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As in Tom Clancy's technothrillers, the war maneuvers feel authentic and are described in stellar detail.-Booklist The American aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacific is severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. The Russian government officially apologizes, but what it claims was an accident during training was actually a calculated attack. And now it's time for Russia's real mission to begin. . .With the U.S. Pacific fleet at its weakest-and political unrest already spreading throughout Eastern Europe-the Russian president initiates a bold plan to reoccupy key industrialized areas of the former USSR. Doing so will mean cutting off much of the world's oil and natural gas supply-and wiring every major pipeline with explosives. If the U.S. attempts to thwart Russia, every last resource will be destroyed. America's only option is to launch a simultaneous attack on all fronts. But one false move could lead to a war of epic proportions-one that could do no less than destroy the world itself. . .Enthralling...The submarine and surface-ship battles are pitch-perfect.-Publishers Weekly