Stephen Coonts is one of my favorite authors. "Under Siege" is an absolutely FANTASTIC book. My first book of the "Deep Black" series sold under his name was disappointing.I have no idea how much of the writing Coonts did, and how much his co-author did, (William Keith) but "Death Wave" was not v...
The third book in Stephen Coonts' Saucer series appears to suffer from a sense of purpose. When reading it, it feels like the president conveys the thoughts and emotions of the author, of having enough of the main characters and not knowing how things will end. Given the books ending I am still a...
Stephen Coonts is masterful in placing the reader in the cockpit of 3 diverse aircraft under radically different sets of circumstances. The book title The Sea Witch is from the first novella, which stars a fascinating workhorse aircraft – the giant PBY Catalina, a do-anything seaplane of World W...
Reading Stephen Coonts for the first time. Plot was okay, a quick read for those who enjoy military thrillers. At least it wasn't more "Islamic Terrorists Attack" (part 6)!I blame my knowledge of Latin American history, but I had to suspend disbelief quite a bit to go along with this storyline. I...
Liars and Thieves is Stephen Coonts as you've never seen him before-a story as chilling as it is unforgettable. Tommy Carmellini, a CIA operative who is unafraid to walk both sides of the law to attain his objective, uncovers a dark conspiracy that leads to the highest levels of the American gove...
Solid, but not an exceptional thrillerThe strength of a Stephen Coonts novel is that he provides a thriller like Tom Clancy but not all of the techno-speak. Instead, he provides just enough to give the reader a taste but not enough to overwhelm.The weakness of Stephen Coonts is that Jake Grafton,...
I carried a more challenging book along on vacation this past week, but once there found I wasn't in the right frame of mind for it. Final Flight was the most appealing title on the small shelf of the resort's library, so I read that instead.The author is a retired Navy pilot and in a position to...
This is one of my favorite books of all time. As far as I understand, there really are not that many stories out there about the aviators experiences during the vietnam war. In this story Jake Grafton is a naval officer/carrier pilot who flies an A-6 Intruder (bomber jet), Like any infantryman on...
Mmmm... With this book I got the feeling that I was listening to a four year old who was going on and on with an unbelievable story and saying, "And then you know what happened? It got cold and rained. And then you know what happened? Gaven ate a dragon fly." It moved very fast and it was like t...
Jack Grafton, après une longue carrière dans la Marine américaine, est maintenant détaché dans une force conjointe anti-terrorisme. Quand on apprend que des ogives nucléaires russes auraient été vendus à un groupe islamiste, le président des USA lui donne plein pouvoir pour empêcher le pire.Le ré...
I enjoyed this one. After reading The Charm School by Nelson DeMille, which occurred during the Cold War, it was interesting to read this book, which occurred after the break up of the Soviet Union. Of course this book is non-fiction, however it is loosely based on what was going on in the worl...