The Art of War, Stephen Coonts
The Art of War, Stephen Coonts
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The Art of War

Author: Stephen Coonts

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 13 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/02/2016

Synopsis

The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks closer to home: a Chinese sleeper cell has planted a nuclear weapon in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, the biggest naval base on the planet. The target: a secret rendezvous of the Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers and their battle groups. When the CIA director is assassinated and Jake Grafton is appointed to take his place, he gets wind of the conspiracy, but has no idea when or where the attack will occur. In the meantime, a series of assassinations, including an attempt on the life of the President, shake the country and deliberately mask a far more sinister objective. Can Jake Grafton and his right hand man, Tommy Carmellini, stop the plot to destroy the US Navy?

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 Travis on May 31, 2017

Admitting a potential bias from the start, I have been reading Steven Coonts' work for twenty years. With that said, the high expectations are set and met once again with The Art Of War. Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini (and even Toad Tarkington) are back once again to save the day. Intelligence c......more

Goodreads review by Joan on December 15, 2015

WOW!! This was great from the first page before you even knew what exactly was going on. Painted some pictures of our government that could be good or could be bad - depends on circumstances. The story was suspense u til the last page. I couldn't put it down. Was glad it ended because it was so real......more

Goodreads review by Tani on June 24, 2021

I can’t even explain why I like these books so much. I am totally invested in Jake and Tommy. I love that Tommy is written in first person. The stories always seem so implausible and yet I fall into the trap of wanting to see how it all goes each and every time. I liked the way the chapters started......more

Goodreads review by John on November 16, 2017

Think I preferred Sun Tzu's version.........more

Goodreads review by Carl on July 10, 2017

In The Art of War, China is trying to make a major power play to upset the balance of power in the world. Their devious and dastardly plan is to take out half of the United States’s aircraft carriers and kill a couple million people in the process by planting a nuclear missile at the Newport naval b......more

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