Iron Crucible Omnibus 1: Books 1-3
(2026)(A book in the Iron Crucible series)
An omnibus of novels by T K Blackwood
Contains Blue Masquerade, Red Front, and Alamo on the Rhine
"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
Three books. One war.
The year is 1992. Two decades after a lone gunman cut down Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet Union has clawed its way to economic strength—and to the brink of total war. When ethnic violence in Yugoslavia draws NATO and the Warsaw Pact to the edge of the abyss, the zero-sum logic of the Cold War leaves no room to back down. Armies deploy. Fleets maneuver. Paranoia radiates from Moscow to Washington. And the showdown of the century begins.
Blue Masquerade opens the saga in the Balkans, where political intrigue and back-alley diplomacy give way to open battle on land, sea, and air. Red Front carries the fire into Central Europe as the Iron Curtain finally bursts—NATO scrambles Operation Reforger across the Atlantic while Soviet armor pours west. Alamo on the Rhine delivers a lean, brutal novella of desperate stands and impossible odds as the Soviet juggernaut grinds toward the Rhine and the men and women in its path try to buy time with their lives.
From the boardrooms of the Kremlin to the cockpit of an F-15, from main battle tanks rolling through Czechoslovakian farmland to a soldier kissing his girlfriend goodbye in central Florida—this is the war as it begins. The first volume of the Iron Crucible saga collects the trilogy's opening arc in a single sweeping volume. East versus West. The future of mankind at stake.
Genre: Thriller
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