The Red Horseman, Stephen Coonts
The Red Horseman, Stephen Coonts
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The Red Horseman

Author: Stephen Coonts

Narrator: Benjamin L. Darcie

Unabridged: 13 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2014


Synopsis

When the Soviet Union collapses, thousands of nuclear warheads go unaccounted for, and it’ll take someone of Jake Grafton’s talents to make sure they don’t end up in the wrong handsPromoted to deputy director of a new U.S. intelligence agency, the stakes of Jake Grafton’s commission are higher than ever before. With the USSR on the brink of dissolution, a vast nuclear arsenal is suddenly ripe for the taking by mercenaries, rogue nations, and insane Russian nationalists. Grafton must stop them, and he may have to do it alone:Not everyone supposedly on his side wants him to succeed.The Red Horseman is a startling vision of the apocalyptic danger that emerged at the end of the Cold War, a threat that still exists wherever nuclear weapons remain poorly secured.

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 Jim on October 15, 2020

Terrific story. Jake Grafton does it all with the help of sidekick Toad-man. Rita helps them both as they save the world.......more

Goodreads review by Brett on November 11, 2008

I enjoyed this one. After reading The Charm School by Nelson DeMille, which occurred during the Cold War, it was interesting to read this book, which occurred after the break up of the Soviet Union. Of course this book is non-fiction, however it is loosely based on what was going on in the world at......more

Goodreads review by Hilmi on May 17, 2021

The Red Horseman bukan sahaja merupakan perubahan atau transisi genre semata-mata. Tetapi,turut menyaksikan evolusi watak utama siri novel ini,Jake Grafton. Dari seorang pegawai Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat yang berpangkat Leftenan kepada Commander Air Group (CAG) kemudian kepada Timbalan Pengarah......more

Goodreads review by Alec on September 07, 2020

As this series progresses, Jake Grafton becomes more and more crystallized to the readers in terms of who he is and what he stands for. In early novels, he was someone who was willing to go out his own to pursue "right" even if it didn't align perfectly with orders. As his career has advanced, he's......more

Goodreads review by Paul on July 04, 2019

Written in 1993, this military tale combines the history of Russia's collapse and Saddam Hussein's quest for nuclear power. The same characters of Jake Grafton and Toad Tarkington, both now in the Pentagon, are charged with dealing with the issue of missing nukes and a nuclear explosion inside the U......more