Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War in DODReads Group

Aug 10, 2021 Jme rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookclub

This was a great read. I'm surprised that it was written in 2015 (I think) as the issues in it are salient to TODAY. The performance enhancing products are fascinating as is the cyberstuff. Ironically, my hybrid car is having issues this month, and reading this book makes me consider a used conventional car.

I recently read 2034, and while I enjoyed both, this one kept me up at night so I could read one more chapter. ...more

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Jan 10, 2022 Chris DelBello rated it really liked it

PW Singers grasp of technology and military future is truly striking. His novel is an excellent glimpse into the next major war for America. His footnotes, unusual for a novel, illustrate clearly how his fiction is based on current innovations - a grounded conjecture. A lack of significant character depth or development is gracefully excused by the personification of the drones, robots, space ships and satellites themselves. Not Patrick O’Brian or Jane Austen, but well worth the investment of ti ...more

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Jun 17, 2019 Allie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction-poetry

A fictionalized account of war in the future - the sum of Likewar (same author) and Angels and Demons. Well researched and well written, a terrifying look at what’s coming.

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