Joint Operations (Electronic book text)

In the bestselling tradition of Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, and Charles D. Taylor, this electrifying novel captures the vivid reality of international combat. The Carrier Battle Group Fourteen -- a force including a supercarrier, amphibious unit, guided missile cruiser, and destroyer -- is brought to life with stunning authenticity in a high-tech thriller as explosive as today's headlines.

The "Rising Sun," a massive eighty-four-thousand-ton ship, had originally been built as one of the Soviet Union's first aircraft carriers. When international money problems made the Russians eager for hard currency, China had picked up the rusting hulk for a pittance -- paid in American dollars funneled back through China's lucrative traffic in heroin.

The "Rising Sun" has traveled from her home port, Guaydong Harbor, to a point two hundred miles due west of Hawaii. It looks like a merchant ship, but there are aircraft and warheads hidden beneath the massive metal shrouds -- intended for vulnerable American ships.

Commander "Tombstone" Magruder knows the Chinese would be insane to attack Pearl Harbor....