Fire of the Raging Dragon, Don Brown
Fire of the Raging Dragon, Don Brown
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Fire of the Raging Dragon

Author: Don Brown

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 13 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 11/20/2012


Synopsis

In the very near future, China, now the world’s largest industrial producer and consumer of Mideast Oil, passes a law that all new cars manufactured in that nation will be operated on natural gas. Beneath the floor of the South China Sea, around the contested Spratly Islands, billions of gallons of natural gas wait to be mined. But at the center of the Spratlys, the remote but strategic island of Itu Aba is occupied by China’s historic enemy, Taiwan.When the new, power-hungry Chinese President, Tang Qhichen, orders Chinese Naval forces to attack Taiwanese forces on Itu Aba, U.S. President Douglas Surber responds, ordering the U.S. Seventh Fleet to try and quell a burgeoning naval showdown between the two Chinas.Aboard the submarine tender U.S.S. Emory S. Land, one of the first ships in the naval war zone, is Ensign Stephanie Surber, a recent Naval Academy graduate who is also the First Daughter of the United States. As the Emory S. Land steams into harm’s way, Ensign Surber’s life is gravely threatened. The President must make a decision. Will he take a stand against evil? Or will he save the life of his daughter?

About Don Brown

Don Brown is the author of Thunder in the Morning Calm, The Malacca Conspiracy, The Navy Justice Series, and The Black Sea Affair, a submarine thriller that predicted the 2008 shooting war between Russia and Georgia. Don served five years in the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, which gave him an exceptional vantage point into both the Navy and the inner workings "inside-the-beltway" as an action officer assigned to the Pentagon. He left active duty in 1992 to pursue private practice, but remained on inactive status through 1999, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He and his family live in North Carolina, where he pursues his passion for penning novels about the Navy. www.donbrownbooks.com Facebook: Don-Brown  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

Title: Fire of the Raging Dragon (Pacific Rim Series #2) Author: Don Brown Pages: 381 Year: 2012 Publisher: Zondervan My rating is 5 out of 5 stars. Stephanie Surber is serving as a junior naval officer aboard a submarine tender that suddenly is embroiled in a conflict involving Taiwan and China. Her ship......more

Goodreads review by Maria

In the near future (a convenient timeframe that allows the author to change make the presidents of China, Taiwan and U.S. fictional characters) the Chinese invade the Spratlys islands in the middle of the South China Sea. Vietnam, China and Taiwan all claim these islands and the natural gas that are......more

Goodreads review by Jon

As a military/political thriller, the storyline is mediocre, the characters shallow, and the plot paper-thin. There's very little intrigue, the language is very proper, and even the slight hint of any romance is quickly stifled. Which makes sense when you realize the author is a born-again evangelic......more

Goodreads review by George

This could have been an interesting story, except for the errors in fact. Conflict in the South China Sea is an every day thing and it could blow up. Stir in a megalomaniac and the formula is set. Things that irked me: the cheezy Chinese accent of the reader and badly researched facts: 1. One of the......more

Goodreads review by Dirk

Light reading as a thriller The buildup of tension is good. I appreciated the lack of crude language and the introduction of ethical decisions in the plot. The moral choices that the president and officers need to make, are described well. The realism is somewhat tempered by the maniacal nature of the......more