Phoenix Force · #45

African Burn

by William Fieldhouse · January 1990

6.8 / 10 average from 4 rated reviews

Phoenix Force goes undercover in central Africa to investigate a series of catastrophic events that have destroyed entire villages and finds that the media, hard on the heels of accusations of sabotage, has made much of the CIA presence in the area. Fueling the suspicions of CIA involvement is the leader of a strong anti-West movement, an ousted powermonger turned charismatic media darling. Tipped off by the KGB, Katz and his men link the genocide to Massamba's grandiose scheme to take revenge. The aim of his maniacal conspiracy: to drive the West out of Africa and ignite a devastating nine-nation revolution backed by three separate and warring factions.

Reviews (4)

KILO 11 7/10 May 2, 2016

Not the best from Fieldhouse but passable. it took me awhile to get through this one.

ice_cracked 6/10 January 25, 2008

Well this is one of the alsoran titles which starts off SO SLOW and manages due to an excellent finish to drag itself above a five star rating (but only just). Now as this title is lacking in action scenes we need to pad the title with something to keep the reader interested so chapter two is inserted. James and Raph are at a bar somewhere why not sure but both have drinks but are not doing more than an occassional sip "of drops" (what is that?) and are unarmed. Add in the associate cast of necessary characters and wham it's all go excellent scenes BUT WHAT does this have to do with the storyline? Well nothing actually but it was good reading. So on to the title and well it continues with the Team traipsing around different countries of the African continent chasing the enemy. The main villan is well written with his background and current activities slowly being exposed by the Team. Some good action scenes where the Team are reducing the numbers to be faced when the final assault happens. After that there is a major problem with the leader of this mob as he is a cult figure. So with some excellent earlier inserts to the storyline the eighteenth chapter starts and a sting is flouted by the Team with the assistance of the KGB (yep I know bizarre) and taken hook line and sinker. As Monsta Mack has said the fist fight between Cal and the giant villan is well written. So not a bad read but the start apart from chapter two as previously mentioned was ordinary even allowing for the fine finish.

Monsta Mack 7/10 March 29, 2003

A good read, not as exciting as most PF novels, but the usual quality writing from Fieldhouse. And I liked the hand to hand combat between Calvin James and the villain at the end of the book. This is the first book in the series that didn't go into detailed intro on each of the PF members.

Gunslinger 7/10 May 19, 2000

Started out kind of blah, but got better as I read on. Overall, a good read.