Overview
The oceans have fallen. Now the war comes ashore.
Two-thirds of the Earth's surface belongs to the enemy, and the mysterious aquatic invaders who rose from the sea carve deeper into the continent with every tide. Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. have become war zones. The surprise is over — and the real fight for survival has only begun.
On the front lines stands a grizzled Army veteran piloting his ASHUR combat suit in defense of the nation's capital, a brilliant analyst racing to unlock the secrets of an enemy no one understands, and the bloodied but unbroken officers of the U.S. Navy — hammered from the depths yet determined to wrench victory from the jaws of defeat. But some of the unlikeliest heroes rise from the shadows of everyday life: criminals becoming soldiers, the fearful finding their courage, when survival leaves no other choice.
Book Two of the LAND&SEA series and the explosive sequel to Splashdown, Riptides escalates the alien-invasion saga into all-out war. New York Times bestselling author Blaine L. Pardoe brings nearly four decades of mecha and military fiction mastery to a near-future conflict of brutal mechanized combat, and ordinary people pushed to the breaking point.
The tide is turning... and humanity is running out of shore.
Author Bio
Blaine L. Pardoe is a Virginia-based New York Times bestselling author and award-winning military historian with more than 100 published books to his name. Best known to genre readers as one of the longest-serving and most influential authors in the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe, he has spent nearly four decades crafting the hard-hitting, tactically authentic mecha combat that defines the field.
Pardoe brings that pedigree to LAND&SEA, his original military science fiction series that pairs large-scale mechanized warfare with a chillingly plausible near-future alien invasion. His storytelling is grounded in a career-long immersion in American military history — expertise recognized with the Historical Society of Michigan's State History Award and a Silver Medal from the Military Writers Society of America.
Beyond science fiction, he is co-author, with comics legend Mike Baron, of the bestselling Tenure political thriller series, and author of the acclaimed Blue Dawn alternate-history series. A prolific, versatile voice across military SF, thrillers, and narrative history, Pardoe continues to expand the LAND&SEA universe for readers who enjoy realism, momentum, and relentless action.
