Aggressor Books

"Full-throttle action..." Publishers Weekly BookLife Editor's Pick. It is April 1 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan. The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced, it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run the Chinese blockade to deliver it? AGGRESSOR is the first novel in a new series that looks at the conflict that could spark the next World War, through the eyes of soldiers, sailors, civilians and aviators on all sides. Featuring technologies that are on the drawing board today and could be fielded in the near future, AGGRESSOR is the page turning military technothriller you have been waiting for! Praise for FX Holden thrillers "I would send cases of your Aggressor series to every senior officer in the military and to the service academies to distribute and discuss as a service to our country. Future generations may thank you." PG, LTC (ret), US Army Special Forces and Intelligence. "If you've never read FX Holden, strap in and hold on for the ride of your life." Readers' Favorite. "Tom Clancy fans will be pleased" Publishers Weekly (Starred review) "A heart-pounding adventure series...FX Holden has definitely become one to watch in the thriller world" Book Excellence

“ I would place Holden with the best of the best military thriller writers…” JAMIE MICHELE, READERS’ FAVORITE, 5 STARS With US troops and aircraft on Taiwanese soil, and missiles flying across the Taiwan Strait, the world prepares itself for the war that has been building since the turn of the century … Will China back down, or double down? Will the fragile Western Coalition hold? Will regional conflict tip over into a global war? And what’s next for the newly raised 68th Aggressor Squadron and the personnel of Aggressor Inc.? Beachhead is told through the eyes of six combatants from multiple nations, fighting to survive as the two superpowers clash. Few, if any, will still be alive by the end of the week... Featuring a plot taken from tomorrow’s headlines, cutting-edge technologies that are on the drawing board today, and characters you will never forget, the Aggressor series delivers guaranteed page-turners for military action enthusiasts.

The battle lines have been drawn. China has unleashed a new weapon of mass destruction on the world, and the US-led Coalition has no way to counter it. Sheltering in bunkers in the mountains south of Taipei, Taiwan’s government considers suing for peace. Taiwanese fisherman, Lin Hungyu, may have the answer. But his neighbours think he is mad and the military won't take his calls. Who will listen to him? After losses in the Taiwan conflict, the 68th Aggressor Squadron is stood down to rest and refit. Where will the war take them next? Or will war come to them instead? SWARM is a gripping tale of superpower conflict told through the eyes of ordinary combatants and civilians on all sides of the conflict. But is it fiction, or prophecy? … You be the judge! SWARM is the third book in the Aggressor Series. Book IV, Midnight, will be released April 2024. Book V, the final volume in the series, is scheduled for June 2024.

The night is always darkest before the dawn. For the surviving Aggressor Inc. pilots, dawn can't come fast enough. The Taiwan government is on the brink of collapse. From their hiding place on Xiuguluan Mountain, a US-Taiwanese special ops team prepares to wage guerilla warfare. Their mission may demand the ultimate sacrifice, but could change the course of the war. The fog of war has become a pea soup. And from the fog, a massive Sino-Russian fleet emerges. China launches strikes on US bases in Japan and the Philippines, but also across the IndoPacific: on Guam, Wake Island, Midway … and Hawaii. The Battle for Taiwan is not yet over. But the Battle for Hawaii is about to begin. US President, Carmen Carliotti, faces crises on multiple fronts - in the Pacific, and at home, as rioting and unrest force her to implement extreme measures. But who is behind the suspiciously well-organized and funded civil uprising? NATO and the Shanghai Pact nations face off as the battle—for global supremacy and for the very soul of America—rages.

