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Predator is the first one, more to come
https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Escape-Tarkov-Alexander-Kontorovich-ebook/dp/B07B9HZYCT
Tarkov Site (Buying from their site will get you the in-game content that comes with)
If you'd like the extended version of this story, read the novel 2034. It's a fictional work about the exact scenario, written by retired Admiral James Stavridis (3-Star general, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, etc), so he has a bit of context.
It's available in most libraries. It's also on Amazon for $6.69. That's basically the cost a McBurgerFries, but it's much more satisfying.
You should read World War Z. I saw the movie but haven’t read the book.
I’ve been reading Sherlock Holmes short stories and have one of those on my list.
This is a fun idea for a contest!
the BP story is a discombobulated mess... Can't decide if it's better or worse off as things like TRANSCENDENCE got cancelled (people scanned into computer become immortal robots.. WTF does this have to do with GHOST RECON).
They lost me with the the whole DEEP STATE kidnapping operators so they could use them for mind controlled drones... Just GTFO! Who wrote this garbage?!?!?
MOTHERLAND stands alone, as having a cohesive plot/objective.
If they had really wanted to do Spec OPS "ghost team" versus drone/tech then they should have just bought this guy's book: https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Decision-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451417704
Are you already aware that they are going to make a Heat 2? The book was released this year: amazon.com/Heat-2-Novel-Michael-Mann/dp/0062653318.
Michael Mann has spoken about filming it in a couple of interviews already!!
They used to sell three different ones on their site, but those are now gone. I think all of them were written in Russian, but this is the first one that has been translated to English.
It's a nuclear state. They will fire nukes at all major US cities if we attack them. Check out this book co-written by a Navy admiral. It depicts a war between China and the US. https://www.amazon.com/2034-Novel-Next-World-War/dp/1984881256
If you want to see a 'Republican Dad' novel that could be turned into either 'Republican Dad blockbuster action movie' or 'TV miniseries' with Chris Pratt as the star, check out right-wing blowhard Ben Shapiro's attempt at becoming the new Tom Clancy, 'True Allegiance'. It's like 'The Room' or 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' of novels. A link to its Amazon page is below and be sure to use the 'Look Inside' feature to get a sampling of Shapiro's purple prose:
https://www.amazon.com/True-Allegiance-Ben-Shapiro/dp/1682610772
I highly recommend "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield. Historical fiction about a Helot who was at the battle of Thermopylae, and captured by Xerxes forces while near death. Remarkable insight to the daily life and infighting amongst the city states from the perspective of a lower class citizen.
Interested to know this too. The first one is on Amazon but the 2nd and 3rd aren’t.
So a collaborator shared it with me years ago, just looked and it looks like it’s been taken from the shared drive.
So here’s the gross Amazon link.
amazon.com/World-War-Complete-Tie-History/dp/B00BIK73QA/ref=nodl_
I guess calling someone smart or stupid is probably using too broad a brush.
He’s a functional propagandist, and can gish gallop like a motherfucker, I don’t think that necessarily makes him smart. He’s definitely not self-aware. Half the shit he says doesn’t even make sense.
You should read just a small chunk of any book he’s written. It might just change your perspective on his mental capacity. I recommend True Allegiance for a good laugh.
Jenny Nicholson did a long form review/critique of Trigger Warning by William Johnstone, which is along the same lines.
Oh ja, da hast Du 100prozentig Recht: Lass uns diskutieren! Das geht bei Zombies so dermaßen gut. Früher haben wir im Freundeskreis auf jeder Party irgendwann damit angefangen, über das Was-wäre-wenn nachzudenken.
Uff - Du kennst World War Z - das Original-Buch nicht?!? - Böse Wissenslücke.
Nein, nur Scherz. Aber wenn Du das Zombie-Genre an sich magst, dann musst Du das Buch wirklich gelesen haben:
Max Brooks: World War Z - An Oral History of the Zombie War
Auf Deutsch: Operation Zombie.
Ich empfehle auch die komplette Hörbuch-Fassung auf Englisch, gelesen von einer fabelhaften Cast (Max Brooks selbst, Nathan Fillion, Alan Alda, Martin Scorsese, Jürgen Prochnow, Simon Pegg etc.).
Das Buch ist mit dem Film nicht zu vergleichen. Es spielt nach Beendigung der Pandemie. Ein UN-Mitarbeiter reist um die Welt und sammelt Augenzeugenberichte über die verschiedenen Stadien des Ausbruchs - von den ersten Fällen und Gerüchten über die große Panik bis hin zur Bekämpfung und "Sieg" über die Zombies. Dabei geht er auf die politischen, sozialen, ökonomischen und psychologischen Folgen des Ausbruchs ein. Dabei spielen auch die geopolitischen und historischen Gegebenheiten der einzelnen Staaten eine Rolle.
Das Buch ist das Beste, was ich vom Zombie-Genre kenne, habe es zweimal gelesen und in der Hörbuchfassung schon mindestens viermal durchgehört (aktuell mit meinem Freund beim Puzzlen). - Spannend, ergreifend und mit viel implizietem Horror. Die einzelnen Geschichten sind wirklich ergreifend (z.B. Geschichte eines Soldaten, der von Anfang bis Ende dabei war und den Strategie/Taktikwechsel des Militärs miterlebt).
