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stevem0214's review against another edition
5.0
At first, several years ago, I was not a fan of Tommy Carmellini...Jake Grafton, one of my favorite characters in fiction, was not involved in the story as much. I must not have been alone, because Mr. Coonts has brought Jake back more to the forefront in the last couple of books I read. Even Toad was in this one!! These books are thrillers and this was certainly no exception. With 2 million lives at stake things tend to get a little exciting!!!
dabrit's review against another edition
3.0
Sorry, in almost every respect I wanted to love this book. It is exactly the genre I like and I have enjoyed SCs books in the past but this was full of repeated statements, things that didn't make sense and a real lack of depth of character development and plot suspense. Plodded along okay but I won't be revisiting SC for a while after this
ja_hopkins's review against another edition
2.0
I have read several of the Grafton series, but this is the first of the 'modern' ones, and it was a real disappointment, mainly because the premise is too far fetched to suspend disbelief (China plants a nuke next to the biggest naval base on the US East Coast). I also cannot imagine that Chinese intelligence would send an agent who speaks 'not a word of English' to carry out such an important plan on the East Coast. The addition of Carmellini written in first person is also rather grating.
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t does contain a bit of the usual Coonts action, and the final chapter is actually pretty good, although again it is an absolutely ridiculous idea that would never be spoken out loud in the Pentagon let alone planned, approved and actioned. The characters here seem far thinner than in previous books. The Chinese spy is a fanatic, Carmellini is a superhero and the caricatured, golf playing president is, I suspect, more a dig at Obama than Trump as this was published well before the election, although the descriptions sound more like the current incumbent.
I have my doubts about reading any further Grafton books - I may look at some of the middle ones if/when they are (very) cheap on Kindle, but overall I'd go back the The Minotaur if I want to read about Grafton again.
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t does contain a bit of the usual Coonts action, and the final chapter is actually pretty good, although again it is an absolutely ridiculous idea that would never be spoken out loud in the Pentagon let alone planned, approved and actioned. The characters here seem far thinner than in previous books. The Chinese spy is a fanatic, Carmellini is a superhero and the caricatured, golf playing president is, I suspect, more a dig at Obama than Trump as this was published well before the election, although the descriptions sound more like the current incumbent.
I have my doubts about reading any further Grafton books - I may look at some of the middle ones if/when they are (very) cheap on Kindle, but overall I'd go back the The Minotaur if I want to read about Grafton again.
zipperhead's review against another edition
"Flight of the Intruder" was the first real novel I read a long, long time ago. Every since then I have enjoyed Stephen Coonts books. "The Art of War" is a great and well-written book. And just as engaging to me as "Flight of the Intruder" was so long ago. I look forward to more books.
xkay_readsx's review against another edition
4.0
This is my first book by Stephen Coonts and it was entertaining. I enjoy the characters and the plot, well done!
**Possible Spoiler
I wonder what happened to guy from Apt. 209? Did I miss something?
**Possible Spoiler
I wonder what happened to guy from Apt. 209? Did I miss something?
sunny76's review against another edition
4.0
Directors of CIA and FBI are murdered and the Chinese plant a nuke near Norfolk, VA. What else could happen? Can Jake find the nuke in time? Another great novel by Mr. Coonts.
jfranco77's review against another edition
4.0
The Chinese hope they've learned the lessons of Pearl Harbor and plan to detonate a nuclear bomb at Norfolk naval base, but in a way that prevents America from retaliating.
They've also got a plan to destabilize the American government by assassinating key intelligence officials. Unfortunately, one of those assassinations leaves Jake Grafton as the new interim director of the CIA, and Jake is tasked with putting the pieces together and unraveling their plans.
Jake has help from his sidekick Tommy Carmellini and a solid supporting cast. The plot was interesting and moved pretty quickly. The first half of the book was better than the second, and the last 10% felt tacked on, but overall it was solid.
They've also got a plan to destabilize the American government by assassinating key intelligence officials. Unfortunately, one of those assassinations leaves Jake Grafton as the new interim director of the CIA, and Jake is tasked with putting the pieces together and unraveling their plans.
Jake has help from his sidekick Tommy Carmellini and a solid supporting cast. The plot was interesting and moved pretty quickly. The first half of the book was better than the second, and the last 10% felt tacked on, but overall it was solid.
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