Hunter Killer: The War with China: The Battle for the Central Pacific

August 14, 2017
Poyer’s gripping sequel to 2016’s Onslaught, which continues the story arc of a war with China, finds U.S. Navy officer Dan Lenson promoted to admiral and put in charge of a task force to clear the sea lanes around Guam. Lenson’s mission also includes landing a contingent of Marines to reconquer an island under Chinese control. Thus far America and her allies have been “surprised, outmaneuvered, outthought, and overwhelmed” by the Chinese. The only bright spot is that the carriers are still holding east of Hawaii. Lenson and his crew have fought some terrible battles and barely survived, but worse horrors lie ahead. Intense and bloody only begin to describe the realism of the combat scenes. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Lenson’s wife, Blair Titus, the vice president of a think tank, is advising the U.S. government on strategy to counter the Chinese, and, in western China, Teddy Oberg of SEAL Team Eight is starving in a POW camp. Each book moves the story forward and primes readers for the thrills that are sure to come in future entries.

November 1, 2017
The third book in the terrifyingly real War with China series separates our various heroes as the battle escalates. Readers unfamiliar with the series should start at the beginning with Tipping Point (2015) and Onslaught (2016) to develop an appreciation for the characters and the situation that starts the conflict. Here Dan Lenson receives a promotion to admiral and is given command of a joint U.S.-South Korea force. The hope is that the allies can regroup while the force keeps the sea-lanes open. Meanwhile, Lenson's wife is in Washington, D.C., fighting for a proper military and political response to the events that are happening on the other side of the world, and SEAL Teddy Oberg is trapped in a POW camp. Readers who enjoy military fiction will like this ongoing saga, recognizing that there is at least one more novel coming.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)