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The Art of War

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The Art of War

Written 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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Loved it

This is an interesting take on a attack from aliens, with a realistic feel. Not an action movie but the pacing is great and the characters engaging

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Good characters and narration

Even with a good characters and narration I was disappointed with the book. I was expecting a first contact story and the author delivered however you never really meet the aliens. There is a short interaction between humans and aliens but you don’t get to know them.
The story mostly focuses on the human characters. Disappointing ☹️

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