"Any New WW III Fiction coming out soon?" Topic

I'm always on the look out for something new in the World War III genre and have read tons of it, but I am always on the search for something new. Does anybody here have the inside scoop or know of any future books coming out dealing with World War III type scenarios?

Thanks!

as opposed to WWIII non-fiction ?

CraigH – We are already living WWIII non-fiction! Look at the world today! LOL

Books have to reflect current realities. WWIII fiction was popular in the '80's but went out of fashion even before 9/11. The Cold War between the US and USSR was the perfect climate for techno-thrillers like 'The Hunt for Red October,' 'Red Storm Rising,' 'Flight of the Old Dog' and 'Team Yankee.' After the 9/11 attacks novels became unsurprisingly more terrorism-based, which made authors like Brad Thor popular. These novels deal with spec-ops and are more akin to espionage fiction than war-based techno-thrillers.

That's not to say TT's are dead. Mark Greaney's carrying on the torch for Tom Clancy and his last two novels (even though Clancy's name is on them) are about war with China and Russia, albeit on a smaller scale. Naval simulation expert Larry Bond ('Red Phoenix') is also making a comeback with his latest book, 'Shattered Trident,' which deals with a potential limited conflict with China in the context of her current ECS and SCS ambitions.

There seems to be a bit of a resurgence in WWIII fiction going on at the moment, particularly with kindle e-publishing, Harvey Black's "Red Effect" trilogy & Andy Farman's "Armageddon's Song" series as well as a couple of things on the internet – "Protect and Survive" and its spin-offs and "The Last War". I'm even tempted to dust-off a manuscript that I tried to get published once – just as the Berlin Wall came down!

One I've come across lately is "The Weekend Warriors" by James W Burke – a US National Guard Supply Unit have to block a Soviet unit that has broken through NATO lines.

I believe I read somewhere that Harvey Black's next project will be a post-nuclear war story.

Russia was not involved with the invasion of Crimea.

Russia isn't involved in supporting separatists in Ukraine, and has no plans to attack Ukriane either.

The Arab Spring uprisings are peaceful movements.

China owns the South China Sea, and all the other nations in the region are belligerent aggressors.

I could go on, but you get the idea.

Yeah I read Mark Greaney's Threat Vector. It's pretty good and very current. But it's more on the special forces/intelligence than open, conventional war.

I've read the "Red Effect" trilogy and "Armageddon Song" Series. Pretty good books. Right now I am reading the last book n Vaughn Heppner's "Invasion America" series. I still have a list of books to read, but I am always on the look out for more. I am going to check out "The Weekend Warriors" I've never heard of it, thanks!

Try 'Opening Moves' by Colin Gee, the first of 4 (so far) books about WWIII in 1945. Almost a continuation of WWII, brought on by Allied failure in the Manhattan Project. Russiand and Japanes ally against the west. Very enjoyable. I'm eagerly awaiting book 5. I als enjoyed the Red Effect and Armageddon's Song books.

Jarrovian – I have the four books "Red Gambit" books, just haven't gotten to them yet. Are they any good? When is book 5 coming out?

Sorry, no clue on Amazon, and my Kindle isn't to hand at the moment.

@Lookingglassman.
As I said, I enjoyed them and found them quite compelling. They cover all aspects of the war, land sea and air, and from trenches to rear line hierarchy. This is achieved by following the actions of several dozen main characters (some major and historical e.g. Stalin and Ike, other minor and fictional) and by series of linked vignettes. I particularly liked the way he split the action on the western front into 4 distinct chapters, each following one of the axes of attack, all launched simultaneously (north, 2 central and one south) and followed each to a conclusion, before returning to the start point (and time) of the next one. This avoided tedious jumping about from one to the others (and much confusion to the reader) and still managed to give a good coverage of the whole. There are forays too into events in the far east, naval warfare, espionage etc.
Combat is described in graphic detail, and not for the squeamish, but not sensationalised either.
Enjoy your 4 copies, I did mine.
regards
Paul F

@Jarrovian – Thank you! I am looking forward to reading them. Does book four end on a cliffhanger?