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Rising Dragon Rising: Shadows of War
In the not-too-distant future, massive climate change has wracked the globe. China’s rice-growing regions have been devastated by typhoons, while its western breadbasket is suffering from three years of drought. Riots threaten to tear the country apart. With the old-guard Chinese government paralyzed by the crisis, a young, charismatic party leader steps to the fore. His s...more
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Published
November 10th 2009
by Brilliance Audio
(first published 2009)
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It's been a long time since I read a book that I just couldn't wait to get back to. Larry Bond's "Red Dragon Rising: Shadows of War", however, falls into that category.
When I was considering whether to pick up a copy of this book I was intruiged when I read that Larry Bond helped Tom Clancy develop the story for his WWIII techno-thriller Red Storm Rising, one of my favorite books of that genre. That clinched it for me...I had to take a look at this book, and Larry Bond doe...more
When I was considering whether to pick up a copy of this book I was intruiged when I read that Larry Bond helped Tom Clancy develop the story for his WWIII techno-thriller Red Storm Rising, one of my favorite books of that genre. That clinched it for me...I had to take a look at this book, and Larry Bond doe...more
An imaginatively constructed, credible, and well-written tale of future conflict in Southeast Asia. Driven by climatological and economic hardship, the PLA invade Vietnam under pretext of self-defense after the Chinese stage a phony Vietnamese intrusion into China. We follow the action through the conflicts befalling Josh, an American scientist unwittingly trapped behind enemy lines after he recorded Chinese atrocities to Americans and Vietnamese; Ma, a Vietnamese orphan whom he befriends as he ...more
Shadows of War by Larry Bond and Jim Defelice
Global warming plays havoc with the world’s economy. The inevitable conflict between those that have and those that don’t begins. China is seen as an implacable foe that threatens the security of the entire world. The U.S. finds itself in the paradoxical support of a former enemy.
The only criticism I have of this book is that I found it’s premise entirely too believable. The authors pain a gloomy picture of the not so...more
Global warming plays havoc with the world’s economy. The inevitable conflict between those that have and those that don’t begins. China is seen as an implacable foe that threatens the security of the entire world. The U.S. finds itself in the paradoxical support of a former enemy.
The only criticism I have of this book is that I found it’s premise entirely too believable. The authors pain a gloomy picture of the not so...more
Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice's latest political thriller...epic scale aling the lines of the Clancy derivative Red Storm Rising which bond helped write...This one works in rapid climate change leading to great internal pressures in China...the Chinese premier seeks to distract the Chinese masses by warring on the traditional Chinese enemies in Southeast Asia...the US wants to avoid nuclear confrontation and preserve world peace so it rescues a scientist who is a witness to the invasion and has ph...more
In 2014 the world is suffering greatly due to global warming. China decides it needs Vietnam's natural resources and there's only one way to get them; military invasion. The plan is to cause the world to believe that Vietnam invaded China and China was merely defending itself. An American scientist in Vietnam has proof of China's duplicity but how do we get him out.
This was a good book if you like alternate future scenarios. I liked the book because it was set a few years ahead from today's date. It was very cool to immerse myself in the authors imagination about what might happen to us in the near future. I thought that the book is believable if you really think about the way the world is going. I hope that I can find more of this series of books because I am curious what will happen next.
A very good read and one of their best in quite awhile. Non stop action from the get go. Very enjoyable.
Liked it. A pretty descent action thriller. Can be a start of an interesting series. Look forward more.
My kind of book and action
Decent book. I'm not a fan of book serials, but I can let that go for Bond. I loved many of his first books, but this one lacks the tech details I liked so much about those. There's much more character development, which I guess, for most folks or to claim a bigger audience, is what was needed.
In the past, when I read Bond, I was interested in the warfare, the strategy and the tech. That is still there, tho much reduced.
Might be a good intro to Bond for thriller lovers.
In the past, when I read Bond, I was interested in the warfare, the strategy and the tech. That is still there, tho much reduced.
Might be a good intro to Bond for thriller lovers.
Not the best, but ok.
Returning to the formula that he created with Tom Clancy and Patrick Larkin, Bond has teamed with Defelice to create another near future combat scenario. I am pleased that he has returned to this genre.
I wasted my time reading this book.....poorly written
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