"Fresh Meat" by Leigh Neely for Criminal Element.

This book is the third in Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising series. I really appreciated the cast of characters listed at the front of the book because the story moves so quickly I often referred to it to keep up with who was doing what! The story of Red Dragon Rising began with Shadows of War and continued in Edge of War and though Shock of War is a good read alone, I think it’s wise to start of the beginning of any story.

It’s February 2014 and the realities of massive climate and temperature changes are tough to deal with all over the world. There is drought and famine in China and Premier Cho Lai decides the only way to handle this problem is to take over the world, starting with the rich soil, rice, and oil of Vietnam. While the bigwigs quarrel like school children on the playground, the Navy vessel McLane is playing a deadly game of tag with a Chinese cruiser and frigate, the protagonists of thelast book are facing media vipers, and the president is swimming against a tide of opposition. But it’s Major Zeus Murphy and Major Win Christian, the military advisors on the ground in Vietnam, who are the stars of this book.

Murphy and Christian are drawn into the action in the early pages, which is what made this book so entertaining for me. I had to put on my seatbelt to stay put throughout the book. I had loads of fun loving the good guys and their strategies and hating the bad guys, who want to destroy the freedoms and growth of Vietnam.

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