Red phoenix - Larry Bond (Red Phoenix #1)

Bloody general riots, fomented by carefully placed Communist agents, are breaking out in South Korea. Confronting both raging civil disorder and internal dissension, the military faces upheaval. Seizing the opportunity, North Korea launches a lightning invasion with heavy Soviet support, whose objective is to unite both North and South under Communist rule. The Second Korean War has just begun—and the Third World War may not be far behind.

The conflict is engaged on all fronts: land, sea, and air. Soldiers fight in Korea’s snow-covered hills and frozen rice paddies. F-16s race into dog-fights over the 38th Parallel. Ultramodern submarines glide into battle in the other-worldly silence of the deep Pacific. And from the hushed, anxious corridors of power in Washington, to those in Moscow and Beijing, the growing war spreads its explosive economic and political ripples to Europe, Japan, and the world.

Making this drama come alive are characters as authentic as the war surrounding them: General Jack McLaren, Commander of American Forces, a combat soldier whose troops are trapped in a war they might not win; Captain Tony Christopher, an F-16 pilot who believes his men are the best of the best, and must pit that belief against the ultimate challenge; and Blake Fowler, the National Security staffer who works Washington’s back rooms to help the generals win the war abroad.

Red Phoenix is a tense and thundering epic of modern war, torn out of tomorrow’s headlines.