Cyclones of Chaos

The war for Earth enters a savage new season.

The mysterious underwater aliens dubbed the Fish press their brutal campaign across the globe, driving inland with a fury that dwarfs everything before it. ASHURs and Tridents — humanity's powerful armored mecha suits — are holding the line, but the carnage is escalating to levels no one imagined.

Adam Cain and Natalia Falto are back in the fight, racing to master new weapons and tactics that could finally tip the balance. In the shattered ruins of Manhattan, a grizzled NYPD detective refuses to abandon his city. A gifted ASHUR pilot's luck runs out in the most horrifying way imaginable. A Ukrainian survivor carries the war straight to the enemy's doorstep. And Colonel Ashton Slade discovers a brutal truth: the aliens are nothing compared to the evil that men are capable of.

The opening novel of LAND&SEA Season Two and the first book of a new three-story arc, Cyclones of Chaos drives the alien-invasion saga into its second devastating year — a strong entry point for new readers and a thunderous return for longtime fans. New York Times bestselling author Blaine L. Pardoe brings nearly four decades of mecha and military fiction mastery to near-future combat at its most relentless.

When the storm breaks, only the ruthless survive.

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.