On a quiet park bench in Manhattan - just miles from the ruins of the World Trade Center - a spymaster 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 the message on to his peers, Grafton is charged by the president with assembling a secret team to find the warheads before America's population centers are consumed by a nuclear holocaust.
As he hunts for 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.
Stephen Coonts is on a roll. Each new effort is even better than the last. While he has yet to gain the popularity of Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, his audience grows with each outstanding thriller. Coonts's main man, Admiral Jake Grafton, is a twenty-first-century Jack Ryan, using wit and resourcefulness to defeat enemies of the free world. In Liberty, Grafton learns that a rogue Russian general has sold four nuclear warheads to a radical Islamic terrorist group bent on detonating them inside the United States. Guerin Barry's resonant voice and crisp delivery enliven the fast pace of this story. Dialects are authentic and well presented. However, some of the dialogue is a bit stiff. Nonetheless, Liberty should be near the top of the listening lists of all adventure lovers. T.J.M. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Former 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 several New York Times bestsellers, including America and Saucer, which have been translated and republished around the world. He lives in Nevada with his wife and son.
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