Dark Winter

Jake Mahegan Thriller Series, Book 5

By: Anthony J. J. Tata

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

By the time anyone realizes what's happening, it is too late. A dark network of hackers has infiltrated the computers of the US military, unleashing chaos across the globe. US missiles strike the wrong targets. Defense systems fail. Power grids shut down. Within hours, America's enemies move in. Russian tanks plow through northern Europe. Iranian troops invade Iraq. North Korea destroys Seoul and fires missiles at Japan.

Phase 1 of ComWar is complete.

Enter Jake Mahegan and his team of highly trained operatives. Their mission is to locate the nerve center of ComWar - a.k.a. Computer Optimized Warfare - and to shut down the operation through any means necessary. Mahegan knows it's a virtual suicide mission. There are three ComWar headquarters, each hidden deep underground in Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Splitting up the team is Mahegan's only chance to prevent the next wave of cyber attacks. But even that won't stop the sleeper cell agents - here in the United States....

When Phase 2 ends, World War III begins.

©2018 Anthony J. Tata (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Good, but past installments better

If you like the series, ultimately you will like this book. That said, the author opted for more narrative on his part this time around rather than let the characters carry the story. You have great characters and great material…it would be much better to run with that rather than go on “explaining” things. I liked the book and the end was fun…but we could use a little less author and a lot more character interaction.

Dated in 2023, politics of author seeping through

Was ok listen while mowing lawn, etc., but isn't my favorite read. A bit stilted, with too redundant explanation of Jake's motivations.

Interesting

Excellent narration.
Sounds like a documentary of where we are now.
I recommend this book.

Tom Clancy Lite

I did this one on audio. It’s war with detail. Not Team Yankee type detail (or anything Clancy did), but enough, with decent accuracy, that I would read/listen again to a Tata offering. My

Jake and Cassie

Love the action and suspense felt through the while book. All of Tata's books are this good.