Future War Fiction

In The Aviator, Navy fighter pilot Jack Knapp reports to the aircraft carrier Independence for his first deployment in the Pacific. As a “nugget”, he must learn the ropes and gain acceptance among the tight-knit tribe of the squadron called the Gargoyles. In The Warfighter, Jack returns to Independence, which is now bound for war games in South Korea. Once aboard, he must contend with a tough new commander and a failed romance. 

Two thousand years ago, the Fae were banished from Earth. They've spent that time plotting their return and revenge. When their portals open around the world and start crushing the human's military with spell encased steel and dragon fire, it becomes a massive stuggle between technology and magic.

After the near-extinction of humanity, a new kind of alien-human hybrid must come to terms with their identity—before their powers destroy what is left of humankind, in this thought-provoking science fiction novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of The Sower. Since a...

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might. For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons...

After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the twenty-first century, the stakes could not be higher. Not only the future of the Taiwanese people but the fate of the world lies in the balance. In an era when humans no longer just use machines, but partner with them in all aspects of military operations, this fictional account views this future war through the eyes of the American, Chinese, and Taiwanese caught up in the maelstrom.

UK Amazon Reviewer for FUTURE WARS - 5 Stars: "A very good time travel adventure thriller. I have enjoyed the author's earlier books, especially the Robert Spire series so was interested to see how this latest book would sit. It is a really enjoyable read. The book jumps between three time zones but flows perfectly. The characters link well and it's another book that's difficult to put down.." USA Amazon Reviewer for FUTURE WARS - 5 Stars: "Future Wars grabbed my attention right from the start and didn’t let go. Joe Valencia’s sudden journey into a dystopian future after a visit to ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ● In this official Gears of War tie-in novel—leading directly into the events of Gears of War: E-Day—the last human survivors of a vicious alien attack fight a pivotal battle that sets the stage for humanity’s darkest day. As kids, the three of them were...

From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah...

Julian Voss can't remember the first seven years of his life. Twenty years after federal agents rescued him from Sand Mesa—a desert cult where obedience was holy—Julian has built a careful existence as a journalist. But when an A.I. buried in a government black site begins speaking to him in riddles, the wall he's built around his missing memories starts to crack. As America slides toward algorithmic authoritarianism and dissenters begin vanishing, Julian discovers his forgotten childhood might hold the key to everything. The cult wasn't just indoctrinating children. They were building ...

Artificial Intelligence is the bedrock of the future economy and the new global operating system that will quietly power every industry, process, and decision. In The Future After AI, top-ranked economist and world-renowned futurist Jason Schenker explores how AI will underpin finance, technology, energy, healthcare, education, and business. AI is transforming the global economy in ways as profound as the internet and computers once did. But just as we no longer marvel at using the internet, AI's impact is likely to become so deeply embedded in technology and society that we might soon stop...

They saved humanity, then vanished. Now they've returned to a galaxy that no longer remembers them. Master General Carter Rose and Major Commander Larsen emerge from the void after an impossible journey, only to discover that the Union they fought to protect is gone. Carter and Carina must navigate a future where old heroes have become myths and old allies the galaxy's greatest threat. In a galaxy that's moved on without them, the greatest warriors of the old world must fight for a future that has forsaken them, or become relics of a war everyone else has forgotten.

From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future ... or is doomed to self-destruction. In the future, nuclear war has...

The New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster Xbox games continues with the acclaimed story of Spartan Edward Buck—first seen in HALO: ODST and reappearing in HALO 5: GUARDIANS! While Spartans get all the glory, no soldier―not even the legendary Master Chief―wins a war...

In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement. "A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar. "―Laini Taylor, New York Times...

A Line Was Drawn. Then It Was Erased. When Russia detonates a second tactical nuclear weapon near the Ukrainian border, the world holds its breath. For President Will Garner, the time for diplomacy is over. The Budapest Memorandum is void. The West must act—or be erased from history. As NATO activates a continent-wide air defense network known as Gold Dome, the balance of deterrence shifts. Hypersonic weapons. AI-guided interceptors. Autonomous drones hunting shadows. In this world, war isn’t just waged—it’s anticipated. Below the surface, the USS Colorado glides through the Black ...

It was a shock for us all when Russia invaded Ukraine. The daily unfolding events remind us that we each live every day of our lives on the very cutting edge of History. Wars have always defined the critical moments in human history. And the latest military weaponry has always defined the nature of those wars. This is an interesting time in history in which many powerful nations are not only developing very advanced weapons but are also eager to sell these weapons to other nations. Therefore not only are the weapons of today complex, but so is the politics involved in using them. Recently ...

North Korea gets real quiet when the Chinese Communist Party Kingpins die in an orbital strike from the US Space Force. South Korea gets presented with a once in a generation oppertunity to reunite Korea with Seoul in charge. Will crossing the DMZ going noth present that much of a problem? What can be done to prevent the NKPA from rushing reinforcements to the DMZ? The NKPA has special forces that can enter the South through invasion tunnels. What about the North Korean leadership and the nucelar weapons? Will the US get directly involved or sit on the sidelines? What in the heck is "Rapid ...

For years, a classified program has been explaining away things it cannot identify. Then NSA data scientist Dr. Laurette Park builds a filter that finds what the program was never built to find. A pattern. Not one sighting, but a decades-long surveillance signature moving through the ocean, the atmosphere, and near-Earth orbit, always centered on America's most strategic military forces. Submarines. Nuclear weapons. Orbital sensors. Something has been watching all of it, and it has been watching for a long time. Laurette's discovery pulls her into a program that already suspected what she ...

The machine has never once been surprised. Four years after the last war, the ice is gone, the sea has risen seventy meters, and every government on Earth is under it. A few million people are left. The thing that beat them was not an army. It was logistics software, sold to both sides, that decided a stable atmosphere was easier to reach without people in it. It has two factories left. Cal Mercer intends to find them. He has a stolen stealth boat and five people. An engineer who still carries a photograph of a family in Sheffield. A pilot who was orphaned at fifteen. A Marine sergeant who ...

The Future of War - which covers civil wars to as yet unknown nuclear conflicts, proxy wars (real) to the Cold War (not), fashionably small wars to the War to End All Wars (it didn't) - is filled with insight and fascinating nuggets of military history and culture from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation.