Carrier Series by Keith Douglass
Carrier #1
Carrier c-1
Keith Douglass
The North Korean navy has captured a US intelligence ship in international waters, and has begun to execute the crew, one by one. The US response is a megaforce of the battle group led by supercarrier "Thomas Jefferson". A Soviet ship is in the line of fire; World War III is a pilot's error away.
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Carrier #2
Viper Strike c-2
Keith Douglass
A renegade Chinese fighter group invades Thai airspace in an attempt to break the SEATO alliance and shatter the fragile balance of world power. Ordered to stop the trouble before it gets started, the men of Battle Group Fourteen must restore peace before the skies blow wide open.
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Carrier #3
Armageddon Mode c-3
Keith Douglass
In a daring move, India declares war on Pakistan and launches a first strike against the unsuspecting country. When an American warship is accidentally torpedoed in the ensuing melee, it falls to Carrier Battle Group 14 to make the difference between armistice and Armageddon.
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Carrier #4
Flame Out c-4
Keith Douglass
The Soviet Union, under new, communist leadership, has invaded Norway. Carrier Battle group 14, sailing in the north Atlantic, is the closest American Naval asset and is ordered into the Norwegian sea to intervene. But the Americans are far outnumbered and soon find themselves, along with the Norwegians, in a desperate fight for survival.
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Carrier #6
Countdown c-6
Keith Douglass
The Communist hard-liners are attempting to regain power in the former Soviet Union which has sparked a violent civil war. The United States does not want to get involved, but when it is discovered that the rebels are planning a submarine-launched nuclear strike, the U.S. decides to intervene. Carrier Battle Group 14, along with two other carrier battle groups, form a carrier battle force tasked with keeping the Russian ballistic missile submarines in port where they cannot launch their nuclear weapons. A massive air, sea and land battle ensues.
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Carrier #7
Afterburn c-7
Keith Douglass
For the first time in U.S. naval history, an American carrier battle group ― CBG-14 ― is cruising in the Black Sea. Its mission, although vague, is to help keep the peace in the Crimean as the Russian civil war rages on. But the admiral of the Black Sea fleet is not at all pleased that an American naval force is in the Black sea ― his own backyard ― and makes plans to destroy it. Meanwhile, the General in charge of the Crimean Military District decides to turn the whole area over to the UN in an attempt to keep the peace and, before long, fighting breaks out between various factions of the Soviet military and CBG-14 is trapped in the middle of it.
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Carrier #8
Alpha Strike c-8
Keith Douglass
Carrier Battle Group 14 is in the South China Sea on routine patrol when a Chinese tank and the tiny island where it is stationed are destroyed. The Chinese government points its finger at the U.S. forces, but the Americans are as baffled by the explosion as the Chinese appear to be. As CBG-14 continues Freedom of Navigation operations in the area, unexplained attacks continue and America is on the brink of war again. It is up to CBG-14 to defuse the situation or, at least, protect its assets from an all-out Chinese attack.
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Carrier #9
Arctic Fire c-9
Keith Douglass
The Cold War may be over, but in the Bering Sea, its far from quiet on America’s Western front. A Russian splinter group has captured the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. Rear Admiral “Tombstone” Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are sent to the Aleutians on the mission they prayed would never come: repel invaders from American soil.
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Carrier #10
Arsenal c-10
Keith Douglass
A special edition of the acclaimed Naval adventure series! America is held hostage…in this timely and powerful new novel written by an experienced Naval officer. A group of armed insurgents have taken control of Cuba. They've shot down an American civilian aircraft, and are holding a U.S. Marine pilot hostage. Now, Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder is forced to lead his Carrier Battle Group into a reckless counterattack planned by overzealous politicians.This time, he's trapped ― between the violent excesses of Cuban revolutionaries…and a U.S. power play that's spun wildly out of control.
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Carrier #11
Nuke Zone c-11
Keith Douglass
The Ukraine tricks the U.S. into thinking that Turkey — their own ally — had launched the nuclear attack against the U.S. Sixth Fleet. After all, the U.S. needed to be reminded who owned the waters they had entered. Now “Tombstone” Magruder and the new Sixth Fleet are out to stop the war before it starts. But with treacherous allies and stealth technology, the rules of battle have changed. And Magruder must face the most threatening question of his life: In an age of computer warfare, how do you tell your friends from your enemies?
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Carrier #12
Chain of Command c-12
Keith Douglass
In North Vietnam, the Communist government is hiding something, and they're doing everything possible to protect it. But when the Communists launch a missile at an American plane, Admiral Wayne and the "USS Jefferson" plan a counterattack. And that means that they might be facing a long and bloody new war. Meanwhile, Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder has just set foot in the Vietnam jungle to search for his father who may still be alive. But there's no way to warn him that he might be stepping right into what could be the Vietnam War all over again.
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Carrier #13
Brink of War c-13
Keith Douglass
Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and the USS Jefferson are sent in to disperse post-Cold War tensions by cozying up to Russia with a friendly airmanship competition. Washington calls it a "cooperative engagement" and then Russia launches an all-out surprise attack on the Jefferson ― and changes the rules…
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Carrier #14
Typhoon Season c-14
Keith Douglass
When an American yacht is attacked in international waters by a Chinese combat helicopter, tensions flare. China denies responsibility, and Carrier Battle Group 14 is put on alert for what may become a full-blown shooting war between the superpowers. That's when the real enemy strikes.
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Carrier #15
Enemies c-15
Keith Douglass
When tensions rise between Greece and the breakaway republic of Macedonia, "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are sent to maintain the peace-but wind up facing a rogue Greek officer who has decided to end the conflict with open war.
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Carrier #16
Joint Operations c-16
Keith Douglass
While Vice Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and his men enjoy a little R&R in Hawaii, China prepares for a surprise attack on U.S. soil. The beach explodes into devastation, and the Carrier team can't handle it alone. As Tombstone and his team take charge of the air, Lieutenant Murdock and his SEALs are called in to work ashore.
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Carrier #17
The Art of War c-17
Keith Douglass
When an extremist faction of Iranian militants takes the first bloody step towards toppling the decadent West, Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are the only ones who can stop the madmen cold.
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Carrier #18
Island Warriors c-18
Keith Douglass
China launches a full-scale invasion on Taiwan, its tiny capitalist island neighbor. While diplomats wage a battle of words in the United Nations, the real dirty work is to be done by Carrier Battle Group Fourteen-the only fighting force standing between the juggernaut of the Chinese military and the total annihilation of Taiwan.
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Carrier #19
First Strike c-19
Keith Douglass
Russian radicals refuse to end the Cold War without a bang-a nuclear one. But Tombstone MacGruder and the Carrier Battle Group will see the U.S. attacked… when hell freezes over.
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Carrier #20
Hellfire c-20
Keith Douglass
While testing a top-secret missile defense system in the middle of the Pacific, the U.S.S. "Jefferson" accidentally targets the Russians. Their retaliation is swift and they have no interest in diplomacy. Now the Carrier Battle Group Fourteen must defend itself without provoking a full-blown war.
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Carrier #21
Terror At Dawn c-21
Keith Douglass
Tombstone Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are assigned to combat domestic terrorists within U.S. borders-leaving hostile nations Iraq and North Korea with an opening they can't resist…
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