Wenn Du Dir den Spaß machst, kannst Du danach auch den "Zombie Survival Guide", ebenfalls von Max Brooks, lesen. Er hat den Guide zwar als erstes geschrieben, aber im Grunde ist es ein Ratgeber für die Zivilbevölkerung, der auf den Erkenntnissen aus WWZ beruht.
Hey I know this is an old post but I found out you can buy the kindle version of the first book on Amazon. Listed as the same author and everything. Second and third aren't on there though..
Future conflicts are ever only vaguely like past conflicts. Given the ongoing cyber cold war the US is currently engaged in with China (and Russia), expect forces to strive to incapacitate communications and electronics. Both are striving to militarize space, to knock out satellites. Both will deploy EMPs to disrupt the battlefield. If they’re cleaver enough, they’ll strive to take command and control of the enemy’s electronics. Expect the war to go along the lines of
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984881256/
As a result of the speed of the conflict, there won’t be a need to produce war machines - the conflict will be over almost as soon as it began.
At present, the US is positioned to lose the next great global conflict because of its hubris (the mindset that led the US to get its chain yanked in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq remains - our military isn’t as capable as we think) and it’s focus on the wrong instruments of war (e.g., recent naval war games showed how easy it is for submarines to remove surface ships from the battlefield).
This one. It’s sort of a right-wing male fantasy fulfillment novel. It’s not funny because of the political implications though, it’s just written very poorly. Typos aside, it reads like a 12-year-old’s hero fantasy. Silly stuff.
When the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq first started I read a few Mil-blogs, often written by Veterans who were turning to journalism as a second career and were embedded with troops. One of the mil-blog had a post about books mentioning a Colonel who had a reading list he encouraged his staff to read, one of the book was Gates of Fire which I decided to read.
It's a fictional account of the battle of Thermopylae and the training of the troops who later fought in it. One thing I recall was that the strength of the Spartans lay largely in the discipline and their Phalanx formation.
The Phalanx had troops stand very close together with each Spartan's shield covering part of themselves and part of the person next to them, allowing both to use their spear. Because of this the most important gear the Spartan had was not his spear but his shield because without it the man next to him would not be covered and that uncovered person would not cover the person next to him and the whole Phalanx falls apart. It was their discipline and their willingness to protect the person next to them which made the Spartan's Phalanx so effective.
Anyway it was a pretty good book and I've gifted it to others in the past. You might enjoy it.
Kinda reminds me of the storytelling in Escape from Tarkov. If you play the game then you should read the book based in that universe, Predator: Escape from Tarkov.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B9HZYCT?ref=KC\_GS\_GB\_US
It actually is really good and helps explain the lore of the scavs and traders in a realistic way, even quests too!
It'll be interesting to read more on the No-Pats closer to launch.
That preview seemed somehow to hit a ton of cliches, especially with the characters. A lot of low reviews too that resonate with me here.
We’re getting out asses handed to us when it comes to cyber issues. This issue alone could bring the nation to heal.
Check out https://www.amazon.com/2034-Novel-Next-World-War/dp/1984881256/ref=nodl_
Reading the reviews on Amazon suggest it is.
In fact reading the reviews for it on Amazon is definitely more enjoyable than actually reading the book, if the reviews are to be be believed.
And I have no reason to doubt them ;)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1682610772/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_7XFWQ1G94HCA0WRGV8BC
I just saw a novel that will come out soon A snipet of it is in latest Wired magazine.
Not sure how good but I will read the snipet first.
https://www.amazon.com/2034-Novel-Next-World-War/dp/1984881256/
You've made multiple baseless claims and have been spouting off unsubstantiated bullshit since Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and this is what gives you a laugh, man? You're just so clever, aren't you? Can you not try to be less... clever?
Regardless, whatever you write about (and, no, I don't care) is probably similar in nature to conservative, machismo jack-off porn like Trigger Warning.
Holy hell it is just straight up conservative fan fiction. The description on Amazon is.
>America is coming apart. An illegal immigration crisis has broken out along America's Southern border—there are race riots in Detroit—a fiery female rancher-turned-militia leader has vowed revenge on the president for his arrogant policies—and the world's most notorious terrorist is planning a massive attack that could destroy the United States as we know it. Meanwhile the President is too consumed by legacy-seeking to see our country’s deep peril.
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>Brett Hawthorne is the youngest general in the United States Army—and he’s stuck, alone, behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. He’s the last lost soldier of a failed war, fighting to stay alive and make it back home—but will he be able to stop the collapse of America in time?
I have a book recommendation for them.
I love the book. Have you heard the audiobook? Hands down the best audiobook I've ever heard. Every character is voiced by a different actor. Mark Hamill does a voice. Henry Rollins, Alan Alda, Martin Scorcese, and more. But it made me wish they'd adapt the book like a Ken Burns miniseries. 10 episodes, done like a history of the zombie plague, showing lots of news reports and eyewitness footage from phones etc, social media panic. Them do all the interviews like an oral history with flashbacks. It would be fantastic. Here's the Amazon link. Listen to the sample.
World War Z: The Complete Edition (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Oral History of the Zombie War https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BIK73QA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_iTGqEb7N13YEZ