by Michael Mandaville | Aug 10, 2022 | Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
I am keenly interested in the geopolitics which is the reason I wrote my “Stealing Thunder” series of military thriller books. China has recently pushed the envelope against Taiwan. The Chinese naval threat also extends to South Korea, Japan, the... 
by Michael Mandaville | Jan 4, 2022 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
I wrote my “Stealing Thunder” novel series based upon the premise of a surging Chinese military, including the PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy). My predictions have come true with increased agitation between China and Japan, the Senkaku island... 
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 14, 2021 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
My Three part Novel series called “Stealing Thunder” (shameless plug) deals with the increasing tensions from Communist China in the South China Sea, claiming islands with claims from many other countries i.e. Vietnam, Phillipines, etc., From the article: ... 
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 11, 2021 | Aristotle Witzer Series, Fiction I've Worked On, Writing
A young woman surfed through the Paris Catacombs with their watery underground passages. Alison Teal has surfed around an erupting volcano and paddled amidst garbage in the Maldives’ Trash Island, but the 30-year-old Hawaii native recently proved she was indeed... 
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 2, 2021 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
China has pushed over the last fifteen plus years to claim the South China Sea through a series of maneuvers in this strategic area. The South China Sea covers a vast area. My “Stealing Thunder” novel series (shameless plug – link here) details a... 
by michael.m | Mar 10, 2018 | Headlines, Ideas, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the... 