"The pacing is great, the character development is fabulous and the tech is both believable and terrifying" - JAF, former US Navy intel, drone pilot. It is six months since the Battle of Hawaii. The war to defend Taiwan has become World War III, and the surviving pilots of a rested and refitted Aggressor Inc. are thrown back into the fight as it moves across multiple fronts. On Japanese Kunashiri Island, the crew of a single Japanese Infantry Fighting Vehicle tries to hold back an entire Russian airborne company, while marauding Russian fighters pour into the skies overhead. Can Captain Shinji Kagawa, commander of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Destroyer, JS Haguro, buy them the time they need? In the Central Pacific, sonar operator Elvis 'Ears' Bell and his Manta Ray submersible hunt a Chinese submarine 'wolf pack' preying on a vital convoy. A Chinese hacker captured off San Luis Obispo Bay could be the key to the wolf pack's victory or defeat. At Josan-ri in Korea, US Marine Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Leroy King of Scout Team Two, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, prepares for an incursion into the DMZ. The US has a daring plan for neutralizing the North Korean nuclear threat, but will it work? In Tehran, Iranian President Saman Ghayedi addresses a football stadium sized-rally and threatens to 'unleash nuclear fire' on Israel and its allies. Counter-demonstrators invade the stadium and disrupt the rally - hundreds are killed. Kurdish sniper, Daryan Al-Kobani, is stalking Ghayedi. Will her mission bring the Pacific War to the Middle East? As Chinese-armed Russian forces mass on the Belorussian border with Poland, aircraft from the HMS Queen Elizabeth storm into the Baltic to remind Russia that any fight it picks with Poland is a fight with NATO. Fleet Air Arm Tempest Squadron Leader, Jules ‘Two-Tone’ Hamilton, knows NATO isn't bluffing. How far will NATO go to prove it? In the US, the powerful conspirators behind the Raven Rock Bombing finally step out of the shadows. US President Carmen Carliotti is suddenly facing an internal enemy that could prove fatal both to her administration, and the integrity of the USA itself. Can she deal with the sinister new threat without tearing her nation apart, forever? China's Northern Fleet was destroyed off Hawaii and its air force has lost control of the skies over the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. In desperation, it pulls the trigger on a devastating strike that could cripple the US ability to wage war. From ports in South Korea, the US prepares to launch its largest amphibious assault since D-Day. If it succeeds, it could trigger China's capitulation. If it fails ... Aboard the USS Lafayette, Air Warfare Watch Officer, Lieutenant Melissa Mayeaux, monitors from afar as China marshals its remaining air power for a massive blow against the invasion fleet. Her task force, and the pilots of the 68th AGRS, are standing right in its way.

Antarctica STORM is a stand-alone addition to the Aggressor series. It can be read without having to read the rest of the series. "Terrifyingly plausible, with an icy, atmospheric twist..." KC Finn, Readers Favorite, 5 STARS A world recovering from a crippling Pacific War. Are America's adversaries beaten, or preparing to rise again? A power source so potent that 0.1 ounces could flatten Manhattan. A US research program so secret it has been hidden under the most remote base on the coldest continent on the planet. An unidentified spy deep inside the program who can expose it to America's adversaries. Adversaries so desperate they are willing to risk a new war to disrupt it. A page-burning thriller from FX Holden about the next arms race . And here's the kicker: it has already begun. Brilliant US physicist, David Lau, and his team have been working under the ice at Antarctica’s Concordia Station to tame a new technology that could either take mankind to the stars, or end life as we know it. He holds the key to a Pandora's Box, but what will he find inside; hope, or chaos? Captain Karen 'Bunny' O'Hare, Antarctica flight leader for private security contractor, Aggressor Inc., picks up a mysterious radiation spike high over the continent. She's convinced it's proof that a very cold war is about to turn hot. Is she overreacting? Aboard Aggressor Inc.’s AC-130X Outlaw , Captain Rory O’Donoghue and his crew are on final approach to Concordia when they are warned the station is being evacuated and they should prepare to take off again as soon as they land. A catastrophe under the ice looms, but is it an accident, or sabotage? Chinese Antarctic Research Center specialist Liu Zhen has just flown 600 miles from China’s Qinling Station to establish a mobile weather station on Antarctica’s Dome C, one of the coldest locations on the planet. When he arrives, he finds a Russian research team already at the site. Coincidence, or the sign of a coming Antarctica storm? "FX Holden is a skilled storyteller who delivers a military tale brimming with geopolitical conflict in an unforgiving setting. The world of Antarctica Storm is akin to a character, using the unpredictability and peril of the natural world as a parallel for human actions." Ruffina Oserio, Readers Favorite. Military and techno-thriller readers love FX Holden: "FX Holden is the Nostradamus of military fiction writers..." US Readers Favorite. "Clancy fans will be pleased..." US Publishers Weekly "Full-throttle action..." BookLife Editor's Pick "In the spirit of Tom Clancy! Well done. I’m very techy, retired military. An engaging fast paced story. ..." Amazon reader "Tom Clancy type excitement and military geekiness right here." Amazon reader "Nothing has come close to Jake Grafton until now. If you love high tech fast military action, in the skies, with more than a little attitude, then you should love this read." Amazon reader