Hong Kong, Stephen Coonts
Hong Kong, Stephen Coonts
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Hong Kong

Author: Stephen Coonts

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 14 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/28/2007


Synopsis

This time, for Admiral Jake Grafton, the stakes are chillingly personal...Admiral Jake Grafton takes his wife, Callie, along when the U.S. government sends him to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the American consul-general is embedded in political money raising scandal. And why not? Jake and Callie met and fell in love in Hong Kong during the Vietnam War, and the consul-general is a friend from those days.The Graftons quickly discover, however, that Hong Kong is a powder keg ready to explode. A political muder and the closure of a foreign bank by the communist government are the sparks that light the fuse.When Callie is kidnapped by a rebel faction, Jake finds himself drawn into the vortex of a high-tech civil war. To save his wife, he must figure out whom he can trust -- both among the Western factionsvying for control of the volatile situation, and amoung the Chinese patriots fighting for their nation's future -- and make sure the right side wins.

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 Ken

A decent thriller that's story line is based on WHAT COULD have happened after the British turned Hong Kong over to China. This is the typical formula of the author in the Jake Grafton series --- take an event in the headlines and develop a techno thriller out many possible outcomes of the event. Fo......more

Goodreads review by John

This was my first (and very nearly my last) Stephen Coonts book. I lived in Hong Kong for several years - but obviously a different Hong Kong to his one! He should stick to writing carrier based flying stories. At that he's brilliant! He simply did not "get" Hong Kong - and his geography was a bit o......more

Goodreads review by Jay

Jake Grafton is sent to Hong Kong to see what Tiger Cole is doing. Tiger Cole was with him in Vietnam and afterwards became a very rich man and is in Hong Kong now as Consul. Carmellini has been assigned to Jake. Hong Kong is not taking Communist China well. Trouble is brewing and Jake, his wife and......more