The Last Phoenix - Softcover

Richard Herman

4.24

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ISBN 10: 0340819189 ISBN 13: 9780340819180

Publisher: Coronet Books, 2002

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It is the start of the new century and the world is still a very dangerous place. Fully aware that the US cannot fight two Major Theater Wars at the same time, China and the radical Islamic states attack simultaneously. Maddy Turner, the embattled president, is forced to focus on the Middle East while fighting a holding action in Asia. She sends a ragtag collection of A-10 Warthogs to Malaysia, led by dare-devil pilot Matt Pontowski. It will only be a matter of days before their base is overrun. But there is a wildcard. Victor Kamigami is a legend in the world of special operations. He is past his prime, but when Chinese guerillas destroy his village and murder his family he is set on a quest of retribution...

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About the Author:

Richard Herman retired from the US Air Force in 1983 with the rank of Major after serving for 21 years. The author of ten technothrillers, he now lives in Gold River, California..

From Publishers Weekly:

Maestro of the military thriller, Herman (The Trojan Sea) offers a panoramic, jet-propelled epic long on battles, political intrigue and, unfortunately, tangential subplots. Reprising their roles from Edge of Honor, Maddy Turner, the beleaguered first female president of the United States, and her secret lover, retired air force general Matt Pontowski, are the heroes of this new novel, which opens in the near future with the president in the final months of a hard-fought reelection campaign. A sudden Chinese invasion of Malaysia is quickly followed by an attack on Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates by an alliance of Iraq, Iran and Syria. Hampered by cut-to-the-bone peacetime budgets, the U.S. military doesn't have the resources to respond to wars on both fronts. When troops are dispatched to protect U.S. interests in the oil-rich Middle East, Maddy is left with no regular military to combat the Chinese and is forced to ask Matt to reactivate his old American Volunteer Group-a ragtag collection of pilots flying A-10 Warthogs-to hold back the Chinese until the regular military can be brought up to strength. The story cuts from Washington to Malaysia and other points on the globe in a rapid-fire montage. An expert at fast-paced action, Herman does a passable job keeping technobabble to a minimum, but there are too many bloodstained subplots with comic book characters. Matt's implausible escape and his heroics with a broken collarbone make the end more fizzle than bang.
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