In my novel Don’t Try Any of This, second volume in the Little Rosie Trilogy, the main character arrives in Bangkok and expresses the differences she sees in the city from Paris, where she has been living. “Bangkok is so different from Paris. I can see that right away, from the moment we arrive and step out of the plane. And I see more of the differences on our first day here, a day of R&R after that long…
It’s back to world war again. Last month I reviewed 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. Now I’ll review Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War. What’s that, you ask? Both books have the same subtitle? Yup. Apparently world wars sell books. Since Ghost Fleet came first, it would be the 2034 authors and publisher poaching the subtitle. Originality, anyone? Anyway, the same Foreign Service buddy who suggested I read 2034 suggested that I read…
An old Foreign Service buddy of mine recently turned me on to the book 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. Co-authored by writer Elliott Ackerman and retired Admiral James Stavridis, my friend tells me the novel is all the buzz inside the Beltway these days. In no small measure, this is because in every war game simulation run in recent years, the ChiComs wind up handing the U.S. its ass on a platter. A sobering thought, it was…