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Phoenix Force
Fire Storm
The world's hopes for peace are hijacked when the American President and the premier of the Soviet Union are abducted at an arms summit in Europe.
Armed wit ha highly destructive plutonium-core device, the terrorists responsible issue a list of demands that sends fear through both American and Soviet officials.
It's an impossible mission to fulfill, and relying on authorization at the Oval Office level, the men of Phoenix Force make it their own. Pitted against ruthless anarchists and the increasingly hostile intelligence networks of the superpowers, they storm into action to avert the imminent threat of World War III.
Armed wit ha highly destructive plutonium-core device, the terrorists responsible issue a list of demands that sends fear through both American and Soviet officials.
It's an impossible mission to fulfill, and relying on authorization at the Oval Office level, the men of Phoenix Force make it their own. Pitted against ruthless anarchists and the increasingly hostile intelligence networks of the superpowers, they storm into action to avert the imminent threat of World War III.
348 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Gar Wilson
70 books4 followersPhoenix 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.
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.
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March 4, 2026
The first Super Phoenix Force reads like a big blockbuster Hollywood movie from the 80s. Almost non-stop action sequences as the team takes on a terrorist organization who have kidnapped not only the US President, but the Russian Premier as well, and holding the world hostage with a nuclear bomb as well.
You need a few things to make a regular Phoenix Force a ‘Super’, and the basic plot fits the bill, with huge stakes, including a captured Gary Manning. Another thing you need is a good villain, that criteria is met in Colonel Skull, a decently fleshed out baddie who suffers from some rather obscure motives, and leads his terrorist group with a death wish, willing to sacrifice himself and his group if his demands aren’t met.
Overall I enjoyed this novel, one of the gripes being the overuse of hand to hand combat sequences, especially when a member of the force had the drop on the baddies, but didn’t pull the trigger out of some sense of honour. This didn’t ring as true as some of the earlier books, where its shoot first and shoot last to win. Another notes is the loss of sometimes-Phoenix member Karl Hahn, I guess they had to off somebody since it was a ‘super.’
Some decent tension here as well, though the stakes seems too high at some points, Phoenix was able to save the day as always.
You need a few things to make a regular Phoenix Force a ‘Super’, and the basic plot fits the bill, with huge stakes, including a captured Gary Manning. Another thing you need is a good villain, that criteria is met in Colonel Skull, a decently fleshed out baddie who suffers from some rather obscure motives, and leads his terrorist group with a death wish, willing to sacrifice himself and his group if his demands aren’t met.
Overall I enjoyed this novel, one of the gripes being the overuse of hand to hand combat sequences, especially when a member of the force had the drop on the baddies, but didn’t pull the trigger out of some sense of honour. This didn’t ring as true as some of the earlier books, where its shoot first and shoot last to win. Another notes is the loss of sometimes-Phoenix member Karl Hahn, I guess they had to off somebody since it was a ‘super.’
Some decent tension here as well, though the stakes seems too high at some points, Phoenix was able to save the day as always.
August 8, 2017
William Fieldhouse deals out cliche after cliche in this "Super" Phoenix Force book. Don't get me wrong. If anyone can deal with cliches in the action adventure genre, it's William Fieldhouse. This book logs in at 348 pages. With already 38 books written in this series by this point, a double length novel can be a tad risky. We cover a lot of ground many times over. The Force finds a base. Attacks. Finds that the head terrorist and hostages are not there. Repeat. When these things are 170 or so pages, we get slam bang action. Instead of drawn out planning and dialog that repeats.
The basic plot of this is that a terrorist named Colonial Skull, yeah I laughed a bit too, has assembled a global army to kidnap the leaders of the U.S..A and Russia from a summit meeting in Luxembourg. He also has a make shift nuclear bomb on hand to dissuade the use of force on his plans. The Phoenix team is joined up by anti terrorist units in France, Belgium and West Germany. A heavy body count and a proliferation of action ensues. Still a nice read.
The basic plot of this is that a terrorist named Colonial Skull, yeah I laughed a bit too, has assembled a global army to kidnap the leaders of the U.S..A and Russia from a summit meeting in Luxembourg. He also has a make shift nuclear bomb on hand to dissuade the use of force on his plans. The Phoenix team is joined up by anti terrorist units in France, Belgium and West Germany. A heavy body count and a proliferation of action ensues. Still a nice read.
November 22, 2022
A real solid book. Was afraid extending these by 50 percent or so would hurt, but Fieldhouse knows how to write these and the extra pages never made the book feel sluggish. The team has to try and rescue world leaders, including the American president, from a terrorist force comprised of ex members of a dozen or more terrorist outfits. Also has spies everywhere, in all of the nations' intelligence agencies, and they have a nuke that they have threatened to set off. They really have their work cut out for them.
Highly recommended, Fieldhouse is always a fun read and it surprised me with a death I wasn't expecting.
Highly recommended, Fieldhouse is always a fun read and it surprised me with a death I wasn't expecting.
February 26, 2016
A spin off series from his Executioner books. This series follows several secondary characters that band together. Recommended
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