Crimson Phoenix

By: John Gilstrap

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

“The novel seizes you on page one and never lets go...this riveting book will stay with you long after you finish it. And to top it all off, he’s created one of the most singular and compelling heroines to come along in years.” (Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author)

“Snaps with action from the very first page.” (Marc Cameron, New York Times best-selling author of Stone Cross and of Tom Clancy’s Code of Honor)

From John Gilstrap, the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the Jonathan Grave novels, comes Crimson Phoenix - first in the new Victoria Emerson Thriller series. With America brought to the brink of destruction, one woman becomes the last hope of a nation and its people....

Victoria Emerson is a congressional member of the US House of Representatives for the state of West Virginia. Her aspirations have always been to help her community and to avoid the ambitious power plays of her peers in Washington, DC. Then Major Joseph McCrea appears on her doorstep and uses the code phrase Crimson Phoenix, meaning this is not a drill. The United States is on the verge of nuclear war. Victoria must accompany McCrea to a secure bunker. She cannot bring her family.

A single mother, Victoria refuses to abandon her three teenage sons. Denied entry to the bunker, they nonetheless survive the nuclear onslaught that devastates the country. The land is nearly uninhabitable. Electronics have been rendered useless. Food is scarce. Millions of scared and ailing people await aid from a government that is unable to regroup, much less organize a rescue from the chaos.

Victoria devotes herself to reestablishing order - only to encounter the harsh realities required of a leader dealing with desperate people....

“A gripping page-turner.” (Taylor Stevens, New York Times best-selling author)

“An explosive story that keeps your mind churning and pulse racing.... Don't miss this powerful new series from a master thriller writer.” (Jamie Freveletti, international best-selling and award-winning author)

©2021 John Gilstrap (P)2021 Recorded Books

Well written but there was no conclusion

The book was well written and a page turner. It was also well performed. But there was no conclusion. It just sort of ended. I understand if the author wanted to create a hook for the next book, but this was over the top. The book just seemed to suddenly end in the middle of the story.

Victoria Emerson series,, Book 1

There is nothing in the publisher's summary of Crimson Phoenix which adequately explains that this novel is Book 1 of the two novel dystopian Victoria Emerson series. Book 2 is titled Blue Fire and there is nothing in the publisher's summary of that novel that references the title of the novel (Crimson Phoenix) which was Book 1 in the series. The Victoria Emerson series is excellent but both the publisher and Audible need to do a much better job of linking the two novels. They also need to warn listeners that Crimson Phoenix ends without resolution.

where's the ending?

this was going well until it abruptly ended without any resolution to the story

Unrealistic.

Not worth the effort to listen to this very juvenile book. Don't waste your time.

New twist on survival novel

Good story but never mentioned at end there would be a sequel. What happened to the internal infighting in the congress, Vicky is going to stay and Adam waiting on his family at the flat rock or wherever their meet up place is?
But good book.