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Title:
Liberty
Genre:
Adventure
Action
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Series:
Jake Grafton
Series Order:
10
Binding:
Paperback
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
514
Number of Chapters:
10
Synopsis:
divOn a quiet park bench in Manhattan---just miles from the ruins of the World Trade Center---spymaster Jake Janos Illin delivers a chilling secret message to Jake Grafton: A rogue Russian general has sold four nuclear warheads to a radical Islamic terrorist group, the Sword of Islam. The group intends to detonate them in America in the ultimate terror strike, the apocalypse that will trigger a holy war between Western civilization and the Muslim world. After passing Illin s message to his superiors, Grafton is charged by the president with the task of assembling a secret team to find the warheads before America s population centers are consumed by a nuclear holocaust.
As he hunts for the terrorists, Grafton soon finds himself up to his neck in power politics, techno-billionaires, money-grubbing traitors, anarchists, and spies. He also discovers that the terrorists don t all come from the Middle East. They come from places close to home. They masquerade as patriots. Some may even have the president s ear.
With the survival of Western civilization at stake, Grafton pulls out all the stops. Calling on the assistance of the indomitable Toad Tarkington, and CIA burglar Tommy Carmellini, he raids the prisons to assemble his team while the clock ticks toward Armageddon.
Peopled with the rich, vivid characters that have made Stephen Coonts famous worldwide, Liberty is all action and suspense from the very first page. And it poses the unanswerable question: How far should civilization go to defend itself from its mortal enemies?
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From Publishers Weekly
Coonts’s latest gripping espionage thriller (after America, Hong Kong and Cuba) continues the adventures of Adm. Jack Grafton as he pursues major malefactors. This time, a rogue Russian general has sold nuclear warheads to a Mideastern anti-American terrorist best known for ”hacking some tourists to death with a machete” in Egypt. Grafton must identify and locate the terrorist and his cronies before he detonates the weapons in the U.S. The action moves from central Russia and Suez to the American east coast. Readers familiar with the series know that while Grafton’s methods trample on the law, the FBI and, especially, the CIA, he will be supported by persons at the highest level of government. Coonts’s naval background and his legal education bring considerable authority to the story, and the narrative is loaded with detailed information about terrorist networks, modern weaponry and international intrigue. The plot is so intricate and involves so many characters that readers might lose track of who’s who, though Coonts delineates the major players skillfully. The best character is a computer hacker whom Grafton gets released from prison so that she can invade the databases of law enforcement agencies in Washington. The action is slam-bang, and shifts in point of view accelerate the tension. The climax, played out in the recently renovated interior of the Statue of Liberty, is made for the movies. By the novel’s end, Grafton is so detested by law enforcement that the only thing for him to do is retire. Readers will hope it’s only temporary.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
In Coonts’ eleventh novel, the hero is Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, and his assignment--big surprise!--is to stop the unthinkable before it’s too late. Written after the September 11 attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, the plot involves a terrorist network that possesses nuclear weapons that may be used against the U.S. Grafton, who works for the FBI/CIA Joint Antiterrorism Task Force, discovers that a Russian general who ”doesn’t hate America, but loves money” has sold four missile warheads to a group called the Sword of Islam for $2 million. The plot continues through a series of mostly violent encounters in such varied places as Cairo, Florida, and New York City, and on a mysterious freighter, Olympic Voyager. The book’s title suggests its conclusion: two men spotted on the balcony of the Statue of Liberty’s torch. By the time readers get to that point, they will have enjoyed an exciting romp. Librarians beware. This latest Coonts yarn undoubtedly will make the best-seller lists. George Cohen
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
”Griping...the action is slam-bang.”- -Publishers Weekly
”Frightening realistic.”- -Maxim Magazine
”Coonts knows how to write and build suspense.”-- The New York Times Book Review
-- Review
div”Griping...the action is slam-bang.”- -Publishers Weekly
”Frightening realistic.”- -Maxim Magazine
”Coonts knows how to write and build suspense.” -- The New York Times Book Review
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About the Author
divFormer naval aviator Stephen Coonts flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. A graduate of West Virginia University and a former attorney, Coonts is the author of nine N ew York Times bestselling novels, which have been translated and republished around the world. He lives in Nevada with his wife and son.
