The Minotaur, Stephen Coonts
The Minotaur, Stephen Coonts
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The Minotaur

Author: Stephen Coonts

Narrator: Benjamin L. Darcie

Unabridged: 16 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/03/2013

Synopsis

At the height of the Cold War, Captain Jake Grafton becomes entangled in the hunt for a spy selling high-tech military secrets to the Soviet Union.Naval pilot Jake Grafton flies fighter jets with ice water in his veins. But when he’s assigned a desk job in the Pentagon as the head of a top-secret stealth bomber program, his nerve is tested as never before. Colleagues die mysteriously, test flights are sabotaged, and the program is threatened at every level. America faces a deadly, catastrophic threat. If Grafton can’t infiltrate a web of espionage and counter-espionage centered round the deadly traitor, code-named the Minotaur, embedded in the highest reaches of the U.S. government, he stands to lose much more than just his career.The Minotaur is an exhilarating mixture of cutting-edge aviation, spies, and counter-spies, all set in the complex world of military technology R&D. In this unique espionage thriller written early in his career, Coonts’s extraordinary talent is brilliantly displayed.

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 Paul on June 06, 2019

This military thriller, written in 1989, revolves around the Pentagon and the Navy's efforts to build a stealth bomber. Not surprisingly, the Russians are interfering. Also explained is how Jake Grafton and Toad Tarkington still live after purposely crashing their A-6 into another enemy aircraft mid......more

Goodreads review by Alec on April 15, 2019

With The Minotaur, Stephen Coonts makes Jake Grafton's transition from Navy pilot to multi-faceted military, intelligence, Capitol Hill comfortable person all but a foregone conclusion. This isn't a surprising development given the fact this book was published in 1989 and the series is still going s......more

Goodreads review by Lee on September 28, 2019

This was a suspenseful and intriguing novel seamlessly covering both the many technical aspects of equipment procurement and project development as well as dealing with an unknown spy present at the highest levels of the Pentagon. From sleeper agents to a military development project (which bears ma......more

Goodreads review by Dave on December 07, 2024

This is the fifth book by Stephen Counts that I have read and it is by far, my least favorite. It is described as a thriller but it seems as if much of the book involves descriptions of various meetings. There were a few exciting elements in the book and that's why I did not rate it with one star. T......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on September 08, 2022

One of the first Jake Grafton books. A little slow at first with all the military jargon and specs about planes & weapon systems. Halfway through the story gripped my attention and didn’t disappoint. Even at the end it left me wondering who was telling the truth and who was really a good guy vs trai......more

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