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The Red Line

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

WWIII explodes in this electrifying debut military thriller in the tradition of Red Storm Rising and The Third World War.

"Delta-Two, I've got tanks through the wire! They're everywhere!"

World War III explodes in seconds when a resurgent Russian federation launches a deadly armored thrust into the heart of Germany. With a powerful blizzard providing cover, Russian tanks thunder down the autobahns while specially trained Spetsnaz teams strike at vulnerable command points.

Standing against them are the woefully undermanned American forces. What they lack in numbers they make up for in superior weapons and training. But before the sun rises they are on the run across a smoking battlefield crowded with corpses.

Any slim hope for victory rests with one unlikely hero. Army Staff Sergeant George O'Neill, a communications specialist, may be able to reestablish links that have been severed by hostile forces, but that will take time. While he works, it's up to hundreds of individual American soldiers to hold back the enemy flood.

There's one thing that's certain. The thin line between victory and defeat is also the red line between life and death.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 13, 2017
      Set in the near future, Gragg’s impeccably researched, riveting first novel pits a revived Soviet Union against NATO. Russia’s brutal dictator, Comrade Cheninko, has built on a resurgence of power begun under Vladimir Putin and reconstituted the Warsaw Pact. A new cold war is about to become a hot one. Cheninko’s top general, Valexi Yovanovich, has developed a brilliant plan to deceive the enemy and conquer Germany in a mere five days. An extensive cast of well-drawn men and women on both the American and Russian sides provides a personal dimension to the big-picture view of the clash of massive armies. Gragg, a Vietnam War veteran who served at the United States European Headquarters in Germany, gives readers a horrifying look at the devastation of modern warfare from the smallest, most painful details to the frighteningly plausible global scenarios that could result in the death and devastation of a significant portion of our planet. This is must reading for any military action fan. Nearly every page reeks of the smoke of battle and the stench of death. Agent: Liza Fleissig, Liza Royce Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrating this audiobook about World War III is a daunting task with soldiers and politicians on both sides, as well as, in a few cases, those that love them. Narrator Peter Berkrot is largely up to the challenge presenting an unexpected midwinter invasion of Germany by the Russians. The thriller focuses mainly on the undermanned Americans, and Berkrot helps the listener differentiate among the many soldiers and a handful of politicians. His accents are precise when voicing the few Russian officials in the production. The high body count results in characters disappearing just when listeners are getting comfortable with them. The problems with this audiobook, such as its abrupt resolution, rest with the author, not the narrator, and Berkrot keeps the tension high throughout. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

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