“A thrilling read. A nail-biting account of what could so easily happen with the contemporary build up of international hostilities. An amazing amount of research must have been done to provide the details of the armament technology and capability of the ships, aircraft, missiles and drones – and to my surprise, it is all made understandable for us laymen. The book is a real page turner. As in a docu-drama, we are present in the war cabinets of Russia, China, Japan, Taiwan and America, and get immersed in the personal stories of the members of the cabinets and war committees. It is something of a literary feat to be able to carry off a story like this with such aplomb, and perhaps that is due to thhe writing being bear the reader along with such clear, measured prose.” 

~ Reader Review

“Super book. I took it on holiday and looked forward every day to reading it, to see what would happen next. Vivid and lively writing style. The military technology is described with seeming precision. That might have changed a bit with the very recent success of drones. But the plotting and planning and worrying by the commanders and Presidents, a big part of the book, is exactly what will be going on right now, in Moscow, NATO, the White House, Warsaw.....”

~ George Muir

“Assuming that all of his facts are correct (and how can one not), Wellman's extraordinary mastery of the detail of the naval assets available to the different countries, the military strategies and manoeuvres pursued by them, and the politics involved, are quite simply staggering. Quite apart from that, the novel itself is gripping - and indeed prescient. I am now awaiting (expecting even) the outbreak of war between China and Japan.  China's probing of the Japanese islands, as he relates, is identical to Putin's current incursions into Poland, Estonia etc.”

~ J. A. Kennedy