{"product_id":"flashpoint-zero-wilder-9781970587098","title":"Flashpoint Zero: The Cold War Didn't End - It Ignited","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cold War didn't end. It ignited.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States has walked away from NATO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith one announcement, the President fractures the postwar order. Europe is forced to build a new defense structure before Russia turns instability into conquest. China sees opportunity in the Pacific. The Arctic becomes a strategic flashpoint. North America is no longer beyond reach. America turns inward while its enemies move faster than the institutions built to stop them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the crisis reaches Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the consequences of withdrawal spread across Europe, the Pacific, the Arctic, and North America, the President reaches for powers the Constitution was never meant to surrender so easily. Courts, Congress, cabinet officials, military commanders, and America's allies are forced into a confrontation no one can resolve fast enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussia calls for peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina prepares for war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica begins fighting itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Nathaniel Collier sees the next conflict forming before politicians can admit the old one never ended. In \u003cem\u003e2 A.M.\u003c\/em\u003e, Collier changed the face of modern warfare by trusting Steve Johnson, Jasper van Dijk, and the intelligence others were too cautious to believe. Now he commands in the Pacific, where war is moving faster than the paperwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Johnson wants the life he fought to earn with Katya Orlova, but the world does not let men like him rest for long. Jasper van Dijk sees the pattern in the money. Claire Rousseau follows the hidden accounts. Anya Kuznetsova knows what corruption inside Russia can become. Cypher finds the digital doors no one was supposed to leave open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they are The Flying Dutchman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo official headquarters. No public mandate. No time for governments to admit what they need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flying Dutchman follows the one trail every regime tries to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoney.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeized crypto. Hidden accounts. Covert payments. False peace offers. Military deception. Behind every speech, every sudden political move, and every claim of peace, someone is financing the next war and expecting others to pay the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin Steve Johnson, Jasper van Dijk, Claire Rousseau, Anya Kuznetsova, Cypher, and General Nathaniel Collier in the sequel to \u003cem\u003e2 A.M.\u003c\/em\u003e, where the war that began in shadows moves into the open and the old rules no longer hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Brussels and Moscow to Guam, Beijing, Australia, Greenland, the Arctic, and North America, \u003cem\u003eFlashpoint Zero\u003c\/em\u003e is a geopolitical military thriller about NATO fracture, Russian deception, Chinese expansion, constitutional crisis, executive overreach, cyber warfare, covert finance, naval conflict, intelligence operations, and command under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Tom Clancy, Harold Coyle, Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum, and modern Cold War thrillers, \u003cem\u003eFlashpoint Zero\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a high-stakes story of military strategy, espionage, political collapse, constitutional crisis, and the terrible moment when the system meant to prevent war begins to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWars are not always started by nations that want them. Sometimes they begin because one man in power needs to win in order to prove he was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world breaks quickly when he mistakes power for proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1970587091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970587098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder Creek Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.49d","brand":"Wilder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665702654207,"sku":"9781970587098","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/flashpoint-zero-wilder-9781970587098","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}