Review by Booklist Review
Brown's latest, featuring the Iron Wolf Squadron, continues the story of Patrick McLanahan, son Brad, and Russian Nadia Roz. A few years into the future, the U.S. and Russia are fighting a new Cold War, soon to warm up exponentially. Growing more aggressive with each defeat at the hands of our heroes, the Russians choose to up the ante still further, striking where their enemies least expect it, thanks to the construction of a high-tech space station armed with horrifying weaponry. Their bold plan is to destroy U.S. satellites and key strategic targets on Earth from above. In order to stop them, Brad and Nadia must go through astronaut training and then confront the threat miles above Earth. Brown's look at the future of the military and potential conflicts with new technology and warfare continues to be engaging, even as he employs this admittedly audacious premise. Fans who have grown fond of Patrick and his team will love this latest installment, but newcomers might feel a bit lost since a lot of the cast's backstory is assumed to be familiar.--Jeff Ayers Copyright 2019 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Outer space becomes the battleground in bestseller Brown's thrilling follow-up to 2018's The Moscow Offensive. In the near future, the Russians, led by their unstable president, Gennadiy Gryzlov, have developed advanced aerospace weapons as part of their Mars Project that, when deployed on a new high-tech space station, will dominate not only space but the world. Having fallen behind the Russians, the Americans are desperately trying to build their own resources by resurrecting weapons that began life under Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative program. Only the skill and valor of pilots like Maj. Nadia Rozek and Capt. Brad McLanahan of the Iron Wolf Squadron can possibly offset the Russians' technological edge. As usual in this long-running series, the combat scenes stand out, though readers should be prepared for characters straight from central casting. Brown reinforces his position at the top of the military action genre. Agent: Robert Gottlieb, Trident Media Group. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A despotic Russian leader builds a technologically advanced space station with the power to decimate American satellites.Brown (The Moscow Offensive, 2018, etc.), a former U.S. Air Force captain, has written the next chapter in the ongoing saga of fabled American pilots Patrick McLanahan and his son, Brad, who are ever adapting to new advancements in techno-warfare and looming threats to the security of the entire world. It's spring 2021, shortly after the U.S. public voted the incompetent president Stacy Anne Barbeau out of office. The new president, John Dalton Farrell, has "every intention of reversing her earthbound policies of drift, indecision, and isolationism." Evidently, America, and the rest of the free world, will need a strong leader because Russiaunder the rule of coldblooded autocrat Gennadiy Gryzlovhas just created a dangerous new weapon. Modeled after a scrapped American defense initiative from the Reagan years, this "coaxial plasma rail gun," nicknamed Thunderbolt, could potentially make Russia the world's unchallenged superpower. With the American space defense slowly revitalizing, this unchecked aggression from Russia must be stopped by Brad, his romantic interest (and former Polish special forces soldier) Maj. Nadia Rozek, and the Iron Wolf Squadron, an elite group of operators entrusted with the job of protecting Eastern European allies. This action-packed techno-thriller is filled with enough complex aerospace and aeronautical jargon to sizzle the senses of those who spend time up in the clouds while leaving some of those down on the tarmac dizzy with details.A well-researched and fast-paced story that provides all the requisite sparks to keep the pages turning. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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