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Read by Eric G. Dove.

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Iran is on the verge of obtaining the technology to launch a nuclear weapon and Tommy Carmellini, with Jake Grafton, must undertake a mission to stop them, using commandos and undercover operatives as the clock ticks down.

It is absolutely ridiculous that the Kindle price for this book is more than the hardcover price.

Coonts was a fighter pilot so always writes copiously and knowledgeably about military procedure, strategy and weaponry. Of course he does research too so those aspects are credible. Sadly, neither he nor his editor knew high school chemistry: no amount of refining can turn uranium into plutonium, They are two different elements. There were other errors too, but they don't interfere with the fast paced and dispassionate implementation of an interesting and ruthless plan to counter Iran's nuclear attack. <br /> <br />It must have become a golden rule for thriller fiction as well as TV thrillers to sustain at least 2 intertwined storylines and to use both the first person as well as the third person. Those two devices are predictable and at times jarring, but it seems everything is formulaic now.

Not as described in listing. A few discs had serious scuff marks. Was mailed in paper envelope so arrived with box crushed.

Wow, this book sucked. The plot sounds good, and after the opening chapter with the Israeli air strike on the Syrian nuclear reactor, I was ready to enjoy a believable political techno-thriller. But it all quickly goes downhill from there. The biggest problem, aside from tedious writing, is that the plot has no basis in reality. Iranian President Ahmadinejad devises an evil plot that is more ludicrous and stupid than it is evil, or believable. Ahmadinejad decides to suddenly launch nuclear missiles against Israeli and American targets in the Middle East. And for some convoluted reason is going to bomb his own capital city, too. No explanation or story to create a realistic scenario as to why Iran would do this. Ahmadinejad simply decides he's going to start nuking everything (and where is the theocracy amidst all this craziness? The Iranian president actually has very limited power and it's the mullahs who have control over the nukes and Revolutionary Guard). The US president's briefings on the crisis are held with people like the secretaries of state and defense nowhere in sight. <br /> <br />So it's up to Jake Grafton and the usual characters to foil Iran's scheme and destroy its missiles, and by the end I really didn't care and just wanted to be done with this stupid book. There are a couple good flying scenes, which have been missing from Coonts recent books, but it's not enough to redeem this book. <br /> <br />The writing is annoying. Jake Grafton's the main character, and there's a large cast of supporting characters, but for some reason secondary character Tommy Carmellini's scenes are now written from his point of view. Coonts' last couple books have been like this, and it was annoying then, too. There's no point in writing from the first person point of view, if you include subplots with other characters from the third person. If an author is not a competent enough writer to write the whole novel from one character's perspective, then he or she shouldn't use the first person. But then, nothing else in this books any sense, so why should the writing style? <br /> <br />I don't understand all the reviews calling this book scary, realistic, and topical. It's none of this. It's just a dumb, dopey book. No more Coonts for me. After Libery, his books have gone way downhill, and The Disciple is a new low. <br />

I have read nearly all of the Authors books. I find each one a truly interesting read. This one is so close to what is going on I had to check on the published time. It seems he knows what is to happen or has a very strong imagination. <br />However, this novel is exciting from the first page. I would read until I couldn't think any longer, go to bed and up with coffee start again. His fiction is so close to the fact that we know at this point it is hard to understand. One thing is for sure, we must not allow these so called religous killers to conquer the world. They are of no religion. A religion teaches love, not hate. How they came to be a fearful bunch in the world is beyond me. We could turn them to glass and sand in less than a day and it may come to pass. Mr. Coonts exspecially handles that through the Novel. I highly reccomend this novel, you cannot miss reading it.