Independence Day
A Dewey Andreas Novel
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4.5 • 932 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Dewey Andreas is back...and the clock is ticking!
Cloud, a high-level Russian hacker, perhaps the best in the world, has acquired a nuclear weapon. It's an older bomb from the USSR's Cold War arsenal with the power to devastate a major city. Fueled by a dark and personal vendetta, Cloud has put it onto an anonymous trawler, piloted by jihadists, headed straight to America.
Dewey Andreas, former Delta working as an agent for the C.I.A., is still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancée. Dewey has lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors.
Learning of the missing loose nuke and picking up chatter about an impending terrorist attack on American shores, the best and most talented C.I.A. agents are now chasing both Cloud and the bomb. Acting on credible intel, two highly trained teams are sent into Russia in a two-pronged mission to grab Cloud. But it's a trap, and now America's last hope of stopping the bomb is an unofficial agent gone rogue-Dewey Andreas.
With only three days left, Dewey Andreas must find the elusive Cloud. To do so, Dewey will risk everything to find the most dangerous and skilled enemy he's yet faced. For if he fails, American will suffer its most deadly terrorist attack on the Fourth of July-Independence Day.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Compelling characters, a wealth of technical detail, and ticking-clock suspense make bestseller Coes's fifth Dewey Andreas novel (after 2013's Eye for an Eye) one of the year's best thrillers. CIA director Hector Calibrisi draws the ex-Delta operative turned CIA agent back into action from Dewey's hometown of Castine, Maine, where he retreated after the death of his fianc e six months earlier. Dewey winds up searching for a genius Russian computer hacker, Pyotr Vargarin (aka Cloud), who's acquired a nuclear weapon and is bent on wreaking revenge for earlier ill treatment at American hands. Cloud has hacked his way into the CIA computer system and is always one step ahead as bodies pile up and Dewey goes off the grid to save the U.S. The attack is scheduled for the Fourth of July, which gives Dewey and his comrades only a few days to stop Cloud. Last-minute twists ratchet up the tension as the book races to the final confrontation. 100,000-copy first printing.
Customer Reviews
Bring on the Next One
5 Stars. Another great Dewey book. Coes knocked this one out of the park. It was impossible to believe in all the right places. It touched just about every base, full throttle, beginning to end. It seems like each one is better than the one before. Bring on the next one.
Andreas “Fault”
1. Turning Dewey into a feckless drunk after the death of a loved one is the same-old-same-old plot line that many other authors of thrillers have abused.
2. The boat carrying the bombs was an old one that wasn’t in good shape; it could possibly travel at 40 knots. Also, assuming good weather, it couldn’t make the trip to Sebastopol to Halifax in five days even if it could travel at 40 knots.
3. No explanation why Josh Grant and a Senator were trying to take down Dewey. 4. The topic of the pardon promised to the Russian mafia guy’s father wasn’t resolved, nor was the fate of the Russian mafia guy.
One of Coe's best
I think this is one of the best of Dewy's adventures. It builds unbelievably to a nail biting conclusion.