The Xiandrian War: Book I - Leviathan
an excerpt

Earth 2096

The World’s population had skyrocketed to over 10 billion by 2075. This was in large part due to a stabilization of peace and the progression of several third world countries to industrialized nations. Along with this stabilization came a reordering of alliances. Countries that once despised each other formed strange mutual protections acts. These acts were a foreshadowing of what was to come.
July 4, 2096 was a day that no one could ever forget. As America was celebrating its 330th birthday the other side of the world was starting a war. China and Australia had gotten into a heated debate several weeks earlier about fishing rights around a chain of small islands in the South Pacific. After weeks of talks everyone walked away from the table unhappy.