Under secret orders from the President, U.S.
Army Major Zeus Murphy sabotages a Chinese invasion
fleet on the eve of its assault against Vietnam. But
after Murphy and fellow officer Win Christian are
trapped behind enemy lines, Christian’s erratic
behavior gives them away. The pair shoot their way
out of a Chinese airport terminal, hijack a bus,
then barely escape two truckloads of soldiers before
disappearing into the night. Thus starts Zeus Murphy’s
personal odyssey in the latest installment of the Red
Dragon Rising series.
Back in America, President
Chester Greene fails to convince Congress that the
Chinese invasion of Vietnam is the first step in a plan
to rule Asia—and eventually go to war with the U.S. Not
even the Pentagon will support the President;
top-ranking officers do everything they can to sabotage
his orders.
After Zeus and Christian dodge a Chinese
armored division and return to Vietnam, Zeus proposes a
plan to blunt the tank attack. His commanding officer
orders him to stand down. Zeus disobeys in an effort to
help the Vietnamese woman he’s fallen in love with. Win
Christian goes with him to prove he’s not a
coward…within hours, both men are alone with a company
of Vietnamese soldiers on the border, staring down the
barrels of Chinese main battle tanks as they drive on
Haiphong, starting a countdown to all-out war with the
West.
In
Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of
War,
New York Times bestselling authors Larry
Bond and Jim DeFelice imagine a horrifying near-future
immersed in global war.
