Blue Masquerade (Iron Crucible Book 1)

Set in 1992, this novel follows a world where Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev was assassinated by a gunman over twenty years earlier. Since then, the Soviet Union has pursued economic success alongside military expansion. When Yugoslavia collapses into ethnic violence in the Balkans, NATO and the Warsaw Pact move toward direct confrontation. Armies deploy and naval forces maneuver as political intrigue unfolds in Moscow and Washington. Cold War tensions escalate into paranoia on both sides. A conflict decades in the making erupts from behind-the-scenes maneuvering into open warfare across land, air, and sea. The superpowers face off with global consequences hanging in the balance.