The Red Line, Walt Gragg
The Red Line, Walt Gragg
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The Red Line

Author: Walt Gragg

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 17 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2017

Synopsis

WWIII explodes in this electrifying debut military thriller in the tradition of Red Storm Rising and The Third World War.“Delta-Two, I’ve got tanks through the wire! They’re everywhere!”World War III explodes in seconds when a resurgent Russian federation launches a deadly armored thrust into the heart of Germany. With a powerful blizzard providing cover, Russian tanks thunder down the autobahns while specially trained Spetsnaz teams strike at vulnerable command points.Standing against them are the woefully undermanned American forces. What they lack in numbers they make up for in superior weapons and training. But before the sun rises they are on the run across a smoking battlefield crowded with corpses.Any slim hope for victory rests with one unlikely hero. Army Staff Sergeant George O’Neill, a communications specialist, may be able to reestablish links that have been severed by hostile forces, but that will take time. While he works, it’s up to hundreds of individual American soldiers to hold back the enemy flood.There’s one thing that’s certain. The thin line between victory and defeat is also the red line between life and death.

About Walt Gragg

Walt Gragg is an attorney and former state prosecutor. He is a Vietnam veteran, who served at United States European Headquarters in Germany, where the idea for The Red Line took shape. Being privy to the actual American plan for the conduct of the defense of Germany, and having participated in a number of war games while in Germany, gave Gragg the knowledge and experience to lend authenticity to many of the novel’s events.

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin)

I'm a fan of history, military history is a primary interest in some ways. I suppose that isn't surprising when I think on it as I also like military fiction, military science fiction, military fantasy and so on. These books can raise very interesting questions as well as simply being fascinating pl......more

Goodreads review by Beth

"The Red Line" spreads before the reader a deeply descriptive and disturbing account of the terrifying and heart wrenching horrors of war between the two greatest superpowers on the planet. The plot will drag you mercilessly along the bitter cold of a winter battle as you breathlessly await the fate......more

Goodreads review by Steven

Very good! Almost declared another book hangover. The battle descriptions and tech was very good and spot on. Some chapters were very emotional and choked you up. Good writing. A page turner. That's two books out of the last three I read that were excellent and one crappy one. Good odds.......more

Goodreads review by Gavin

So, let's say that Russia goes Soviet and Germany goes Nazi today. Walt Gragg has written a chilling novel of what that might mean and it is not pretty. I had been looking for a good what if and heard about this on the John Batchelor show when John interviewed Walt. Suffice it to say that this is a c......more

Quotes

“Narrator Peter Berkrot…helps the listener differentiate among the many soldiers and a handful of politicians. His accents are precise when voicing the few Russian officials in the production…and Berkrot keeps the tension high throughout.” Audiofile

“The best World War III epic I’ve read since Red Storm Rising.” Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling author

“Impeccably researched, riveting…Must reading for any military action fan. Nearly every page reeks of the smoke of battle and the stench of death.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“In Gragg’s intense and gripping debut thriller…this frightening and realistic scenario will be compared to Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising, as both titles deal with war and the horrors of the battlefield. The characters are more fully developed here…Difficult reading, not for the writing, which is stellar, but owing to the story’s timeliness and authenticity. Recommended for fans of military and futuristic thrillers." Library Journal (starred review)

“Seems eerily prescient in an edgy time.” Booklist

“You’re going to hold this book so tight you’ll leave thumbprints on the page.” Mark Leggatt, author of Names of the Dead

Awards

  • International Thriller Writers Award
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