Reviews of Red Lightning

A Very Plausible and Likely Outcome - If We Keep Ignoring The Signs.

Red Lightning describes the current trajectory for the Western World. As we see the super nations such as the USA and UK crumble, a huge power shift is taking place. Is this pathway inevitable? This succinct book shows how we are running out of time.

Andrew Pancholi, UK

A Searing Insight into the World's perilous future.

Murrin is a global forecaster who has broken and analysed what he calls the “Code of History” and extrapolated from it to explain what is likely to happen next as Empires rise and fall. At the moment China is in the ascendant and America is in decline and in Murrin’s estimation there are signs that because of China’s almost naked ambition we are globally not that far from World War 3 as we repeat the behaviour patterns that lead to WW1 and 2.

Red Lightning is part fact, part fiction and is a searing read, a brief imagination of how and why WW111 will happen and what the consequences will be. It reads like a film script, it merits a movie and anyone who is concerned about all our futures would do well to read it.

Swanns, UK

Murrin's book is an urgent warning which needs to be read now.

'Red Lightning' is fascinating and although the author describes it as a work of predictive fiction, most of it rings eerily true. More than anything Murrin's book is an urgent warning which needs to be read now, before it's too late. 

It's not fiction but truth to state that China has played the long game, and thanks to the capitulation of depraved, venal Western leaders, they have won.

Read in full here.

Karen Harradine, UK

Scary

David Murrin is author also of "Breaking the Code of History", which charts the rise and fall of empires through history. Both works are very thought provoking and are very relevant to the current expansion of power and influence by China. The "West" is sleepwalking towards a cliff edge.

GT, UK

Excellent

Let’s hope it doesn’t happen, but I suspect the truth is mankind has not changed his spots and we have yet to outgrow war.

J. R. Piper UK

Fascinating yet frightening

Firstly, a confession I know the author. Whilst I often disagree with him over short term events I find he has an uncanny habit of being right over longer term with regards to the big picture. The reason behind this is a truly original mind backed by lots of in depth research. This is best seen with David's 'Breaking the code of History' - a superbly researched piece of work, including a whole section on diseases and epidemics and the fall of empires.

So we get to this book. It's short and highly readable piece of work about how China could effectively win WW3 within days and without needing to resort to nuclear weapons. It's fascinating but highly convincing, indicating how much weapons technology has changed (and China has advanced) over the past few years.

Faulkner, UK

This is a wake up call to the world

David has a deep understanding of the way that the CCP works and their mission to be the sole world super power to demonstrate the superiority of their system. In this short book he creates a thought experiment, looking back at the origins and conclusive victory of China in WW3, examining the repeated failures of Western leaders to be perceive the existential threat that China poses and to take adequate timely measures.

Stuart Fraser, UK

A short, sharp and to the point essay on a clear and present danger.

Short, very punchy and to the point this book articulates in some detail, exactly how a Chinese first-strike could render Western military forces impotent in a matter of days, based on the current technologies of all the key players. The scenario is hypothetical - but sadly realistic give China's stated aims of global supremacy and Xi's apparent personal ambitions. Its a wake-up call for sure. The world sleep-walked into war with Germany despite the obvious signs and prior acts of aggression. China has a relatively greater capacity to wage war at a distance than Germany ever did and has just as much of a "reason" to attack preemptively. Definitely worth a read.

IMU, UK

 Impactful and thought provoking speculation.

Purposely damming of our prospects to successfully defend an attack by the upcoming superpowers Territorial Expansion. I learnt a lot about military technology from this book, and it strengthened my belief that more resources should be allocated to defence, engineering and technology applications. Greater collaboration needs to be achieved amongst the greatest nations on earth, towards common goals.

Marcus Skelton, UK

An insightful warning to the perils ahead

A very well researched short story providing a terrifying but wholly realistic scenario of how the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions are driving global instability and how they would enact a first-strike in a non-nuclear World War 3. Part-fiction, its a thought-provoking text and leaves the reader greatly reassessing how they will view the West's relationship with China going forward into the future. A must read for anyone interested in global politics and military history and planning.

Mr P Dawson, UK

This is a wake up call to the world

David has a deep understanding of the way that the CCP works and their mission to be the sole world super power to demonstrate the superiority of their system. In this short book he creates a thought experiment, looking back at the origins and conclusive victory of China in WW3, examining the repeated failures of Western leaders to be perceive the existential threat that China poses and to take adequate timely measures.

Stuart Fraser, UK

Highly engaging and frightening

David has once again produced work that is full of detail and extremely engaging. The fact China is well on track to meet it's long held targets, whilst at the same time playing nicely with the West, trade tariffs aside, helps backup David's story. Leaders seem to be asleep at the wheel and Red Lightning highlights this by describing the surprise attacks that lead to WWIII. Hopefully this book will bring to light the possible consequences if Western leaders continue to dismiss China and its growing threat.

Mr R Dewick, UK

Let’s hope this doesn’t become a reality

Timely considering the current state of world affairs. The length of the story was just right and kept me engaged, let’s hope we don’t see this becoming a reality in the future. A good read for strategists and I'd like to see more on the impact of AI, and cyber threats. Thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to more from David Murrin.

Canada