Red Tide: A Novel of the Next Pacific War

“An adrenaline-laced naval thriller ripped straight from tomorrow’s headlines.” —Jack Carr #1  New York Times  bestselling author of  Red Sky Mourning       From the  New York Times  bestselling author behind the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan Jr. books and former U.S. Naval Intelligence officer comes a gripping and timely military thriller.  America’s Navy is stretched to the breaking point. China’s combat fleet grows. And both countries compete for access to advanced semiconductor chips produced only in Taiwan. When the Chinese strike first casualties mount and high-tech arsenals are exhausted. It’s a war of attrition—and the Chinese are winning.     Rear Adm. Will Cole outgoing operations officer (N3) of the Pacific Fleet is on the brink of retirement. After a thirty-year career he’s ready to settle down rebuild his marriage and pass the torch to the next generation of the “Fighting Coles”: Their oldest Henry flies F-18s. Their midd