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As the forces of white supremacy make their last ruthless stand in South Africa and the world faces Armageddon, America mobilizes Operation Brave Fortune, a full-scale war effort waged on land, at sea, and in the air. "Bond is good. . . . I started sweating on the first page".--Stephen Coonts.
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Overview

As the forces of white supremacy make their last ruthless stand in South Africa and the world faces Armageddon, America mobilizes Operation Brave Fortune, a full-scale war effort waged on land, at sea, and in the air. "Bond is good. . . . I started sweating on the first page".--Stephen Coonts.
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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
This near-future techno-thriller with a South African setting sustains interst from first page to last and confirms Bond ( Red Phoenix ) as a highly capable storyteller. Afrikaner radicals stage a coup, reinvigorate apartheid and invade Namibia. Cuba reinforces its troops based in Angola and Mozambique, and mounts a counterattack on the revolutionary government. On the brink of defeat, the hardliners cross the nuclear threshold. Britain and the U.S. intervene, hoping that U.S. Rangers can destroy South Africa's atomic capacity before it is tapped again. Led by American journalist Ian Sherfield and South African military officer Henrik Kruger, Bond's characters are adequate to the story line's demands--his Afrikaners suitably fascist, his journalists suitably heroic. The scenario is a logical extrapolation from South Africa's current situation, with the arguable exception of the peripheral roles assigned the African National Congress and other black organizations. Their absence from the plot's main arena, however, leaves Bond free to develop the military aspect of his narrative, especially his depictions of battalion-level conventional warfare. The lengthy novel's last third, focusing on the U.S. deployment of force, also gives an excellent sense of the problems--and limits--of power projection in an underdeveloped theater, a type of setting we're likely to be seeing in future military thrillers. 250,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo; author tour. (June)
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Set in today's South Africa, this broad, elaborate war thriller by the author of Red Phoenix (Warner, 1989) has Nazi-like ultraconservative Afrikaners taking over the Pretoria government, then invading bordering Namibia. A Communist counterforce led by Cubans is mounted, as internal revolt and harsh suppression breed domestic chaos. A Boer nuclear attack on the Cubans is answered with nerve gas; only heavy commitments of U.S. and British forces restore order after much battling and destruction. The love interest involves an American TV journalist and a free-spirited daughter of one of the Afrikaner leaders. In the wake of Desert Storm this knowledgeable evocation of the spectacle of modern weaponry and international conflict will reward new and old admirers of military action. A $150,000 advertising budget should ensure interest among those drawn to this genre. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/91.-- William A. Donovan, Chicago P.L.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780446363044
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date: 6/1/1992
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 928
  • Product dimensions: 4.00 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 1.37 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 8, 2000

    BOND DOESN'T MISS A BEAT!

    In Vortex, Larry Bond tells us a story involving South Africa and the World. The plot is gripping and suspenseful from beginning to end. The characters are complex and believable. There are many plot twists, and surprises, as well as detailed military, politcal, economic and social senarios and descriptions. This book is great! Red Phoenix is a very good book (also by Larry Bond), but Vortex is even better!! Don't miss reading this one.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 12, 2004

    Guerra moderna en Sudafrica

    La extrema derecha toma el poder en Sudafrica y lanza una guerra racial que debasta al pais. Sudafrica invade Namibia, la cual es defendida por las fuerzas cubanas acantonadas en Angola. Con ayuda de la URSS, Cuba contrataca desde varios frentes. Las fuerzas enfrentadas utilizan sus arsenales de destruccion masiva: bombas nucleares y gas nervioso. Una fuerza anfibia anglonorteamericana desembarca en Sudafrica. Boers, anglosajones, cubanos y nativos se enfrentan a lo ancho y largo del pais.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 19, 1999

    incredible and well thought plot

    I have read 4 books by Larry Bond and all of have kept me up till the wee hours of the morning. Impossible to put down and equals the veteran Tom Clancy.

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