The Fury Bombs

So , not a bad PF book, just not a page turner. Not the author's fault, I suppose. After all,how many times can Stony Man recycle "terrorists hijack nukes for ransom"? Geez, you'd think after the first couple of times, the gov't would tighten security around nukes. For most of the book, the PF members work alone in the US and overseas, they come together for the last chapter or two. There was a spotlight on David McCarter since he got kidnapped and rescued. Didn't see much of Katz when you think about it. As far as action goes, it's not bad. I'd say there is only one big battle to take down the IRA bad guys. What was a little forced was how Gary Manning had a hate on for the main bad guy, but you never really learn why. Also, it was a little weak about how with the threat of nukes being detonated on US soil, only PF was deployed. You'd think EVERY counter terror strike team would be involved, but that may have taken too many pages. This was a quick read, I get the feeling the author just wanted to crank out a quick book.

This book was a disappointment after #4. This author only wrote 2 books and its not much better than his first effort. 6 stars

This book was a little above average. I thought the overall plot wasn't too bad, however, there was nothing that really gripped me. The Irish terrorists plan to detonate stolen nukes in a series of large cities in the United States. PF's tasked is to stop them before the first goes off. To make matters worse, McCarter gets captured while overseas and members of PF are sent in for a successful rescue.

I didn't find this book as bad as other reviewers, it was certainly readable. With that said, Phoenix Force comes across as pretty inept. Most of the book is them bumbling around until the nuke plot kicks in. The author wrote this book by the numbers. Everything was exactly in place for a nice and easy story. Very little thought went into creating any tension/excitement. Nukes in major cities? How on earth will they find them in time? Oh wait, Brognola has a guy...they found them already! It was just way too easy for the guys to stop what should be a pretty difficult, intense, threatening situation. Very little tension. Church rescue scene was good. That's about it. Huge let down after the rather enjoyable #4.

Phoenix Force #5, "The Fury Bombs" is a slow read! The author, Robert Hoskins, barely spends any time on the team itself, instead focusing on the terrorists for five consecutive chapters. It doesn't even seem like a PF book. Granted, it's book #5, but #4, "The Tigers of Justice", written by PF stalwart William Fieldhouse, had a definite feel for the characters even at that early stage. With the exception of McCarter's rescue in an old Irish church, there really wasn't much to recommend in this one. I did like the tailing of one of the terrorists in NYC, but "The Fury Bombs" the ending seemed rushed and the finale left PF off the hook, resulting in an unfulfilling finish. There was one good line, however, with Hoskins referring to one of the IRA men "Emerald Isle trash."

Whilst this is an okay read its falls far behind it's two predecessors. I enjoyed the bad guys as IRA terrorists are normally a better read than your bog standard arab terrorists but the plot is very much found wanting. What were they thinking there was no way they were ever going to see any money and the story just seemed to gyrate to the leaders insanity to detonate nuclear weapons they have come in to. Having said that I enjoyed the action scenes and the dialogue between the team. Recommended reading in this series.

Not the best PF book out there but it seemed to really set the kinda standard for the later books plots. McCarter was pretty annoying in this one, but there were a couple of good scenes of the bad guys , though they were really incompetent weren't they ! A little less action than normal, and not as good a Fieldhouse book , but I kinda enjoyed it. Eh Kay

"The Fury Bombs" is a disappointment after the last three books in the Phoenix Force series. This one just wasn't very good. Phoenix Force doesn't do anything McCarter gets captured by some Irish terrorists around page 84 (what did he think, they wouldn't notice him running across the fields toward that deserted house?) And then they don't do anything again until they rescue McCarter on page 118. An action and firepower scene but not much excitement or interest there. That's really about the only action until the final payoff action starting around page 160. Phoenix Force didn't seem very competant in this one. And the threat wasn't very threatening and the book just kind of bored me. And there were technical mistakes but going after them as well would just be pouring it on. I'm giving this one a charitable 3 stars. It probably ought to be 2.

Pretty good not a bad read. A decent entry.

An okay book, but not as good as the Fieldhouse ones.

This was an average entry. Not as explosive as Fieldhouse.