Arctic Storm Rising by Dale Brown

Arctic Storm Rising

A Novel

Dale Brown

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 25, 2022

First in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown, featuring U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nick Flynn on the hunt for Russian commandos in the mountains of Alaska.

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Who it’s for
Arctic suspense brings military stakes, hidden information, and a U.S.–Russia crisis into sharp focus.
Themes
U.S.-Russia conflict, Nuclear threat, Military espionage
Pacing
Fast

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First in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown, featuring U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nick Flynn on the hunt for Russian commandos in the mountains of Alaska. After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska’s Arctic frontier.

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This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn’s not the type to fade quietly into obscurity... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible first strike, using Russia’s new long-range stealth cruise missiles? Or is some other motive driving the Kremlin to take ever-increasing risks along the hostile Arctic frontier separating two of the world’s great powers? When an American F-22 collides with one of the Russian interlopers, things go south fast—in seconds, missiles are fired. There are no survivors. Despite horrific weather, Flynn and his security team are ordered to parachute into the area in a desperate bid to reach the crash sites ahead of the Russians. It’s now obvious that the Pentagon and CIA are withholding vital information, but Flynn and his men have no choice but to make the dangerous jump. Soon they’re caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek with Spetsnaz commandos operating covertly on American soil. It seems that the F-22s and their Russian counterparts aren’t the first aircraft to have gone missing in these desolate mountains. The Kremlin is hunting for the first prototype of its new stealth bomber—which vanished on what was supposed to be a test flight…while loaded with nuclear-armed stealth cruise missiles. As Russia and the U.S. square off on the brink of all-out-war, it’s up to Nick to find the missing bomber…and prevent a potential nuclear holocaust.

Arctic Tensions

Arctic suspense brings military stakes, hidden information, and a U.S.–Russia crisis into sharp focus.

Come here for

  • A remote Alaskan frontier and a fast-moving military standoff
  • Stealth aircraft, covert commandos, and a race against escalation

Expect

  • A tense chase through harsh Arctic conditions
  • Military and political suspense with nuclear stakes

Where it sits

Military Thrillers95%
Spy Fiction76%
Action & Adventure39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

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  • Action & Adventure
  • Spy Fiction
  • Fantasy Adventure
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  • Suspense
  • Military Thrillers
  • Political Thrillers
  • War Fiction
Authors
Dale Brown
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
January 25, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
U.S.-Russia conflict · Nuclear threat · Military espionage
Reading lane
Action & Adventure