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From a secretive jungle-covered island in the Pacific, to the sands of the Middle East. From the smog-filled alleyways of China, to the passageways of a US Navy destroyer. The War Planners series follows different members of the military and intelligence community as they uncover the beginnings of a Chinese invasion.

Eigentlich wollte Kriminalhauptkommissar Mikkel Tvorsen den ruhigen Winter in Büsum genießen, doch ein Mord ändert alles. Als frühmorgens die Leiche von Roxie Kessler im Watt entdeckt wird, deuten alle Hinweise auf ihn als Täter hin. Er kann sich an nichts erinnern, doch seine eigene Pistole scheint die Tatwaffe zu sein, und belastende Indizien tauchen an Orten auf, an denen sie nicht sein sollten.

Seit mehr als einem Jahr herrscht Krieg. So lange ist es her, dass China einen Überraschungsangriff auf die Vereinigten Staaten durchgeführt hat. An jenem schicksalhaften Tag stürzten EMP- und Cyberattacken große Teile der Nation in ein heilloses Chaos. Tausende von Anti-Schiffs-Raketen zerstörten die US-Pazifikflotte. Das mit China verbündete Nordkorea startete einen Großangriff auf Südkorea. Und die chinesische Informationskriegsführung löste einen eingeschränkten Atomschlag Amerikas aus.

It has been over a year since the war began. A year since China launched its surprise attack on America. EMP and cyber weapons plunging much of the nation into a dark chaos. Thousands of anti-ship missiles gutting the US Pacific fleet. A Chinese-allied North Korea launching an all-out attack on South Korea. Chinese information warfare campaigns triggering America to launch a nuclear strike on China's own nuclear stockpile. And the international political consequences that followed.

From USA Today best-selling author and former US Navy pilot Andrew Watts comes a series made for fans of Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn. With the Chinese fleet advancing, Admiral Manning commands the USS Ford carrier strike group near Midway. CIA operative Chase Manning is sent home to the US to fight a lethal unit of Chinese special forces.

Weit über den Globus verstreut trägt jedes Mitglied der Familie Manning seinen Teil zur Verteidigung Amerikas bei. Während die chinesische Flotte unaufhaltsam vorrückt, kommandiert Admiral Manning die USS FORD Trägerkampfgruppe in der Nähe von Midway, einem Atoll im Nordpazifik.

Ein CIA-Agent schließt sich einem Sondereinsatzkommando der Marine an, um eine geheime chinesische Basis im Dschungel Südamerikas zu infiltrieren. Eine weibliche US Navy-Hubschrauberpilotin muss im Rahmen einer unvorstellbaren Katastrophe das Kommando ihres Zerstörers übernehmen. Und der Admiral der modernsten Flugzeugträgerkampfgruppe Amerikas muss seine Tochter vor einem Angriff der chinesischen Marine retten.

Private Patrick Duffy was forced to flee Malaya as a child and was left orphaned when his mother died in a Changi prison. Now, returning to fight a fearless enemy, he must confront the ghosts of his past if he is to find any hope for the future. Michael Macintosh is forging his own path to escape his mother's obsessive control. Sailor, soldier and mercenary, he will soon face war again in the brutal jungles of Vietnam. Sarah Macintosh ruthlessly crushes anyone who gets in her way and has vowed to destroy her sister-in-law, Jessica Duffy-Macintosh.

Von einer geheimen, von Dschungel überwucherten Insel im Pazifik bis zum Wüstensand des Nahen Ostens. Von den smoggefüllten Gassen Chinas bis zu den Gängen eines Zerstörers der US Navy. Die Architekten des Krieges folgt einer Elitegruppe des Militärs und der Geheimdienste, die eine chinesische Verschwörung aufdeckt, die das Ziel hat, den nächsten Weltkrieg zu beginnen und Amerika anzugreifen.

After fighting in two world wars, Tom Duffy's purchase of his ancestral property Glen View means a home for the next generation of Duffys. But the Macintosh family won't easily surrender this land, and when they challenge his ownership, he knows he's in for one hell of a fight.

In Iraq, Captain Matthew Duffy, recruited by British Intelligence, once more faces a German enemy. But Matthew is confused by his attraction to Diane, now working for the Germans, and finds himself having to make a hard decision. Just as he is coming to terms with his choice, he meets his estranged son, James Barrington Jnr. Back in Sydney, George Macintosh is determined to keep control of his business empire and to prevent his nephew David from taking a seat on the Board. Meanwhile, George’s son Donald is packed off to the family station Glen View.

In Sydney, siblings Donald and Sarah Macintosh battle for their father's approval, and control of his empire, while their cousin David fights the enemy across the continents. US Marine Pilot James Duffy defies his grandfather's wishes, and a number of times, death, protecting Australian skies from the Japanese. Below, trapped in the jungles of Malaya, Diane Duffy is caught between saving the lives of hundreds of orphaned children, or that of her son. While Tom Duffy finds himself enlisting in yet another world war, his daughter, Jessica, narrowly escapes slaughter at a mission station.

As the Allied forces fight to repel invaders in the Pacific, the Duffy and Macintosh clans face their greatest challenges at home. Sergeant Jessica Duffy relishes her work as a code breaker in MacArthur's headquarters but is secretly reporting on the Americans to the Prime Minister. Captain James Duffy, a decorated fighter pilot with the United States Marine Corps, is expected to wait out the war assisting the bond effort. Major David Macintosh has survived prison camps, torture and countless battles, but can he endure the machinations of his obsessive cousin, Sarah?