[Kirov Series 43] • Twilight's End · The Next War

About Twilight's End:

When the petty squabble over the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands escalates, China moves to reclaim its long lost province of Taiwan, and the East Wind blows, hard and cruel. Hundreds of Dong Feng ballistic missiles pummel Taiwan, as the Chinese Navy deploys to engage its wayward son and clear the way for a big amphibious operation. Rushing to the scene from its forward base at Yokosuka, US Carrier Strike Group Carl Vinson moves to challenge the Dragon and reassert Pax Americana, which has ruled the Pacific for 80 years.

Meanwhile, the Persian Gulf erupts when Iran poses a major threat to vital oil production facilities and all the US has ready to stand that watch is the “Gator Navy” of the USMC. Action spills into the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean, even as the war careens towards a major confrontation in the Pacific. Now Russia’s newest Admiral, Vladimir Karpov, prepares to join the battle with a heavily reinforced Russian Pacific Fleet.

New Readers welcome!

This is the third volume of the Next War segment of the Kirov Series, written in a way to welcome new readers interested in modern Naval Air combat in a great power conflict that may be on our doorstep. Because the main Kirov Series devoted 40 volumes to action set in the Second World War, in this segment of the saga, we get World War Three! Therefore, new readers do not need to read the mainstream 40 volume Kirov Series, and can enter the Next War by just starting with book 41, Homecoming. Everything you need to know is recapped by the author in this segment to bring you up to speed.

So here it is, the Next war, day by day, hour by hour, missile by missile, in cover to cover Naval air action set in August of 2021.

Twilight's End

By

John Schettler

Part I – Twilight

Part II – Lengthening Shadows

Part III – Rendezvous

Part IV – The Show

Part V – Terminal Fury

Part VI – The Four Horsemen

Part VII – The Giant Awakens

Part VIII– Big Bad Humm

Part IX – Conflagration

Part X – Reprisal

Part XI – Deliberations

Part XII – Indian Ocean Adventure