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Advance to Contact: 1980

By: James Rosone, Alex Aaronson
Narrated by: BJ Harrison
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Publisher's summary

The Cold War threatens to go hot….

…when American hostages are taken in Iran.

Where will this conflict lead?

The Soviets invade Afghanistan, and the governments of Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev jockey for position on the international stage. CIA operative Fred Poole races against the clock to decode the pieces of a Soviet puzzle that could lead to war.

Will he be too late?

US Marines and Soviet paratroopers advance to contact with the enemy on battlefields across the globe, from the jungles of Central America to the deserts of the Middle East.

Can Poole and his ragtag team untangle the Soviet plans?

Or will skirmishes turn into a global nightmare?

You’ll love this gripping opener of the Soviet Endgame alternate history series because the history you remember takes a turn you never expected.

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©2022 Alex Aaronson, James Rosone (P)2023 Alex Aaronson, James Rosone

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Highly recommended !

If you enjoy fast paced military sci- fi this series is definitely your cup of tea . The reason why there where delay after delay is so very true . The military across all nations has to weed out the leadership who unintentionally hinder the abilities of those who have some ideas that will work with what and who you have to work with .

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Alternative history

A pretty realistic alternative past history. This will be the last time I ever rate a book because I hate writing about them. If it's good I give them the deserved stars and if it's lacking in something then less stars

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My third review.

As an after thought, something I would have editted in if i could have. When the writer demands the reader absolutely ignore the premise that the worst American president in the 20th Century defeated Ronald Regan then that is just one fantacy too many. I can accept most of the re-writing of history for the storyline, except that. It really ruined the story. What crapola. It is suitable though for today’s crop of poorly educated Gen Z lame brains. Maybe the book was edited by a Gen Z editor who didn't know better.

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