America.Stephen Coonts Stephen Coonts (born July 19, 1946) is an American thriller and suspense novelist. Coonts grew up in Buckhannon, West Virginia, a small coal-mining town [1] and earned an A.B degree in political science at West Virginia University in 1968. . 2001. Read by John Kenneth. 9 tapes, 13 hrs. Brilliance. 1-58788-554-9. $96.25. Vinyl binder; plot notes. SA In the not-too-distant past, this action /adventure thriller would have been regarded simply as an exciting, but highly implausible, story. In today's world, this suspenseful novel hits the ground running and includes many of today's, and perhaps tomorrow's, sophisticated weapons, modern technology, and international intrigue. A satellite blasts off from a launch pad in Florida and disappears. A fully armed, state-of-the-art American nuclear submarine, America, is hijacked by a team of ex-CIA-trained foreigners. These pirates elude capture and disappear into the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas . Later they launch armed missiles at Washington and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The cities are paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. because power sources have been wiped out and electronic communications are at a standstill. Suspense builds. The rogue sub still has six armed missiles. Will it fire them? Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, a character familiar to Coonts's fans, must find and destroy the renegade. He takes on a group of international conspirators CONSPIRATORS. Persons guilty of a conspiracy. See 3 Bl. Com. 126-71 Wils. Rep. 210-11. See Conspiracy. that includes a former Soviet submarine commander and French, German, and American opportunists. Who is really behind the conspiracy? International relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, are strained. Greed is a major player. Kenneth provides a fully voiced, fully accented performance. He handles Russian, French, German, and American voices with ease and changes tone to convey various emotions. Prof. John E. Boyd, Jenkintown, PA |
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