The Fury Bombs

Phoenix Force #5

by Gar Wilson

The politics of terrorism had become too complicated for Seamus Riley. He had a way to strike a blow at England that would be totally unexpected. And totally efficient.

Riley would export his brand of terror to the United States, and force a showdown with the British. Extortion and sabotage. Destruction and death. The scheme was daringly simple.

His team of saboteurs had selected fifty targets - major industrial installations, huge metropolitan buildings. The White House and Britian's Parliament were soon united in the need for Mack Bolan's ultimate strength.

The Executioner's Phoenix Force deals in bullets, not blarney - they'll take a head shot before they'll listen to any terrorist trash.

Genres: Action

186 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1983

About the author

Phoenix Force is a series of action-adventure novels first published in 1982 by American Gold Eagle publishers. It is a spin-off of the Executioner series created by Don Pendleton.

Phoenix Force is one of two neutralization teams working for Stony Man, a top-secret anti-terrorist organization. As with The Executioner, the Phoenix Force novels have been written by a succession of authors under the pseudonym Gar Wilson. In 1991, Gold Eagle combined Phoenix Force with another Executioner spin-off series, Able Team, and launched the Stony Man book series, which is still being published as of 2005.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A spin off series from his Executioner books. This series follows several secondary characters that band together. Recommended

[Josh Hitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good entry in the series by Robert Hoskins. This time the team is on American soil trying to stop a rogue IRA offshoot force from detonating nuclear weapons. They stole these weapons in a daring hijacking of a plane that was flying them to a military base. Initially they were using them to threaten British owned companies in the states, but that didn't work and the companies refused to pay so now they are going to blow up American cities unless the US pays. However Phoenix Force knows how to stop such forces.

Highly recommended, a nice early entry in the series.

[FellowBibliophile KvK · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has a nice 1970s ensemble disaster movie feel and charm to it.

Rafael getting a mortar, sans any mention of a base plate, to rescue a hostage from an abandoned church with no blueprints, however, has one asking "Rafael, does the entirety of your concept of 'mortar' come from watching Jimmy Cagney in *The Fighting 69th*?"

Overall enjoyable.

[Nambiar Deepak · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a ridiculous story. Quite amateurish.
It's an "I-love-america we can do no wrong" novel. In addition, the characterization of the phoneix force... Come on.. the cliche. It was a painful read. Thankfully it's very short

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Force is up against the IRA this time. A good book, but not as well done as some of the others in the series. This one was written by Robert Hoskins who only wrote two in the series. Including the first book.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Irish terrorists are at it again. This time making threats to the America on our soil to further their cause through extortion. Another forgettable entry, but we do get some character depth for McCarter here.