Stephen Coonts è un maestro dei thriller e del suspense, che offre narrazioni avvincenti piene di azione e intrigo. Attingendo alle proprie esperienze di aviatore navale, i suoi romanzi offrono uno sguardo immersivo nel mondo ad alto rischio dell'aviazione militare e delle operazioni navali. Attraverso trame avvincenti e rappresentazioni realistiche dei personaggi, Coonts esplora temi di dovere, coraggio e le complessità del processo decisionale sotto pressione. I lettori apprezzeranno la sua capacità di creare storie avvincenti che li terranno con il fiato sospeso.
La Guerra Fredda è finita, ma per Jake Grafton non c'è pace. Il celebre eroe, protagonista dei fortunati romanzi di Stephen Coonts, si trova alle prese con uno scottante intrigo in cui entrano in campo Boris Eltsin, la CIA, Saddam Hussein e una banda di temibili criminali.
Sulle tracce degli assassini del suo primo amore, l'ex commissario dell'unità anticrimine della polizia di Los Angeles Nicholas Marten arriva a Washington, dove la famiglia di un chiacchierato membro del Congresso è stata massacrata dopo che quest'ultimo ha scoperto un massiccio programma di sviluppo di armi batteriologiche. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti John Henry Harris, in partenza per l'Europa per una serie di incontri bilaterali con i capi di Stato di altri paesi membri della NATO, rischia di fare la stessa fine per mano di una società segreta se si rifiuta di eseguire l'ordine di assassinare il presidente francese e il cancelliere tedesco. Temendo per la sua vita, non potendo contare su nessuno, Harris unisce le sue forze a quelle di Nicholas Marten e della bella ed enigmatica fotoreporter francese Demi Picard. Insieme dovranno affrontare una spietata organizzazione segreta, i cui membri sono pronti a tutto, dagli omicidi politici agli attacchi con armi di distruzioni di massa contro i civili, pur di realizzare il loro progetto di dominio assoluto.
Dr. James Kegan, a world-renowned scientist specializing in germ warfare, has vanished from his upstate New York home. But this is no ordinary missing-persons case. Kegan has left behind an unidentified dead man with a .22 caliber hole in his skull - and a contact trail that leads to an alleged terrorist cell. Unraveling the mystery is a job for Kegan s best friend, NSA operative Charlie Dean. His mission is to infiltrate the scientist s circle of associates and decipher Kegan s confidential research. Dispatched to cover Charlie is Delta Force trooper Lia Francesca. The trail leads them to the core of a widespread killer fever that s been dormant for centuries - and its link to a virus that s quickly spreading victim by victim. With time running out Charlie and Lia must find Kegan, uncover his secrets, cut a terrorist threat to the quick, and stop the unimaginable outbreak of a new biological nightmare."
Out of print since 1993, the smash bestselling classic that put Stephen Coonts on the map as a thriller writer--and made a young Jake Grafton into one of the most compelling and popular heroes in fiction--is repackaged and reissued.
The Vietnam War is finally over but for Lt. Jake Grafton, just back from two harrowing combat cruises, his own country seems almost as hostile. When his fists get him in trouble, he lands an excruciating eight-month cruise on the aircraft carrier Columbia teaching jarheads - Marines - the nuances of carrier aviation. Taking off from and landing on a slippery flight deck, on a choppy sea, in a pitch-black night, there is no room for error - or animosity. And while these Marines have Jake wishing he was back fighting the VC, he'll have to learn to live with them. For they must fly together in the same cockpit, and make split-second decisions that hurtle them towards their common goals: excellence - and survival.
The death of a French intelligence agent on an Air France flight to Amman, Jordan, is the trigger that launches Tommy Carmellini's latest adventure. Within the European Union, the national espionage agencies are fiercely competing for supremacy against each other--and against the CIA. When the Americans discover that the director of the French spy agency has secret investments in the Bank of Palestine, alarm bells go off. To investigate, the Americans send Jake Grafton, who has been brought back from retirement to unravel a tangle of espionage, terrorism and murder. And of course, the man Grafton wants on the point is Tommy Carmellini. Together they uncover an elaborate strategy to infiltrate the highest levels of Al Qaeda with a top-level plant--but who is playing whom? As Carmellini delves deep undercover he finds he is running for his life. Grafton and Carmellini uncover a horrifying plan to shake the West as never before--and a catch 22: can they stop the conspiracy without compromising the intelligence source that could bring down Al Qaeda once and for all?
We can now predict the shape of war to come...For the first time, COMBAT brings the best military-fiction writers in the world together to reveal how war will be fought in the twenty-first century. From the down and dirty 'ground-pounders' of the US Armoured Cavalry to the new frontiers of warfare, including outer space and the internet, ten authors whose novels define the military-fiction genre have written all-new short novels about the men and women willing to put their lives on the line for freedom.
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, this narrative chronicles the intense air campaign aimed at dismantling Ho Chi Minh's "Invincible" bridge. It highlights the strategic challenges and dramatic events faced by pilots during this pivotal operation, showcasing the complexities of warfare and the determination of those involved. The book captures the high stakes and bravery of the airmen as they navigate one of the most significant aerial battles in history.
The most daring - and deadly - terrorist plot of all time is about to unfold aboard the supercarrier USS United States. If it succeeds, the balance of nuclear power will change for ever. And it looks as if no one can stop it - except Navy pilot Jake Grafton. Grafton is one helluva pilot and his F-14 Tomcat is one helluva plane. But some of Jake's crewmates have already vanished. And a woman reporter who boarded the ship in Tangiers may not be who she claims to be. Jake Grafton may have to disobey a direct order from the President himself for one spine-tingling, hair-raising, final flight.
