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The Algebra of Reckoning: From the Mines of the Congo to the Quays of the Neva

The Algebra of Reckoning: From the Mines of the Congo to the Quays of the Neva

Van Houte, Cornelis

Paperback

Series: The Frost Reports on Military Science, Book 14

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN13: 9798248764129
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The West is not destroyed by its enemies. It is destroyed by its accountants.

Dr. Cor van Houte-callsign: Frost-is not a soldier. He is a ghost in the machine of global power. An ex-Navy logistics consultant based in Moscow, Frost doesn't care about flags, ideologies, or the normative orders taught in ivory towers. He cares about the arithmetic of reality: tonnage, distance, threat, and the iron-clad control of the supply chain.

From the sweltering cobalt mines of the Congo to the silver quays of the Neva, The Algebra of Reckoning pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of asymmetric operations. While professors at the Sorbonne debate theories of power, Frost is on the ground, navigating a world where the rule of law is a rumor and the state is a fiction maintained by whoever controls the next checkpoint.

When a water-stained copy of a forgotten military doctrine surfaces in a crate of medical supplies in Bangui, Frost finds the missing variable in his equation. It is a blueprint for endurance-a strategy of attrition that renders Western interventions obsolete.

In this clinical, high-octane thriller, you will discover:

  • The Kill-Chain: The logistical-financial-kinetic reality that converts a mineral concession into a geopolitical fact.
  • The Kinshasa Doctrine: Why the wallet must die before the man, and why mercy is simply a matter of surgical precision.
  • The Sovereign Manifesto: A world governed not by norms, but by the relentless algebra of the supply chain.

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