Blue Fire Thriller - Victoria Emerson Novel for Mystery Lovers

As a military wife, our family knew how quickly the life we knew could change, and not for the better. Crimson Phoenix is an awesome book. I'm a sucker for the "end of life as we knew it" books but I don't know how I have managed to moss John Gilstrap's post-apocalyptic thrillers. It opens with Congresswoman Emerson's military escort arriving at her home in the middle of the night to notify her that Crimson Phoenix has begun. This is the code name for the evacuation and relocation of the Senate and Congress to a designated bunker, designed to keep them safe as they wait out the fallout from nuclear war. When Congresswoman Emerson learns her sons will not be allowed entry into the bunker, she resigns on the spot. She will leave the area with her sons and her military escort. At this point, the storyline separated into two distinct, but equally important parts.Blue Fire is book #2 in this series. As the town of Ortho grows, so do the number of people who think they can take what the town and it's refugees have built. But the town has become a force to be reckoned with. Attacks grow more violent every day and so will the town's response. Many characters are added, some good, some not so good. In the meantime, the legislative branch of the government in the safety of their bunker find it impossible to set aside their differences in the interest of the people. Their inability to work together will open the door to a take over of the bunker and it's resources. At this point, it's hard to decide which part of the storyline is more exciting. This book is REALLY good. It's full of tension, intrigue, action, camaraderie, and almost every adjective you could think of in a thriller. The characters are great, even the jerks fill out an integral part of the story. This is one of those books that you'd love to be able to give it more than 5 stars.