2028. China invades Taiwan.
A new American president inherits a war already underway—and decisions that will change what military power is for.
The Strait of Fire begins Mapmakers, a near-future geopolitical thriller series about war, power, technology, and the people caught inside the lines on a map.
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The Strait of Fire
China’s October 2028 invasion of Taiwan has become a grinding war of missiles, shipping, propaganda, and terrified civilians.
Alex Valen is sworn in as President weeks into the conflict, inheriting a nation still arguing about a war already underway. He knows what war costs. He also knows that when violence becomes inevitable, every day of delay makes the eventual counteroffensive bloodier.
From presidential crisis rooms to contested harbors, The Strait of Fire is a grounded geopolitical thriller about power, conscience, and the human beings trapped inside the lines on a map.
VIEW THE STRAIT OF FIRE ON AMAZONThe story doesn’t end with Taiwan.
Explore the numbered novels and both companion anthologies: Watchtowers and Life in the 40s.
The novels follow crises that reshape the world, from Taiwan to Europe, North America, Korea, the Middle East and eventually space. The companion anthologies explore other lives and perspectives within that same evolving world.
EXPLORE THE MAPMAKERS SERIESWhen force protects people instead of interests.
Mapmakers follows what happens when governments, soldiers, and ordinary people are forced to reconsider the assumptions that have governed sovereignty, deterrence, war, and human rights for generations.
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