2034: A Novel of the Next World War

This speculative fiction novel is written by noteworthy co-authors. "Admiral Jim Stavridis, USN (Ret.) spent more than thirty years in the US Navy, rising to the rank of four-star admiral. He was Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and previously commanded US Southern Command, overseeing military operations through[out] Latin America." Elliot Ackerman's "books have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He is both a former White House Fellow and Marine, and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart."They clearly have a formidable background in military strategy and operations at the highest levels, making this a "chillingly authentic" and "disturbingly plausible" story of arrogance and miscalculation that leads to irreparable outcomes. 

Publishers Weekly offers this summary review. "American war ships in the disputed waters of the South China Sea come upon an incapacitated trawler carrying advanced Chinese technology. The plane of a Marine pilot testing new stealth capability is remotely hijacked and delivered into Iranian hands. A Chinese defense attaché on assignment in the U.S. executes a plan to decimate the American Navy and cripple the nation’s cyber infrastructure. A U.S. deputy national security adviser at odds with his superiors must use his ethnic connections to negotiate a peace, even as an ever-escalating series of attacks engulfs American and Chinese cities in nuclear fire. The authors do a fine job depicting the human cost of geopolitical conflict, though they avoid the hardware emphasis of most military thrillers..."

Kirkus suggests that "This compelling thriller should be required reading for our national leaders and translated into Mandarin." And, to top it all off, the authors have written a sequel, 2054.