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*Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Blood of War, *an explosive new thriller from *New York Times* bestselling author Larry Bond. As depression and drought wrack China, the country's new premier has launched a deadly war with Vietnam. The assault has left the world on the precipice of disaster…. U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy disobeys his commander and plunges headlong into the conflict, leading the Vietnamese in a covert attack against the Chinese army massing on the border. If the gambit fails, China will roll over Vietnam―and Zeus will lose the only woman he has ever loved, kept prisoner in a secret base north of Hanoi. In the South China Sea, the USS *McLane* becomes a deadly pawn in a game of international chicken between the U.S. and China. If the American ship won't leave, the Chinese are prepared to sink it. Vietnam prepares a doomsday weapon that will not only extract revenge but render much of Southeast Asia uninhabitable for decades. Hoping to prevent this, the U.S. President sends SEAL Lieutenant Ric Kerfer to destroy the weapon. Operating on land and sea, American heroes are caught in a desperate struggle to prevent the unthinkable from becoming reality. But are they enough to turn back the might of the rising Red Dragon? ** ### From Booklist The fourth book in Bond and DeFelice’s Red Dragon Rising series throws the cast right into the action from the get-go. A few years into the future, China has attacked Vietnam. While the rest of the world watches and waits, an army major inside the war-torn country leads an attack against the Chinese. An American ship off the coast of China waits for a missile strike, and the president of the U.S. contemplates WWIII. Global warming plays a key role in how leaders act and the lengths they will go to keep the status quo. Military fiction fans will follow this shockingly believable scenario eagerly, though those unfamiliar with the series should be warned to start at the beginning; the plot will be largely incomprehensible otherwise. Imagine the four books together as being the longest single Tom Clancy novel ever written, and you’ll get the idea. --Jeff Ayers ### Review “The techno-thriller has a new ace and his name is Larry Bond.” ―*Tom Clancy, bestselling author of Without Remorse* “A superb storyteller… Larry Bond seems to know everything about warfare, from the grunt in the foxhole to the fighter pilots far above the Earth.” ―*The New York Times Book Review*