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Fight Fight
- Raven One, Book 3
- Narrated by: Francis G. Kearney
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A contemporary air-sea heavyweight fight...the like we haven't seen since the Pacific War.
A routine US Navy freedom-of-navigation patrol in the South China sea turns deadly when it encounters a covert - and unauthorized - Chinese plot to lay claim to waters of the South China Sea. Misunderstanding, miscalculation, and fear lead to both sides mobilizing, with the United States moving west across the Pacific to meet and engage the People's Liberation Army (Navy) who waits with modern weaponry and determined purpose.
Through detailed research and his insight of modern naval and aerial warfare gained through personal experience, Kevin Miller takes the listener aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier heading across the Pacific for the South China Sea - and combat. Today, the South China Sea is one of the most important - and dangerous - bodies of water in the world, with seven countries laying claim to portions of it, and in one case, all of it. Loaded with action, from heavy seas to inbound missiles, Fight Fight explores a scenario that could lead to an unwanted and unplanned - and with today's headlines perhaps inevitable - war between an established and a rising superpower.
Known for his character development, Miller brings Flip, Weed, and Olive along on another sea adventure. Along the way they will encounter a leadership challenge as old as the sea, and the motivations of several Chinese antagonists, from four-star leadership to front line fighter pilots, are explored.
Today's cutting-edge precision weapons - some real and some imagined - are employed to devastating effect. Could the Chinese - though relentless action or divine luck - do the unthinkable?
Fight Fight is modern techno-thriller on the order of Clancy's Red Storm Rising, a human story of geopolitics and personal failings, involving the perils and uncertainty of modern naval combat and one particular deadly sin that humans fighting such battles must deal with. And fear, of failure first, then, after witnessing it on a scale no one had imagined, of death.
If war does come, who will fight it?
“Another great page-turner by Kevin Miller. Clearly, he is an author who has been there, and anyone interested in aviation will love his detailed descriptions of carrier operations. In a manner similar to Tom Clancy, he is willing to look at frightening outcomes and new weapon technology." (Radm Paul Tobin)
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-05-2023
Outstanding Audio Book.
Outstanding audiobook; it’s a great story supported by excellent narration. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to every minute of it.
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- J
- 05-12-2022
Easily the best in the series
A lot of action, much more than the previous in the Raven One series. A lot of great combat aircraft detail with more air to air stuff, but people can definitely get a lot out of this book even if they’re not that interested in the details of combat aviation.
We often hear newsreaders mention the risks of miscalculation, and this is a believable story of how that might develop, with the USA and China both being forced into a war neither of them wanted or expected. The PLA radio comms follow American conventions, but it would be tough to follow if they didn’t so I think this was a reasonable choice by the author.
The characters are strong and the dialogue is crisp yet human. The Chinese characters do present differently, they do give the impression of holding different values but they are generally given some depth, and not treated judgementally.
This book is far less pushy about Christianity than the previous books in the series. There might be two or three short prayers said by the main character, and that’s about it for the whole book. There isn’t as much about the ills of society either, in this book that’s limited to the press being portrayed at times like a quasi-enemy, but it is mentioned infrequently enough to be tolerable.
All in all, great book, and a must read for fans of combat aviation!
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