Thrillers & Speculative Fiction
The Paradise of the Devil
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Thrillers & Speculative Fiction
Across the Pacific, deception threatens a fragile balance of power.
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THE STORY
A WORK OF FICTION
China seeks United Nations approval for an attack on North Korea, presenting the operation as an effort to eliminate nuclear weapons. Behind that promise lies a broader deception involving Hong Kong and Taiwan. With no nearby military base available in the novel’s scenario, the United States turns to a massive floating platform as it responds to a growing confrontation in the Pacific.
China uses a ploy to attack North Korea with the blessing of the United Nations, with the promise of eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons. China continues its deception in order to sell Hong Kong to the English with the true purpose of plundering its riches and attacking Taiwan. The United States, having no military bases in an Asian region, is forced to connect a massive floating base for the safety of the world.
IN STEPHEN FRANCIS MONTAGNA’S OWN WORDSExplore military suspense, political thrillers, and speculative stories from Stephen Francis Montagna. This library groups books by the world and reading experience, rather than by website publication year.
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Massive Vinegar Joe Platform by Stephen Francis Montagna is a pacific military thriller. Across the Pacific, deception threatens a fragile balance of power.
Massive Vinegar Joe Platform is a Pacific military and political thriller. China uses a ploy to attack North Korea with the blessing of the United Nations, promising to eliminate the North’s nuclear weapons. The deception continues through a scheme over Hong Kong whose true purpose is to plunder its riches and to attack Taiwan.
The United States, with no military bases in the region in the novel’s scenario, is forced to connect a massive floating base—the platform of the title—for the safety of the world. The editorial review published with the novel, by Olivia Johnson for PacificReviews, calls it an ambitious, action-packed political thriller and praises its portrayal of leadership under pressure.
China seeks United Nations approval for an attack on North Korea, presenting the operation as an effort to eliminate nuclear weapons. Behind that promise lies a broader deception involving Hong Kong and Taiwan. With no nearby military base available in the novel’s scenario, the United States turns to a massive floating platform as it responds to a growing confrontation in the Pacific.
The massive floating military base the United States connects in the Pacific, in the novel’s scenario, after China’s moves against North Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan leave it without a nearby base.
The paperback runs 1,026 pages in a 6 × 9 inch trim, according to its IngramSpark listing.
Yes. Massive Vinegar Joe Platform stands alone; no other book needs to be read first.
Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-12-0. Any bookshop can order it with the ISBN.
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