Weep, Moscow, Weep

Weep Moscow Weep is extraordinary for the fqct that the team has to team up with the KGB. I thought the rest of the book was routine. It had good action scenes. I'm surprised the Russians would manufacture a chemical Agent so soon after the Proteus Enzyme chemical agent from #13 Harvest Hell. All in all, Pretty standard book for me.

I subtracted a star or two because of the plastic masks the boys of PF wear to conceal their identities, the KGB already knows who Manning is (PF 21) and I believe they know who Katz is, having killed other one armed men in the past. From Moscow to Mongolia, through the Gobi desert, investigating crime scenes, firefights and interviews with Mongolian military personel, all wearing plastic masks ..... only to remove them later in the mission ... huh? I know I shouldn't let it bother me, but I couldn't help it. Other than that long rant, It was a really cool idea, teaming up with their "worst" enemy to fight another long standing enemy, TRIO. Good action throughout, excellent writing and some good dialogue at the end between Katz and his counterpart from the KGB.

AT LAST !!! Brilliant entry to the series. The plot is suberb and trying to not give much away the Russians have been developing a biological agent which has been stolen by our old friends TRIO and is going to either be unleashed on the USSR or the formula sold on the open market. The former concerns the Russians and the KGB a lot more and through the delivery of the actual formula to the President of the USA and promises to reveal locations of nuclear launching sites and also promises of reducing the numbers of stockpiled nuclear weapons give major reasons for the President to agree to their request. So what is their request? Only that the nameless/faceless squad of super commandoes who have thwarted so many of their plans and killed so many of their members ASSIST THEM in locating the missing agent and it's formula. Katz is stunned when informed by Hal what is going on (understandably) and that the President actually wants the Team to cooporate with the KGB on this. What follows is suberb folks with the one exception of the plastic face masks which was ridiculous but basically the Team meet the Russians and are flown to Moscow in a Russian plane with the intention of refuelling and flying on to Mongolia. To say the least the tension within the plane between the KGB and the Team is electric and finding on landing the runway is encircled by tanks and troops does nothing to allay their fears of a setup to catch them. Oh Yeah some of the dialogue between the Team and the KGB is very good here and you can sense the hate/distrust between the groups of enemies.Lot's and lot's of action scenes ensue of a very high standard which keeps you turning the pages to see what is going to happen next. And the best thing is you see during these action scenes a dissolving of the hatreds and whatever between the KGB agents and the Members of the Team. John Trent is back assisting the Team which is a bonus which always includes some good dialogue (Why he and Karl Hahn are not used more by the authors is beyond me as I am sure I am not the only reader out here who loves these characters)? The title also finishes fantastically when the KGB guy gives Katz something and after a few words Katz hands him something back which finishes in both of them doing something which is worth the read in itself to cement what you have been thinking for the last third of the title yourself. Do yourself a favour and read this it is a solid 10 (I couldn't let the plastic face mask go but sorry, 1 star deducted).

“Weep, Moscow, Weep,” has the coolest name and cover art for a Phoenix Force entry. This is the companion book to “The Hostaged Vatican.” It resolves the cliffhanger of the previous book and continues on as a direct sequel, but from a new opponent. Trent is still with the team (the awesome cover gives it away) and Encizo and James are coping with their injuries. This entry is also a follow up to “Tooth and Claw” and several others. This entry has more continuity references than any other Phoenix Force title. Phoenix Force must wear masks and adopt colorful names to work with their enemies, the KGB, to stop TRIO from selling a stolen weapon. Firefights rage from the Gobi desert to Hong Kong. I liked the paranoid nature of Phoenix Force as they are fearful of a trap. They have a reason to be on guard. Only a year before, they sent three hundred men to kill them in the United States. Having them work together, even with contrived and bend-over-backwards explanations, still was a huge stretch. The action scenes were great. Fighting off the horde in the Gobi was unnecessary, but fun. I liked the enemy of my enemy is my friend plot here, because it plays well. This also finishes a nice, consecutive arc that stretches from #20 to this entry.

William Fieldhouse gave himself a tough act to follow with Hostaged Vatican...a book I consider to be the top of the Phoenix series...and pulled it off! This book was incredible...post modern pulp heroes at their finest... a raid on a secret Soviet CBW lab...the fate of John Trent revealed...the lurking doubts about Cal and Rafe after the horific events in the Vatican...Mongol Bandits...Phoenix actually teaming with their long time foes in the KGB...the backstreets of Hong Kong...the return of TRIO...a double agent...Trent kickin' ass left and right...British submarines...a climatic island based battle...traditional criminal masterminds that could have sprung from the pages of circa 1940's adventure of The Shadow... Great title...great Gil Cohen cover... INCREDIBLE! This was a golden age for the Phoenix hardcases...find this book!!!

Great follow-up to 'Hostaged Vatican' story. This was PF in their heyday. The cover on the book was a masterpiece by itself. Couldn't put this one down until I reached the end.

Overall a pretty good book, not as good as hostaged vatican, but i enjoyed it.

Couldn't find the prequel, Hostaged Vatican, but decided to give this a go and was satisfied, but not really knocked out. There were some great actions scenes and some nice plot turns, but the writing was so-so and I thought there was way too much focus on John Trent.

A great book where the Force goes up against Trio again. A lot of action, and they left the reader hanging as to the fate of John Trent.

This one just built on the momentum created by "Hostaged Vatican" and left me breathless, eagerly awaiting the next adventure, by the time I was finished with it. I couldn't see how the team would willingly work with the KGB after all the times they've fought against them. I love the whole book, but I particularly liked the final scene. I recommend that you read this book after reading "Hostaged Vatican"; I think to do otherwise would lose some of the background on Trent in particular that gets established in #26.

Hmm, let's see, what do I love about this book? The fate of John Trent after Hostaged Vatican. John Trent STILL helping out the team. Phoenix Force teaming up with the KGB. The return of TRIO (too bad Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force never had a chance to team up and go against MERGE). A swathe of Phoenix flame stretching from Mongolia to the South Pacific with a stop off in Hong Kong... and the end, where Katz and the KGB official walk away in an unofficial truce. That, plus a dynamic cover (Phoenix in SCUBA gear and armed to the gills atop a surfacing sub), this is one of my absolute faves.That, and Weep, Moscow, Weep has to be a great, expressive title.