Pirate Alley
Written by Stephen Coonts
Narrated by Eric G. Dove
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Grafton and Carmellini are back, battling terrorists on the high seas alongside a top-notch team of Navy SEALs in an action-packed tale by New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts.
A luxurious vacation cruise to the exotic locales of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden turns into a nightmare for passengers and crew when their ship is suddenly attacked and captured by a band of bloodthirsty Somali pirates. An initial rescue mission ends in failure, and the decks are covered in blood. Unless they are paid a ransom of $200 million within seven days, the pirates threaten to execute all their hostages. But information gleaned from a captured Al Qaeda operative indicates that there is a far more dangerous conspiracy afoot.
Once the ransom is paid, Islamic militants intend to swoop in and slaughter the passengers in an orgy of terror, hoping to provoke a massive American military response that will set the Muslim world aflame. Jake Grafton is assigned to negotiate with the brutal pirate chief while his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini, and a team of CIA and Navy SEAL operatives mount an undercover operation to save the hostages and keep the United States from being maneuvered into a murderous war.
Stephen Coonts
As a naval aviator, Stephen Coonts flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. A former attorney and the author of eight New York Times bestselling novels,he resides with his wife and son in Maryland. He maintains a Web site at www.coonts.com.
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Reviews for Pirate Alley
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5About half way through book - thoughts:The suspense isn't there. It's a very dry read so far. It defintiely has an intriguing set up, but I am not feeling anything for any of the passengers of the liner. Shoot, he's been so diffuse on covering as many passengers as possible, I can't possibly remember 3/4 of them. Not a brain chewer of a story so far, but I'm intrigued to see what the US military response now becomes...
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Entertaining read -- just like other Grafton novels. Story is current as pirates inhabit this part of the world and still ply their trade. Characters are believable, even the evil doers. The anti Muslim jihad tone was evident and, I think, detracted from the story. In the middle, I began to wonder if they were ever going to solve the problem. But, alas, it did and concluded with a bang.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This book is a lie and disrespectful to the nation Somalia and Islamic religion
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pirate Alley by Stephen Coonts is another in the Jake Grafton series of novels. This one is set in Somalia where Somalia pirates have captured a cruise ship for ransom. Due to political interference, Admiral Toad Tarkington (another character throughout the Jake Grafton series) is not able to prevent the ship from reaching the Somalia pirate port. Grafton as part of the CIA, comes up with a plan to rescue the passengers and ship.The pirate warlord is in competition with al Shabab (a Islamic terror organization in Somalia) to collect the ransom. Grafton flies into Somalia as the negotiator between the ship owners and the governments to free the ship and passengers. He meets up with a CIA team in Somalia and a couple of Mossad agents accompany him on the mission. Politics keeps rearing its ugly head throughout the novel as the politicians are always interfering with the military mission to free the passengers and ships. Plenty of special forces action n the novel.An entertaining read like the other Grafton novels.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One more in the "Jack Grafton Series" of military-political-thrillers. Like most from the Coonts factory, this one meets all the expectations of the genre with few unbelievable plot episodes. fast-paced summer reading for the EDC crowd.
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