{"title":"Ken Carodine","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"general-quarters-paperback","title":"General Quarters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story opens with a US Navy SEAL raid on a container ship in Haiphong Harbor. The SEALS successfully rescue a high-ranking Chinese defector.At hearing from the defector that China has transferred nuclear weapons technology to North Korea, the American President is incensed. He orders the re-opening of the US Embassy in Taipei and announces his support of Taiwan's quest to remain free.A new Chinese, Western-educated and progressive, with new ideas of how to approach the West, is caught off-guard by the event. He comes up with a bold plan to bargain for the oil-rich Spratley Islands with Taipei. China's \"old guard,\" and an anxious Chinese Military decide to act.Navy Reserve Captain Ben McGuire, now the interim Naval Attach? at the newly opened embassy, works with the CIA station chief, Jake Harrison, to get to the root of stepped up espionage activities on the island. At a state dinner attended by the American, Chinese and Taiwanese leaders, an attempt on the life of the Chinese President kicks of a coup in China. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Ben McGuire, the assassin fails. Chinese agents, in an attempt to gain leverage, destroy Air Force One as it sits on the ground in Taipei. The American President, accompanied by his staff and McGuire, evacuate to nearby Navy ships while loyal Chinese Navy officers, led by Vice-Admiral Sun Xueliang, attempt to put down the coup. Chinese loyalists succeed in stopping the coup, but not before rebel generals launch a nuclear missile aimed at Taiwan. Now embarked aboard a US Navy anti-missile ship, Ben joins in to help destroy the missile before it can do any harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103207002335,"sku":"9781957851785","price":27.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5xIWI7uM7b9781957851785.webp?v=1781090489"},{"product_id":"nuclear-dragon-paperback","title":"Nuclear Dragon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe US and China have emerged in the millennium as the preeminent superpowers. Japan and the US have worked in secret at a disused nuclear research center on a remote island in the South China Sea to pefect a viable nuclear fusion reactor. Suddenly the black veil of secrecy is shredded, the long shot project is on the verge of a breakthrough, and the Chinese want the prize located in their backyard.Navy Reserve Commander Ben McGuire, a Navy SEAL team, and an isolated group of scientists struggle with sabotage, a typhoon, and a rapidly approaching and powerful Chinese fleet, and a radical new reactor that some scientists are terrified of shutting down.Fission is the Holy Grail of the utility industry since it could provide limitless electricity without the downside of fusion based nuclear power. In Nuclear Dragon, the U.S. is on the verge of creating the first practical fission plant in a secret installation on the uninhabited Japanese island of Senkaku, part-way between Okinawa and Taiwan. Through espionage, a U.S. traitor, and hacking, the People's Republic of China learns about the facility and wants its secrets by any means possible. Nuclear Dragon's fast-paced and very realistic (and scary) scenario keeps the reader turning pages as one meets very interesting and believable characters, many of whom have history with each other. I highly recommend this outstanding book written by Ken Carodine, who is a retired Rear Admiral and a Surface Warfare Officer and knows his stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103780868319,"sku":"9781957851488","price":27.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pcaY4hSrGm9781957851488.webp?v=1781097609"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ken-carodine.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}