Dragon's Kill

This was Fieldhouse's second novel and it's a whopper. I love the way he writes action. Good story. On the flight to Japan I liked how thoughtful Manning is about becoming as collussed as the Terrorist's there fighting. The Force is really molding into a real team and each team member is coming into his own. I liked Keio alot in this book. And his skill with a sword is second to none. Great action all around. 8 stars.

Enjoyable entry into the PF series. I think this one had a lot of untapped potential.A lot of good locations and ideas that could have been expanded upon or been much stronger. With that said, a lot of strong action scenes make this a worthwhile read. Ending was pretty solid even though the technology aspect of the book was a bit out there.

Bit disappointed in this and found myself struggling at times when reading it. The author obviously has a strong knowledge of Japanese culture, ancient fighting skills of the Samurai etc. etc. But it bored me stupid with the constant reference to particular punch names or kick names or whatever. The opponents this time were a bit ordinary and certainly only supplied filler for the pages of the title the plot was well just a little bit over the top. I'm currently reading this series in order and up until this have been pretty impressed but. If you have to, go for it but if you have a choice give it a miss.

This was a pretty cool book which like the rest of the series was hard to put down. At times it was a little hard to follow in japan but that is probably my fault. Overall good book with good action.

Dragon's Kill has Phoenix Force battling a group of Japanese terrorists with dreams of restoring imperial Japan. The action moves from Japan to Hawaii and never lets up. This book is about action first and foremost. There are numerous firefights from the time Phoenix Force gets off the plane in Tokyo. All the action is furious and written with good pacing and some tension. In one memorable chapter the guys raid a terrorist location and kill 42 terrorists in a frenzy of bullets and hand-to-hand fighting. The plot is OK but the big technology used by the villains is better suited to a Bond film. Too far out there. And there are some minor things like how can all five members of Phoenix Force fly to Hawaii in one F-4? I didn't think those things had that much cabin space. And why does the Navy send a couple Seals to pilot the helicopters? Doesn't the Navy have any helicopter pilots? Who knows? The villains in this one are more insane and annoying than actually evil. They swarm and attack frequently but they actually don't seem to present that much of a challenge to Phoenix Force. But they do pile up steadily as corpses in all directions and in lots of locations so I guess they do their part. The action here is what gives this one the high rating. The Japanese setting could have been used better and the villains could have been better but with this much action pounding along you won't be bothered by it. A solid 8 stars.

Another whopper that moved very fast with the trademark action from Fieldhouse.

WOW- a must read for Phoenix fans