There are 7 books in the Iron Crucible series. The newest book is Ashen Tomorrow .

"Succeeds in showcasing all the strengths of 1980s war thrillers, with a grand, sweeping scope and with action that makes you grit your teeth at how visceral it is"

-Alexander Wallace, Sea Lion Press

"… A lot more plausible than some other World War III novels"

-Fuldapocalypsefiction.com


The year is…

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Red Front

Book cover of Red Front

The year is 1992.

The unthinkable has happened. East and West are on a crash course for war, and the battlefield will be Germany. Peace is no longer an option and all bets are off as the Free World and the Communist Bloc descend into war. NATO forces scramble to…

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White Horizon

Book cover of White Horizon

The year is 1992.

The Soviet Blitzkrieg in Germany has been beaten to a bloody halt along the Rhine River. The Reds rush masses of teenage conscripts and rusty reservists to the front, while NATO scrambles to mount a killing blow against their reeling nemesis.

The flames of war spread…

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Black Seas

Book cover of Black Seas

The year is 1992. Europe is in flames. Scandinavia is under siege. Only Norway holds out against the Soviet war machine. And now the pride of the Soviet Navy, the Red Banner Northern Fleet, sallies out to finish the job.

With their armies facing annihilation, and World War III at…

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Rust Skies

Book cover of Rust Skies

The year is 1992. The Third World War rages. With Central Europe locked in a bloody stalemate, the chaos boils over into Greece and Turkey, with NATO holding on by a thread against the Soviet onslaught.

But the greatest twists of fate unfold behind the scenes. The United States Presidential…

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Steel Rain

Book cover of Steel Rain

The year is 1993. East and West grapple in an apocalyptic war to the death - but is the tide about to turn?

The United States and its NATO allies prepare a desperate Hail Mary: a knockout blow to end the war in a matter of months. At the same…

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Ashen Tomorrow

Book cover of Ashen Tomorrow

The year is 1993, and the final days of World War III are here.

For nearly a year, the world has been ablaze. What began as brinkmanship between East and West has become an all-consuming inferno. Cities lie in ruin. Nations collapse. In the air, NATO wages a campaign of…