The Art of War: First Contact - bookrastinating.com

eBook, 431 pages

Published June 30, 2023

ASIN:: B0C47ZT9QM

Commander Lisa Chao works in the US Navy’s Strategic Planning Center in Pearl Harbor. When tensions rise with China over Taiwan, she has to unravel exactly what's happening in the Pacific and why. What she uncovers leads America to war, but not with China.

Bullets and bombs are no match for an extraterrestrial warship that can fly between stars, but perhaps the answer to the coming war lies not in the present but in the past. Could Sun Tzu’s The Art of War provide humanity with a fighting chance against a technologically superior alien enemy?

FIRST CONTACT is a series of stand-alone novels that explore humanity's first interaction with extraterrestrial life. This series is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that the series is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they're …

Commander Lisa Chao works in the US Navy’s Strategic Planning Center in Pearl Harbor. When tensions rise with China over Taiwan, she has to unravel exactly what's happening in the Pacific and why. What she uncovers leads America to war, but not with China.

Bullets and bombs are no match for an extraterrestrial warship that can fly between stars, but perhaps the answer to the coming war lies not in the present but in the past. Could Sun Tzu’s The Art of War provide humanity with a fighting chance against a technologically superior alien enemy?

FIRST CONTACT is a series of stand-alone novels that explore humanity's first interaction with extraterrestrial life. This series is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that the series is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they're all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact.

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Gary reviewed The Art of War: First Contact by Mr Peter Cawdron (First Contact)

Fascinating story development

3 stars

I really wanted to like this story as it is complex and full of twists and kept me entertained. I kept finding some weird nuances that turned me off, like the USAFR F-35B (which is not an Air Force aircraft), and the maintenance guys who ripped out the guts of the plane, including the VTOL engine. Yet as far as scifi goes, this was a good book and a complex story with lots of moving pieces. Characters were not too flat though some scenes felt forced and developed too quickly. However, I very much love the First Contact series and this fits well into this anthology of scenarios. Good read!