Dragon Fire, William S. Cohen
Dragon Fire, William S. Cohen
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Dragon Fire
A Novel

Author: William S. Cohen

Narrator: Holter Graham

Abridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2006


Synopsis

William S. Cohen, the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense, has walked the most powerful corridors in the world. Now, in the intricately woven Dragon Fire where it's nearly impossible to distinguish fact from fiction, he takes listeners into the top secret rooms where the fate of the world is held in the hearts and minds of men with dangerous and hidden agendas.
When the Secretary of Defense is assassinated, Michael Patrick Santini, a former Senator and Vietnam P.O.W., is pulled from his Wall Street firm back to Washington to lead the Pentagon. Once there, he discovers that the United States is under attack by a silent, sinister force. Someone, somewhere is determined to destroy America as a global power—and Santini must uncover and expose this force before more acts of deceit and destruction draw the U.S. into a war where millions will die. Rejecting a direct order from the President of the United States, Santini races across the globe in a desperate attempt to prevent a man from Santini's past from starting a global war.

About William S. Cohen

WILLIAM S. COHEN served as Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1997-2001. A Republican, Cohen spent twenty-four years in office as a Congressperson and a Senator before his noteworthy appointment to the cabinet of a Democratic president. During his tenure as the 20th U.S. defense minister, Cohen directed America’s military actions in Iraq and Kosovo. In 2001, he founded the Cohen Group, a global business consulting firm. He has written for The Washington Post, the Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal and is the author of the novel Dragon Fire. William S. Cohen lives with his wife in the Washington, D.C. area.

About Holter Graham

Holter Graham, winner of AudioFile’s 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy for Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Acheron, is a stage, television, and screen actor. He has recorded numerous audiobooks, including much of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s bestselling Dark-Hunter series. The winner of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he has also read works by Scott Turow, Dean Koontz, C. J. Box, and Stephen Frey.  His film credits include Fly Away Home, Maximum Overdrive, Hairspray, and The Diversion, a short film which he acted in and produced. On television, he has appeared in Army Wives, Damages, As The World Turns, Rescue Me, Law & Order and New York Undercover. He received a B.A. from Skidmore College and an M.F.A. from Vermont College.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clay on December 06, 2012

Slow but interesting story about how diplomats work.......more

Goodreads review by Ronald on April 26, 2022

exciting book. a little slow at first This contemporary novel is a great read. The author describes scenes which he has obviously been exposed to as Secy of Defense. The end is thrilling, but A LITTLE unbelievable.......more

Goodreads review by Nefty123 on March 08, 2021

Well plotted and executed. I just got confused with so many players and didn't care for the ending. Too abrupt.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on August 21, 2022

Kind of a slow read......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on December 09, 2015

For a thriller written by a politician, it's actually pretty good. As a thriller overall, it's pretty average. The storytelling is mostly flat and there's too much focus on the plot moving forward through meetings and other bureaucratic events vs. actual action. I understand that Cohen as a bureaucr......more


Quotes

“Only someone who knows the minefields of world politics firsthand could have written this tense insider thriller. Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen draws us into the labyrinthine intrigues of the world's most powerful people in such a way that the pages seem to turn themselves.” —Richard North Patterson