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I really wanted to like this book. Everything about it sounded interesting, including the description on the back cover. Alas, this book was not for me. The first 80 pages or so are actually exciting. In the future, China attacks America. The build up to the attack is interesting. The technology behind the attack is also interesting. Some of the description involving the technology reminded me of Tom Clancy because he also gave detailed descriptions of objects of war. For example, the authors of this book give the back story to the USS Zumwalt, including why and how it was built (it becomes part of the ghost fleet). All of that was very interesting. Then something happen. The story stopped moving forward. Once China attacks, everything moves at a snail’s pace. For me, the small, choppy sections (which average about 2 pages) that jump all over the place did not work. Characters come and go. And there was no sense of urgency from anyone. If China attacked, I would think there would be more orders shouted, more people racing to gather arms, and more counter-attack. Instead, the authors jump over different parts of the Hawaiian Islands, different parts of China, and other locations. None of it seemed cohesive. And as I kept reading, I became more bored. The only interesting parts over the next 100 pages was the USS Zumwalt and its crew, and even some of those scenes were slow. I feel the book has tons of potential. I think these new authors tried to do too much with a complicated plot. I did not enjoy the cuts and jumping from one place to another. I rarely got to understand the characters. War should be a means for excitement and tension in a story, but I did not get that sense throughout most of the book. However, the technology discussed in the story interested me, and at least I feel motivated to learn more about the gears of war. As for this book, I did not enjoy it and would not recommend it.