# Friendship Games: A 21st Century Geopolitical Thriller - Paperback

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by **Mark James** (Author)

**The Persian Gulf erupts.**

When a U.S. aircraft carrier explodes and sinks off Bahrain, Washington blames Tehran. Hours later, Iranian-backed militants strike the U.S. Navy base in Manama and the Bahraini royal palace. Retaliatory American airstrikes follow, pushing the region toward all-out war.

_Friendship Games_ is a modern take on the USS _Maine_ incident that launched the Spanish-American War in 1898-except this time the spark threatens to ignite a global conflict.

Facing what it believes is an existential threat, Iran unleashes a desperate preemptive blitz: missiles rain down on U.S. bases, and armored columns surge into neighboring states to deny America a foothold for invasion.

Caught in the storm are U.S. Navy SEALs and a young sailor, Thew Bryson, forced into a desperate fight for survival as they flee across borders with Iranian forces closing in. In Washington, Vice President George "Daddy Longlegs" Wartmann maneuvers through a collapsing chain of command, determined to see the fight through while the President hesitates.

From the palaces of the Gulf to the corridors of Washington to soldiers on the ground, _Friendship Games_ is a taut, unflinching geopolitical thriller-where one misstep could set the world ablaze. _Friendship Games_ marks the explosive beginning of the Wartmann Series, a sweeping series that explores the perilous intersection of politics, technology, and human ambition in the twenty-first century.

**Number of Pages:** 320

**Dimensions:** 0.72 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** September 01, 2025

## Details

- **Price:** 25.34 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Military, Political, Technological, Thrillers

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