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Red Metal by Mark Greaney

Red Metal

Mark Greaney, Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV - USMC, Marc Vietor

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 5, 2020

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A sprawling military thriller where battlefield tactics meet a chilling European-war scenario.
Genres
Military Thrillers, War Fiction, Action & Adventure
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, May 5, 2020

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About this book

A Russian military strike against Europe could change the balance of power in the West. A stunningly realistic view of modern warfare from a battlefield commander and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man. The Russian bear has awakened. Their tanks race across Poland crushing all opposition on a headlong dash for the heart of Germany. Satellite killing missiles blind American forces while Spetznatz teams destroy Allied communications relays.

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It's all part of a master plan to confuse and defeat America and her allies. Ranged against the Russian attack are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy job at the Pentagon and thrown into the fray, a French Special Forces captain and his intelligence operative father, a young Polish female partisan fighter, an A-10 Warthog pilot, and the captain of an American tank platoon who, along with a German sergeant, struggle to keep a small group of American and German tanks in the fight. Operation Red Metal is a nightmare scenario made real but could it just be the first move on the Russian chessboard?

Modern Warfare, Close Up

A sprawling military thriller where battlefield tactics meet a chilling European-war scenario.

Come here for

  • Interlocking military perspectives across American, German, French, and Polish forces
  • High-stakes action shaped by modern weapons and communications warfare

Expect

  • A large-scale conflict told through several combat roles
  • A tense, immersive take on a possible war in Europe

Where it sits

Military Thrillers84%
Action & Adventure32%
War Fiction31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Military Thrillers
  • Political Thrillers
Authors
Mark Greaney, Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV - USMC, Marc Vietor
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
May 5, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Action & Adventure