Fire of the Raging Dragon

Fire of the Raging Dragon is a 2012 political thriller written by Don Brown. The novel explores the international political tension in disputed waters of the South China Sea. The storyline features a naval war that erupts between the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of Taiwan over the contested waters around the Spratly Islands, in which a fictional President of the United States sends the U.S. Navy between the Chinese and Taiwanese Navies to try and stop the war. The storyline takes a twist when the President's daughter is stationed aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS-39), which is on station in the South China Sea when the war breaks out. Thus the President's orders place his own daughter into harm's way, The novel also features the U.S. warships USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70),USS Shiloh (CG-67),USS Vicksburg (CG-69),and the ballistic missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN-729).

Exploring the modern rise in power of the Chinese Navy, the novel's antagonist is a fictional Chinese president who seeks to build China into a military superpower. Since the novel's publication, the Chinese Navy has continued to expand in size and power. By 2014, China was in the process of building its second aircraft carrier, with the first having been commissioned in 2012 AbOUT the time that Fire of the Raging Dragon was published.

Fire of the Raging Dragon was the second novel released in Zondervan's Pacific Rim Series.