In an ancient land, superpowers duel with new technologies. Will they mean an end to war, or life on earth?

The world has entered the anti-matter age. But can the US control its terrifying new weapons?

A nuclear-armed enemy decides to test US resolve. In a game of nuclear vs. antimatter chicken, who will swerve? 

FX Holden
FX Holden

A former journalist and intelligence officer, FX Holden writes Action Thrillers (The Future War Series, The Aggressor Series) and Suspense Science Fiction (The Coruscant Series). 

He has been awarded two US Publishers' Weekly Stars (the Michelin Star of publishing) and the US Readers' Favorite award for Best Political Thriller in both 2019 and 2021, and the US Book Excellence award for Best Military Fiction 2022! 

Writing as Tim Slee, he was awarded the HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Australian Fiction, 2018, for his contemporary fiction novel, Taking Tom Murray Home. In 2018 he won the USA BookLife Prize for Fiction for his novel The Vanirim.

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Antarctica STORM

Publishers Weekly BookLife May ´25 Editors' Pick

Antarctica STORM is a stand-alone addition to the Aggressor series. It can be read without having to read the rest of the series.

A power source
so potent that 0.1 ounces could flatten Manhattan.
A US research program so secret it has been hidden under the most remote base on the coldest continent on the planet.
An unidentified spy deep inside the...

The Aggressor Series

5 novel series
Book #1 from the series: Aggressor

"Full-throttle action..." Publishers Weekly BookLife Editor's Pick.

It is April 1 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced, it can disrupt the balance of power in the region.

But what pilot would be crazy enough to run the Chinese blockade to...

Beachhead: A page turning military thriller (The Aggressor Series Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: Aggressor

“I would place Holden with the best of the best military thriller writers…” JAMIE MICHELE, READERS’ FAVORITE, 5 STARS

With US troops and aircraft on Taiwanese soil, and missiles flying across the Taiwan Strait, the world prepares itself for the war that has been building since the turn of the century …

Will China back down, or double down? Will...

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