Ghost Fleet - Rambling Readers

416 pages

English language

Published April 4, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:: 978-0-544-70505-0

(2 reviews)

"What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller. The United States, China, and Russia eye each other across a twenty-first century version of the Cold War, which suddenly heats up at sea, on land, in the air, in outer space, and in cyberspace. The fighting involves everything from stealthy robotic-drone strikes to old warships from the navy's "ghost fleet." Fighter pilots unleash a Pearl Harbor-style attack; American veterans become low-tech insurgents; teenage hackers battle in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on blending the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future. Ghost Fleet is a page-turning speculative thriller in the spirit of The Hunt for Red October. The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, it is unique in …

"What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller. The United States, China, and Russia eye each other across a twenty-first century version of the Cold War, which suddenly heats up at sea, on land, in the air, in outer space, and in cyberspace. The fighting involves everything from stealthy robotic-drone strikes to old warships from the navy's "ghost fleet." Fighter pilots unleash a Pearl Harbor-style attack; American veterans become low-tech insurgents; teenage hackers battle in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on blending the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future. Ghost Fleet is a page-turning speculative thriller in the spirit of The Hunt for Red October. The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, it is unique in that every trend and technology featured in the novel -- no matter how sci-fi it may seem -- is real, or could be soon. "--

4 editions

Nils reviewed Ghost Fleet by P. W. Singer

I was hoping for more

2 stars

I've been trying to find a visionary book about future warfare - something like White Sun War by Mick Ryan. Based on reviews and mentions online I had high hopes for this book.

But although it was a light and sometimes fun read I was disappointed by both the story line, where attention was places and the language. The book is action packed, but this comes at the cost of what would be more interesting focus on the strategic aspects of this future war.

I will not re-read nor recommend. There are probably plenty of better action filled books out there.

Stephen Michael Kellat

rated it

Feb. 1, 2018

Subjects

World war iii, fiction

Lists

Military professional development