Dead Reckoning

The ice that saved them is now killing them.When a Chinese naval task force's reactor begins venting radiation across Victoria Strait, Admiral Chen Weiming faces an impossible choice: stay aboard the dying ships and watch his people die slowly, or order 2,600 sailors and marines to walk 400 nautical miles across the Arctic—in December—with tropical gear and dwindling supplies.No rescue is coming. Beijing has gone silent. The Canadians are offering help, but Chen's orders forbid him from accepting it. And somewhere between his fleet and salvation, an isolated platoon has just triggered a firefight that neither side wanted.As the death march begins, Lieutenant Zhao Jianfeng must decide what honor means when following orders means watching wounded men die. Sergeant Patricia O'Brien must watch the consequences of a war that never should have happened unfold through her thermal optics. And Admiral Chen must make the ultimate sacrifice to buy his people time they may not survive long enough to use.In the Arctic, pride kills faster than the cold.Dead Reckoning is the third book in the Ice Breaker series—intelligence fiction for readers who prefer their thrillers morally complex and their heroes deeply human.