Carrier 17: The Art of War

Authors: Douglass, Keith
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC033000
ISBN: 9781101219164, Related ISBNs: 0515130443, 1101219165, 9780515130447, 9781101219164
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 272,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The Persian Gulf has always been a hot spot for big trouble, and it’s getting hotter by the minute. An extremist faction of Iranian militants has decided to take the first bloody step towards toppling the decadent west, and bringing the world under their fanatical heel. Deep in the desert, a secret cache of technology and weaponry has lain dormant—waiting for the time to strike. That time is now.
 
On maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, Admiral “Tombstone” Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are the first to realize the global danger the militants pose, the first to come under deadly fire—and the only ones who can stop the madmen cold...
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