Tom Clancy's Op-center: Into the Fire by Dick Couch

Tom Clancy's Op-center: Into the Fire

A Novel

Dick Couch, George Galdorisi

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · May 5, 2015

Tensions flare in Northwest Asia and Op-Center races to prevent World War III in this chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the authors of the USA Today bestseller Out of the Ashes.

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Who it’s for
A military thriller where naval danger and covert intelligence collide with the risk of wider war.
Themes
Geopolitical conflict, Military operations, Terrorism
Pacing
Fast

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Tensions flare in Northwest Asia and Op-Center races to prevent World War III in this chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the authors of the USA Today bestseller Out of the Ashes. When a team of assassins murder a high-ranking North Korean general and his family in their sleep, making it look like a robbery, events are set in motion that could shake the balance of world powers.

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Meanwhile, a U.S. naval combat ship, the USS Milwaukee, is attacked by North Korean forces in the middle of a training exercise off the shore of South Korea, and Commander Kate Bigelow is forced to ground the ship to avoid being captured. The crew takes refuge on a tiny island, trapped dangerously between the grounded ship and a fleet of hostile North Korean soldiers. Op-Center intelligence discovers a secret alliance behind the attack—a pact between China and North Korea that guarantees China total control of a vast oil reserve found beneath the Yellow Sea. As both sides marshal their forces for a major confrontation at sea, Chase Williams and his Op-Center organization devise a plan to secretly spirit the American crew from the island and out from under North Korean control. But the North Koreans are not finished. In a desperate gamble, they unleash a terrorist cell on the American homeland. Only Op-Center can uncover their plan and stop it in time to prevent a major catastrophe that could lead to all-out war.

Crisis at Sea

A military thriller where naval danger and covert intelligence collide with the risk of wider war.

Come here for

  • Geopolitical brinkmanship with a distinctly military edge
  • A high-stakes escape threaded through an international crisis

Expect

  • Several fronts of danger, from sea to homeland
  • Op-Center intelligence and urgent crisis response

Where it sits

Spy Fiction81%
Military Thrillers79%
Terrorism Thrillers46%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Military Thrillers
  • Political Thrillers
  • Terrorism Thrillers
Authors
Dick Couch, George Galdorisi
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
May 5, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Geopolitical conflict · Military operations · Terrorism
Reading lane
Military Thrillers