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  • Tipping Point

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  • By: John O'Brien
  • Narrated by: Mark Gagliardi
  • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (151 ratings)

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Tipping Point

By: John O'Brien
Narrated by: Mark Gagliardi
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Publisher's summary

The Unites States and China vie for supremacy in the international marketplace as China seeks to become the global leader. A pandemic sweeping across the world send the markets spiraling into chaos, increasing the tension between the two superpowers. Armed conflict needs only a spark. Will China’s attempt to expand their territories into the South China Sea be the trigger that plunges the two mighty nations past the rhetoric and into a shooting war?

©2021 John O'Brien (P)2021 John O'Brien
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To reader: learn the terms used in the book.

Story is engaging and pretty good. The reader does a reasonable job except he doesn't realize that LCDR should be read lieutenant commander and LTJG should be lieutenant JG (or junior grade) so he literally read "LCDR".

Not that big a deal but it just grates each time.

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Good start

The story definitely made me feel like I wanted more as it progressed in the narrative that the author shared

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The Future Conflict “what if” scenario.

Great take on potential war with Chinese. Not too much tech overload and decent character development. Great listen and can’t wait for book 2 to come out. Narration was very good.

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great book

this book is so good only the best just like all the books by John O'Brien

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Great story

Great storyline, fast paced. Plausible plot in today’s world. Looking forward to the next book.
Highly recommended.

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Another great work John O’Brien

Once again John O’Brien has written a wonderful and riveting story. This one is of a different genre than I have read from him before.
His combination of technical detail and storyline work well together to make a compelling first book of what I hope will be a series.

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Fantastic and frightening.

John Obrien does it again. A frightening story which is easy to imagine occurring for real. A well researched story with vivid character's and a terrifying premise we can all imagine. Highly recommend.

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very current and credible...

but current administration would not act as boldly as the USA did in this fiction.

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Great listen, even with poor narration

Overall, I found the story enjoyable. It was never slow, and didn't hesitate to purchase the second. My only issue was the narration. Mark Gagliardi could do much better. He changes his voice little when voicing different characters, and doesn't bother with accents at all. If good narration is important to you, you probably wouldn't enjoy this.

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Great Story

I have to say I’m really surprised more people have not reviewed this book.
I thought that it was very relevant to the world today.
If your on the fence about trying this book, don’t be. It’s well worth the credit.
Well done John, I’m really looking forward to the next book.

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