entire front.
Nearby, his brother Zach leads the last tank platoon holding the line. One wrong move, and the Russians will force the Americans back across the Volga.
In Washington, their mother—US Secretary of Defense Gina Richardson—is fighting a different war. The enemy is the President himself, and he may cost her the chance to save her sons . . . and her country.
Russian General Nikola Korolev knows this battle will decide everything. If the Americans win, Russia loses. He'll do whatever it takes to stop them—even if it means unleashing the unthinkable.
The fight for the bridgehead will decide the war. And maybe the world."
"On Christmas, a clandestine figure reaches out to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow with a tantalizing proposal: a foolproof plan to neutralize Russia's strategic nuclear weapons stockpile in exchange for political asylum.
The Secretary of Defense, Gina Richardson, is well aware that the next decision could be the key to ending the war in Ukraine. She also understands that it could potentially escalate into a much larger conflict.
Gina's two sons are serving as platoon leaders in the US Army. As the threat of war looms, they both wonder if they have what it takes to lead their soldiers into combat.
Aleksandar Malakhov, the President of Russia, has a singular objective: to restore his country to its former glory. However, the US military and NATO stand in his way. Malakhov is willing to engage in high-stakes tactics and potentially provoke war with the alliance to see them come to fruition.
It's like history repeating itself as reckless leaders push their countries toward war once again. Only this time, the consequences could be catastrophic.
Gina Richardson understands any wrong move could trigger a disaster, but can she persuade her boss to ease off before he plunges the nation into a crisis?"
"May, 1989. The two nuclear superpowers are finally talking peace, but not everyone in the Soviet Union seeks such resolution. Senior Soviet ministers and generals conduct a coup to seize power and prevent the dissolution of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact. To cover up their plot and capitalize on the resulting chaos, they invade West Germany, setting off a chain of events and the Third World War. Across Europe, soldiers and spies are drawn into the conflict. From NATO headquarters to the front lines, the information is there to prevent nuclear annihilation if only they can find it in time.
Based on the declassified Operations Order 33001, Leo Barron's decades of military intelligence experience allow this military thriller to dive deep into tactics and realistically explore how everything could have changed in 1989."
"By early 1951, American forces and their UN allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the Korean peninsula by the Chinese. The situation was bleak when Gen. Matthew Ridgway ordered a last stand at the village of Chipyong-ni. There a single regiment (the 23rd Infantry) of fewer than 5,000 U.S. soldiers defeated a Chinese division of 25,000 men in what has been called the Gettysburg of the Korean War.
● Intense history of one of the most important battles of the Korean War
● From-the-foxhole account of a do-or-die defense
● Draws from memoirs, interviews, unit reports, intelligence summaries, and personal research in South Korea"
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