The Red Tide: The Lion Rises

The story takes place on the parallel-world planet Apocalypse. The Strait of Shattered Stars is a turbulent place.

The rising Yan Kingdom and the old-established Federation Alliance face off here. Secessionist moves, incited by foreign powers, are like thorns driven into the bloodline of their own people. This is no fictional battlefield: it is the front line in the struggle between the old order and the new.

In this book, you'll see border guards in the Karakoram Mountains defend boundary markers with their own flesh and blood beneath the roar of drones; veterans aboard the South China Sea's Dingyuan warship strike back with pinpoint accuracy, guided by muscle memory through electromagnetic fog; and quantum labs blaze with light as their teams race to gain a one-second lead on the technological battlefield.

Victory is never won on the battlefield alone. It is also found in the steam rising from the mess hall, in a mother's trembling questions, and in the faith of billions of people determined to protect their shared homeland.

As afterburners streak across the sky and naval guns roar, the people of Yan offer no answer of aggression, but an oath written in iron and blood: “Those who tear apart our borders will be put to death!”