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Carrier
Series · 20
books · 1991-2004

Books in series

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#1

Carrier

1991

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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#2

Viper Strike

1991

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. Original.
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#4

Flame-Out

1992

As the Soviet Union is reborn, taking over Norway and Finland, the U.S. president orders the U.S. battle group led by the supercarrier Thomas Jefferson to smash them. Original.
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#5

Maelstrom

1993

A Soviet invasion force obliterates Finland, occupies Norway, threatens Sweden and all of Europe. The U.S. president authorizes DEFCON 2. But short of nukes, can the outnumbered Carrier Battle Group Fourteen mount an effective response? It's up to Tombstone Magruder to keep pace. He and his team must fly wingtip-to-wingtip with the threat of a total war looming. "A high-tech thriller as explosive as today's headlines." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
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#6

Countdown

1994

As civil war rages in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the threat of nuclear aggression looms, Captain Matthew "Tombstone" Magruder and his men must launch marine assaults and aerial strikes on the Russians. Original.
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#7

Afterburn

1996

Hostilities with the United States have ended, but the Russian civil war rages on. Carrier Battle Group Fourteen has been ordered into the Black Sea as a show of American strength. It's up to Captain Matthew "Tombstone" Magruder and his comrades to give air support to UN forces—and hopefully aid in a final peace agreement. But old Russian habits die hard, and is the U.S. Navy thinks it can sail the Black Sea without a fight, they're dead wrong.
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#8

Alpha Strike

1997

When the Chinese claim the internationally disputed and oil-rich Spratly Islands, Magruder is sent to maintain a presence in the area, and his enemies attempt to start a war by firing on themselves and blaming America. Original.
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#9

Arctic Fire

1997

When a group of renegade Russian invaders seizes the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska, Rear Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are sent to the region to repel enemy forces from American soil. Original.
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#10

Arsenal

1998

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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#11

Nuke Zone

1998

When Ukraine fools the U.S. into thinking that their own ally, Turkey, launched a nuclear missile attack against the U.S. Sixth Fleet, the fleet's commander, "Tombstone" Magruder, tries to distinguish America's friends and its enemies. Original.
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#12

Chain of Command

1999

Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder lands in Vietnam to find out what ever became of his soldier father, unaware that he is in the midst of an escalating conflict between the communist government and a U.S. carrier battle group. Original.
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#13

Brink of War

1999

During a supposedly friendly war game, Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and the crew of the USS Jefferson confront their ultimate challenge, when the Russians launch a sudden surprise attack on the Jefferson. Original.
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#14

Typhoon Season

2000

When an American yacht is attacked in international waters by a Chinese cobat helicopter, tensions erupt between the U.S. and China, and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen is put on full alert as the two nations prepare for battle, while an unknown adversary waits for the right time to strike. Original.
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#15

Enemies

2000

Tensions between Greece and Macedonia find "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Group Fourteen responding on land, sea, and in the air to keep the peace. Original.
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#16

Joint Operations

2000

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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#17

The Art of War

2001

When a cadre of militant Iranian extremists sets out to use a secret cache of deadly high-tech weaponry to bring down the West, Rear Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are the only ones to stand between the militants and armageddon. Original.
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#19

First Strike

2001

When a cabal of radical, hard-line Russian military officers refuse to end the Cold War and threaten to lauch a nuclear attack on the United States from a Bermuda airfield, it is up to Tombstone MacGruder and the Carrier Battle Group Fourteen to stop the attack and regain control of the airfield before any missiles can be launched. Original.
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#20

Hellfire

2002

When a top-secret missile defense system accidentally targets a Russian task force, the Russians retaliate, and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen must defend themselves without allowing the situation to escalate into all-out warfare. Original.
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#21

Terror at Dawn

2003

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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#22

Final Justice

2004

Carrier Battle Group Fourteen is called in when a new threat emerges in North Korea as a diabolical leader forms an unholy alliance with the Red Chinese to bring about World War III and destroy America once and for all. Original.

Authors

William H. Keith Jr.
William H. Keith Jr.
Author · 29 books

Bill Keith was raised in the mountains of western Pennsylvania, and served in the Navy as a corpsman for many years. In addition to writing fiction and non-fiction works, he is an award-winning illustrator/artist. He has also published under the psuedonyms: Ian Douglas (SF series: Heritage, Legacy, Inheritance, Star Carrier, Andromedan Dark) H. Jay Riker (SEALS:The Warrior Breed series) Keith Douglass (Carrier and Seal Team 7 series) Bill Keith Keith William Andrews (Freedom's Rangers series) Robert Cain (Cybernarc series)

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