by Brad Taylor
Part of Pike Logan, book 15
First published 2021
Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are vacationing in Australia when urgent news shatters their break. Their former Taskforce colleague Clifford Delmonty has vanished after witnessing something at an F-35 contractor facility. Chinese operatives are hunting him, and Dunkin is running for his life. Pike and Jennifer quickly realize this chase connects to a massive Chinese operation targeting Taiwan. China plans to manipulate Taiwan into war by destabilizing its government and corrupting an AI defense system. The scheme would force America to choose between honoring its protection pledge or watching a key ally fall. Pike discovers the unfolding crisis contains deliberate deceptions designed to trigger the conflict China wants. He must locate Dunkin, who holds crucial intelligence about the plot. Working with Jennifer, the Taskforce team, and a Taiwanese agent, Pike races across the Pacific to stop a war that could devastate the entire region.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Australia, Pacific, Taiwan
Period: 21st-century
450 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence