Admiral James Stavridis Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

'Don't venture into the future without having read this book' ANDREW ROBERTS It is twenty years on from the nuclear war between the US and China that brought down the old world order, and the American president has held power for over a decade. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. A cover-up ensues, the administration announces his death and the country descends into civil war. Everything points to a remote assassination made possible by a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence. The trail leads to an outpost in the Amazon rainforest, the last known whereabouts of the tech visionary who predicted this world transforming breakthrough. As the world's great powers struggle to outmanoeuvre one another in this Great Game of scientific discovery, an American crisis threatens to spiral into a global one. 2054 is an explosive thriller and a real-world cautionary tale about the path we are on, from two former military officers and award-winning authors who have seen the future. 'A compelling, terrifying and totally plausible thriller of future world history and calamity' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'This kind of fiction can induce a kind of sublime awe at the complexity of the global networks in which we're enmeshed' HARI KUNZRU, THE NEW YORK TIMES 'A satisfying combination of two very different things: "chilling vision of things to come" and "page-turning beach read"' DAILY TELEGRAPH

An instant New York Times Bestseller! "Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary fever—and it happens to be a rippingly good read." -Wired "This crisply written and well-paced book reads like an all-caps warning for a world shackled to the machines we carry in our pockets and place on our laps . . ." -The Washington Post From two former military officers and award-winning authors comes a chilling geopolitical thriller imagining a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034. On March 12, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt, aboard the USS John Paul Jones, conducts a routine patrol when her ship detects a distressed trawler. Meanwhile, US Marine aviator Major Chris "Wedge" Mitchell, testing new stealth technology, finds himself an Iranian prisoner by day's end, while Hunt's destroyer is sunk by the Chinese Navy. Coordinated cyber attacks render US forces defenseless, shattering America's military confidence. This speculative fiction, crafted by a decorated Marine veteran and a former NATO commander, explores the minds of a diverse cast—Americans, Chinese, Iranians, Russians, Indians—as miscalculations escalate tensions. The cost of this conflict alters the global balance of power. With a blend of geopolitical insight and human empathy, this cautionary tale presents a dark yet plausible future that we must strive to avoid.