Empire Rising, Rick Campbell
Empire Rising, Rick Campbell
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Empire Rising
A Novel

Author: Rick Campbell

Narrator: Jeff Gurner

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/24/2015


Synopsis

Xiang Li Cheng, the President of the People's Republic of China, has both a problem and a plan in Rick Campbell's thrilling Empire Rising. The problem is that the limited supply of oil available to China is threatening to derail his country's economic growth and prosperity. But to secure access to those resources, he must contend with powerful U.S. Navy and the Pacific Fleet.

After a decades-long largely secret military build up, Cheng sets his plan in motion by suddenly invading Taiwan and drawing the Pacific Fleet in to its defense. With a faster, larger fleet with more capable long range missiles, China is able to surprise and quickly overwhelm the American fast attack fleet, all but wiping out the U.S. forces on deployment. Then China turns to its real objective - invasion and expansion across Asia, starting with the four main Islands of Japan.

While the Atlantic Fleet surges westward to defend its allies and respond to the destruction of their counterparts, it falls to an unlikely alliance of three people to stop this incursion and prevent World War III. National Security Advisor Christine O'Connor has critical information, but she's trapped in Beijing; Captain Murray Wilson, C.O. of the submarine USS Georgia must somehow infiltrate the Chinese submarine blockade; and Navy SEAL Jake Harrison must lead a strike team into the most hostile of territories with only hours to implement the most daring plan ever.

About Rick Campbell

Rick Campbell, a retired Navy Commander, spent more than twenty years on multiple submarine tours. On his last tour, he was one of the two men whose permission was required to launch the submarine's nuclear warhead-tipped missiles. Campbell is the author of The Trident Deception, Empire Rising and Ice Station Nautilus, and lives with his family in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

About Jeff Gurner

Jeff Gurner is a voice, stage and screen actor. He has recorded hundreds of radio and television commercials, video games, and is an award winning audiobook narrator. He is best known for his narration of Patrick Lee and to Karen Miller’s The Star Wars Clone Wars series and works by Mark Sullivan and Terry Francona. AudioFile magazine praised Jeff''s "deep, compelling voice and well-acted presentation" and awarded him a 2006 AudioFile Earphones Award for Jennifer Egan’s The Keep.Gurner’s theater credits include The Lion King on Broadway, Guys and Dolls, Harold and Maude: The Musical, and A Christmas Story. Television credits include The Good Wife, Mercy, and Law & Order.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samuel on March 18, 2015

THE ART OF WAR “Quantity has a quality of its own”.- Josef Stalin "It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor your......more

Goodreads review by Jean on March 25, 2017

I enjoyed the first book in the series so much I decided to read book two. Christine O’Conner is the president’s national security advisor. She advises against signing the Maer Accord about the mutual access to environmental resources between the U.S. and her allies. The Accord severely limits China......more

Goodreads review by Skip on March 27, 2017

China is threatened by a U.S. trade accord that will restrict its access to necessary resources, and launches an attack on Taiwan in order to drag the Pacific Fleet into the strait there. Using (view spoiler)[malware, (hide spoiler)] China devastates the U.S. naval forces. However, a National Security Advisor manages to escape w......more

Goodreads review by Ed on February 17, 2015

I won an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review. A good read with an intriguing premise of a conventional war with China over their share of the worlds limited oil supply. China needs a bigger oil percentage than a treaty of developed nations allotted them. Their response was similar......more

Goodreads review by Mark on April 24, 2021

Loved the 1st entry of the "Trident Deception" series and I loved this 2nd in the series as well...Rick Campbell again gives us a Tom Clancy-ish page-turning thriller along the lines of geopolitical thrillers like "Red Storm Rising"...Very au courant in today's Cold War with China...China is threate......more


Quotes

“Campbell does an amazing job, balancing character interaction with high-octane action...the best novel about a submarine since Tom Clancy's The Hunt For Red October.” —Booklist (starred) on The Trident Deception

“No one puts the reader inside a nuclear submarine like Rick Campbell does. Compelling and thrilling, this novel is a must-read.” —Jack Coughlin, author of Shooter, on The Trident Deception

“Fans of submarine thrillers who are saddened by the demise of Tom Clancy will welcome Campbell's debut. You may not be able to actually drive a sub after reading this one, but you'll probably know enough to at least launch a salvo of Trident missiles.” —Publishers Weekly on The Trident Deception