Proxy War
by David Bruns and J.R. Olson
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Pub Date Jan 21 2025 | Archive Date Dec 04 2024
Description
In the upcoming global showdown, the U.S. confronts a new enemy on the battlefield: Artificial Intelligence.
In the heart of Central Asia, a strategic power play unfolds as the People’s Republic of China extends its military might. Under the pretext of protecting their Belt-and-Road projects, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) gains a stronghold in the region. Against this invasion, a courageous band of freedom fighters is the only challenge to the PLA forces.
On this geopolitical chessboard, the newly-elected U.S. President wants to make a bold statement against Chinese expansionism. Don Riley, recently appointed CIA Director of Operations, is chosen to spearhead the critical mission.
Don launches a clandestine CIA operation to aid the freedom fighters, but as the losses pile up, he realizes they are fighting a new enemy. The PLA harbors a secret weapon – Foresight, a quantum-powered battlefield AI. This advanced system anticipates and counters the resistance's moves with chilling precision, pushing Don to the edge. With each passing day, as Foresight's surveillance net widens, the window for effective resistance narrows.
Don and his team put everything on the line. As the resistance draws the PLA into a decisive final battle, he launches a covert team. Their mission: neutralize Foresight.
Proxy War, the sixth book in the acclaimed Command and Control series by ex-submarine officer David Bruns and former naval intelligence officer J.R. Olson, is a high-octane military adventure. A must-read for aficionados of Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney.
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Featured Reviews
Julie C, Reviewer
Riveting next edition in the Command and Control series.
Trouble is escalating in Central Asia with China and Russia and Don Riley, of the CIA, has been tasked with solving the problem. His undercover operative Harrison is embedded with the opposition
freedom fighters. China's AI quantum computer program, Foresight, is making the battle much more costly.
The action is non stop and the incredible attention to detail and exacting descriptions of covert operative actions, which are routine for this series, continues to captivate and make the reading
engrossing and completely non stop.
Great read.
Michael B, Reviewer
In Central Asia, China has spent heavily in their Belt and Road projects and long have planned to key a very close eye on their investments. An eye that needs to be so close that it has become AI. The Chicoms will go to any lengths to keep a close hold on this region as it holds more value than one can imagine. China is sending in troops to lockdown the region while a strong band of insurgents are willing to fight them to the death to save their lands from the invaders.
The US has a new president who seems adverse to military action and leaves Don Riley, the CIA Ops Director, hamstrung. Seemingly powerless to help repel the Chicoms. Don finally gets the nod to help the insurgents but finds that the enemy is not limited to human fighters but an AI foe as well, they call it Foresight. Foresight predicts and counteracts each and every combatant move.
Together they must come up with a plan and come up with it quickly. Otherwise, Foresight will gain so much power that it cannot be overcome.
It all comes down to the final skirmish. Win or perish.
Anders M, Reviewer
Review: Techno-thriller set within the Asian continent with super powers vying for control.
I have written the review over and over. I basically go from hating to loving. Since I did not want to devalue the work based on my own enui, I forged on past my immeadiate dislike and found the various tropes palatable within the context of whole expression. You know, evilly hench guy etc.
To condense this review, the novel is one long fukin read of riveting action, and compelling characters coupled with a futuristic (or is it?) blend of field and warrior manipulation. Really thought provoking. Get this and be entertained.
4.3/5
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