Red Phoenix Burning

By: Larry Bond, Chris Carlson

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

North Korea has one of the world's largest standing armies, capable of unleashing a massive arsenal of chemical and nuclear weapons. With an unstable government, led by the Kim dynasty under absolute dictator Kim Jong Un, North Korea more closely resembles an organized crime ring than a real nation-state. Millions live on the edge of starvation while Pyongyang's ruthless generals, crooked bureaucrats, and vicious secret police wage a covert war against each other to expand their rival fiefdoms. Red Phoenix Burning imagines the collapse of this corrupt regime, an implosion that triggers a bloody civil war among the North's brutal factions. As the conflict worsens, the world is dragged into a violent and rapidly widening confrontation amid North Korea's shattered ruins, right to the edge of an all-out war that could engulf the entire civilized world.

Fans of the original Red Phoenix will be delighted to see favorite characters like Colonel Kevin Little, Brigadier General Tony Christopher, and Colonel Rhee Han-Gil returning to battle, older and wiser, alongside new cast of heroes and villains. Red Phoenix Burning will also offer listeners a deeper look behind today's headlines of turmoil and uncertainty - a look made all the more profound by the in-depth knowledge of war, military technology, and geopolitics brought to bear by Larry Bond and his co-authors.

©2016 Larry Bond and Chris Carlson (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Loved It!

North Korea goes into civil war. China sticks its noise in the struggle. South Korea see a chance to unit the two countries. Lots of bang bang boom. Tons of actions, this book is a weekenders. You will not want to put it down.

A great story

A great line of thought to get North Korea out of being a sore in the world. It did get to detailed in the process.

A good listen to finish the story ...

This book tells the story of what happens after the 2nd Korean War as depicted in the the first novel. Many characters return along with a few new ones. I found it highly enjoyable.

if you liked the first book Red Phoenix then this

Having just read the previous novel in this series, Red Phoenix, I felt I should check this one out. It was a decent continuation and nice to have some of the same main characters, although I wouldn't give it quite as high marks as the previous installment. Not quite as much intense action but still enough excitement to make it worth a read.
It took me awhile to get over the uncomfortable voice of the narrator but maybe it was extra stark since I just completed the previous novel whose reader was extremely different and more relatable to other performers I've known with the Tom Clancy and Patrick Robinson series.

Nice Followup

very reasonable followup in Red Phoenix series
if only this could really happen. many characters returned from first book

A watered down Red Phoenix with a lousy narrator

I purchased this book because the original Red Phoenix is one of my favorites. While the premise of the book is great the story is far below the standards set by Larry Bond in his prime. There is very little in the way of technical warfare details that made books like Red Phoenix and Red Storm Rising (which Bond co-wrote) so outstanding and believable. The use of some characters from the original seems like a good idea but they are little more than vaguely referenced by-standers, so why even include them? The original gave you a feeling of what it would have been like to be a soldier, pilot, or sailor in a modern Korean War. Not this sequel. More love story than anything else.

The narrator only made it worse. I thought that the narrator on the original was bad, but he is outstanding compared to the narrator of Burning. He only attempts an accent for Russians and he butchers that. So every other character, Chinese, American, and Korean, and whether male or female, sounds like an American high school sophomore who's mad because he didn't make the football team. Just a stupid upset kid on the verge of tears. The narrator should NEVER be employed by Audible again.

not what I was expecting but not bad.

I was looking for another but updated version of Red phoenix and did not get it. this book is more about what would happen after the kim's regime collapse less a book about a war between 2 nation states. it was interesting and of the same quality as red phoenix but just not selling what I'm buying. thought provoking in a political sense so there's that.

Wish it could happen

Enjoyed both stories. Well thought out. Enough personal interaction and relationships to draw you in.

story tell

Very well researched and written. Believable story in touch with contemporary times. Accurate in a lot of details.

good story

nice follow-up book to read Phoenix. enjoyable story. They only problem I had was Cookie Monster's voice for Colonel RI. LOL