Blue Warrior

by Mike Maden

Overview

“Techno thriller fans will welcome Maden’s second Troy Pearce novel, which combines grunt-level action, advanced cyber warfare, and plenty of high-tech weaponry…. Maden handles cutting edge technology and the ancient Tuareg culture with equal dexterity.”
 —Publishers Weekly

A brutal conflict in Mali and an international race for rare elements sets the stage for Troy Pearce and his drone technology to rescue an old friend in this adrenaline-fueled series.

Blue Warrior is set in the remote Sahara Desert, where a recently discovered deposit of strategically indispensable Rare Earth Elements (REEs) ignites an international rush to secure them.
            Standing in the way are the Tuaregs, the fierce tribe of warrior nomads of the desert wasteland, who are fighting for their independence. The Chinese offer to help the Malian government crush the rebellion by the Tuaregs in order to gain a foothold in the area, and Al-Qaeda jihadis join the fight. In the midst of all this chaos are Troy Pearce’s closest friend and a mysterious woman from his past who ask him for help.
            Deploying his team and his newest drones to rescue his friends and save the rebellion, Troy finds that he might need more than technology to survive the battle and root out the real puppet masters behind the Tuareg genocide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780698141100
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/16/2014
Series:	A Troy Pearce Novel , #2
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	24,640
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mike Maden, author of Drone, holds both a master’s and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Davis, specializing in international relations and comparative politics. He has lectured and consulted on the topics of war and the Middle East, among others. Maden has also served as a political consultant and campaign manager in state and national elections; has hosted his own local weekly radio show; and has written a hit Web-TV series and several screenplays that are in development. He lives in Coppell, Texas.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Techno thriller fans will welcome Maden’s second Troy Pearce novel, which combines grunt-level action, advanced cyber warfare, and plenty of high-tech weaponry…Maden handles cutting edge technology and the ancient Tuareg culture with equal dexterity.”—Publishers Weekly

Editorial Reviews

08/25/2014
Techno thriller fans will welcome Maden’s episodic second Troy Pearce novel (after 2013’s Drone), which combines grunt-level action, advanced cyber warfare, and plenty of high-tech weaponry. Troy, the CEO of Pearce Systems, a company specializing in drone operations, is more comfortable in the field than behind a desk. His work takes him to a number of hot spots around the globe, in particular to Mali, where the Chinese plan to gain control of important rare earth elements. His trip to Mali at the behest of former U.S. president Margaret Myers, a friend of Troy’s, to rescue a wounded American on a secret mission there, lands him in the middle of a nasty fight between rebel forces led by Mossa Ag Alla, the Tuareg known as the Blue Warrior, and highly trained Chinese soldiers led by the ruthless Guo Jun. Maden handles cutting edge technology and the ancient Tuareg culture with equal dexterity. Author tour. Agent: David Hale Smith, Inkwell Management. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Techno thriller fans will welcome Maden’s second Troy Pearce novel, which combines grunt-level action, advanced cyber warfare, and plenty of high-tech weaponry…Maden handles cutting edge technology and the ancient Tuareg culture with equal dexterity.”—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2014-10-05
A private contractor uses drone weaponry in North African guerrilla warfare. Political consultant Maden (Drone, 2013) is back with his second novel about the ever expanding world of cutting-edge drone technology and its increased role in global conflicts. Once again, our central actor is Troy Pearce, a Wyoming mountain boy who was previously part of a CIA Special Operations Group in Iraq and Afghanistan. He now runs a private contracting company that specializes in the deployment of "remotely piloted vehicles" and allows him the discretion to choose jobs that are consistent with his moral compass. He has by no means denounced allegiance to America, because "Pearce still loved his country but hated politics." As a consequence, his loyalty to former U.S. President Margaret Meyers, along with a desire to help friends in need, draws him into a complicated web of international business, political intrigue and nontraditional conflict. Pearce sets out to find a former lover and an old comrade who are in the middle of a multiparty combat zone in North Africa, where he uses his extensive drone weaponry to defend friends, new and old, in a series of desert clashes. The Chinese government is on the ground due to interests in mining lanthanum (a rare earth element critical for the production of batteries). There's also an al-Qaida Sahara group that's pushing a jihadist agenda and the fierce fighting force of the legendary nomadic Tuareg people, who are pushing a nationalist agenda. Add a roving French Foreign Legion force and let the fireworks erupt. The inclusion of all of these conflicting parties and interests makes for a narrative that can be hard to follow, but the back story about Pearce and his lover provides a quick glimpse of Maden's developing ability to tell a tale. A multifaceted political thriller that will delight tech junkies.

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