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As he hunts for the terrorists, Grafton soon finds himself up to his neck in power politics, techno-billionaires, money-grubbing traitors, anarchists, and spies. He also discovers that the terrorists don t all come from the Middle East. They come from places close to home. They masquerade as patriots. Some may even have the president s ear.
With the survival of Western civilization at stake, Grafton pulls out all the stops. Calling on the assistance of the indomitable Toad Tarkington, and CIA burglar Tommy Carmellini, he raids the prisons to assemble his team while the clock ticks toward Armageddon.
Peopled with the rich, vivid characters that have made Stephen Coonts famous worldwide, Liberty is all action and suspense from the very first page. And it poses the unanswerable question: How far should civilization go to defend itself from its mortal enemies?
/div
From Publishers Weekly
Coonts’s latest gripping espionage thriller (after America, Hong Kong and Cuba) continues the adventures of Adm. Jack Grafton as he pursues major malefactors. This time, a rogue Russian general has sold nuclear warheads to a Mideastern anti-American terrorist best known for ”hacking some tourists to death with a machete” in Egypt. Grafton must identify and locate the terrorist and his cronies before he detonates the weapons in the U.S. The action moves from central Russia and Suez to the American east coast. Readers familiar with the series know that while Grafton’s methods trample on the law, the FBI and, especially, the CIA, he will be supported by persons at the highest level of government. Coonts’s naval background and his legal education bring considerable authority to the story, and the narrative is loaded with detailed information about terrorist networks, modern weaponry and international intrigue. The plot is so intricate and involves so many characters that readers might lose track of who’s who, though Coonts delineates the major players skillfully. The best character is a computer hacker whom Grafton gets released from prison so that she can invade the databases of law enforcement agencies in Washington. The action is slam-bang, and shifts in point of view accelerate the tension. The climax, played out in the recently renovated interior of the Statue of Liberty, is made for the movies. By the novel’s end, Grafton is so detested by law enforcement that the only thing for him to do is retire. Readers will hope it’s only temporary.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
In Coonts’ eleventh novel, the hero is Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, and his assignment--big surprise!--is to stop the unthinkable before it’s too late. Written after the September 11 attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, the plot involves a terrorist network that possesses nuclear weapons that may be used against the U.S. Grafton, who works for the FBI/CIA Joint Antiterrorism Task Force, discovers that a Russian general who ”doesn’t hate America, but loves money” has sold four missile warheads to a group called the Sword of Islam for $2 million. The plot continues through a series of mostly violent encounters in such varied places as Cairo, Florida, and New York City, and on a mysterious freighter, Olympic Voyager. The book’s title suggests its conclusion: two men spotted on the balcony of the Statue of Liberty’s torch. By the time readers get to that point, they will have enjoyed an exciting romp. Librarians beware. This latest Coonts yarn undoubtedly will make the best-seller lists. George Cohen
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
”Griping...the action is slam-bang.”- -Publishers Weekly
”Frightening realistic.”- -Maxim Magazine
”Coonts knows how to write and build suspense.”-- The New York Times Book Review
-- Review
div”Griping...the action is slam-bang.”- -Publishers Weekly
”Frightening realistic.”- -Maxim Magazine
”Coonts knows how to write and build suspense.” -- The New York Times Book Review
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About the Author
divFormer naval aviator Stephen Coonts flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. A graduate of West Virginia University and a former attorney, Coonts is the author of nine N ew York Times bestselling novels, which have been translated and republished around the world. He lives in Nevada with his wife and son.
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Author:
Stephen Coonts
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Publisher:
St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Barcode:
9780312989705
Publication Year:
2003
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$4.42
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-04-22
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:29:43
