Arctic Gold, Stephen Coonts
Arctic Gold, Stephen Coonts
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Arctic Gold

Author: Stephen Coonts, William H. Keith

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/03/2009

Synopsis

In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarines—a constant, covert presence beneath the ice caps. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russian mafiya, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean's floor.While Dean is sent to the Arctic to rescue the hostages, the beautiful Lia DeFrancesca penetrates a heavily guarded dacha on the shores of the Black Sea. Here she learns the explosive truth about Russia and its Arctic oil—one that could cost Dean and his Deep Black team their lives…and drive the world's superpowers to the brink of war.

About Stephen Coonts

This biography could be entitled, West Virginia Boy Becomes a Very Successful Author....... but that would be too obvious. Author, Stephen Coonts was born and raised in Buchanan, West Virginia, a small town of 6,000. He led the typical life of any boy growing up in the 50's and 60's.

He was born in 1946, and ended his childhood by graduating from West Virginia University with a degree in political science. As happens with many poli-sci grads, he had a law degree in mind, but first he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy and began flight training in Pensacola, Florida.

Coonts received his wings after completion of fleet replacement training in the A-6 Intruder aircraft. After serving in the Vietnam War as an attack fighter, he served as a flight instructor, and did a tour of duty on the USS Nimitz. Upon leaving the Navy, he entered the University of Colorado School of Law. After receiving his law degree, he moved back to West Virginia to practice for a couple of years. But, his career took him back to Colorado where he specialized in oil and gas law.

Finally, in 1986, he published his first novel, Flight of the Intruder, which became a huge success, being on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover. Later, a movie by the same title was produced based on his novel, and was released nationally in 1991. All of his books have been published in several different countries.

Currently, Coonts lives in Colorado with his third wife, Deborah, He continues to write novels from Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pete on January 07, 2016

Pure escapism here with the story being part Mission Impossible and James Bond adventure. Character development is razor thin but the action is fast paced with no dead spots. Worth reading.......more

Goodreads review by Nadinastiti on February 06, 2018

Turns out it is a part of Deep Black series. Well, I got this book from "Blind Date" package at Books and Beyond, so I can't expect to get all of them, right. The series tell us the story of Deep Black, a high-tech National Security Agency operations team covering many cases, such as Al Qaeda, threa......more

Goodreads review by Mike on October 29, 2024

Intrigue and Surprise Intrigue and surprise! Stephen Coonts lived up to his reputation. The Russians are at their tricks again, only now it's the mafia. Submarines have a battle, it's Red October all over again. And what's causing global warming now?......more

Goodreads review by M.E. on January 21, 2024

This a great book well written and researched. The story is at the Arctic and I felt like I was right there;I read It when snowed-in for several days, with cold air at -degrees.......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on February 16, 2022

Interesting book. However the killed off one of my favourite characters! RIP Tommy Karr!!!!!! This looses at least 1 star for that move!......more

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