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The Art of War

First Contact

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The Art of War

By: Peter Cawdron
Narrated by: Katharine Chin, Seth Podowitz
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Commander Lisa Chao works in the US Navy's Strategic Planning Center in Pearl Harbor.

When tensions rise with China over Taiwan, she has to unravel exactly what's happening in the Pacific and why. What she uncovers leads America to war—but not with China.

Bullets and bombs are no match for an extraterrestrial warship that can fly between stars, but perhaps the answer to the coming war lies not in the present but in the past. Could Sun Tzu's The Art of War provide humanity with a fighting chance against a technologically superior alien enemy?

First Contact is a series of standalone novels that explore humanity's first interactions with extraterrestrial life.

Includes a special note from the author.

©2023 Peter Cawdron (P)2023 Podium Audio Adventure First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction China War
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It's an interesting book written by a very knowledgeable author who has a great knack for making the science highly digestible. There is a little repetition across some of his other books with science related analogies and explanations although I guess you cannae change the laws of physics.
It's a present day alien encounter with focus mainly on how the characters deal with the threat rather than the aliens themselves.

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interesting ideas in this story... plus brilliant to have the authors chat at the end giving the source of the science and ideas.

great writing and interesting ideas

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A steaming pile of poo written as a linear straight plot that is completely rubbish

another one written for 12-year-olds

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