Brink of War — Keith Douglass

GOODWILL GAMES?

It's America vs. Russia in an airmanship contest. A friendly mission, all fun and games...until Russia starts playing rough...

Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and the USS Jefferson are sent in to win the post-Cold War by cozying up to Russia. Washington calls the airmanship competition a "cooperative engagement." But to Magruder, it's a fiasco...

Still searching for his father--who may be alive somewhere in Russia--Magruder doesn't have time for games. And then Russia launches an all-out surprise attack on the Jefferson--and changes the rules...