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Power Down by Ben Coes

Power Down by Ben Coes

      
Introducing a major new thriller writer -- in the vein of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor -- and an electrifying character, Dewey Andreas

A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in this hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. But there was one factor that the terrorists didn't take into account when they struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Colombia -- slaughtering much of the crew and blowing up the platform -- and that was the Capitana crew chief Dewey Andreas. Dewey, former Army Ranger and Delta, survives the attack, rescuing as many of his men as possible. But the battle has just begun.

While the intelligence and law enforcement agencies scramble to untangle these events and find the people responsible, the mysterious figure of Alexander Fortuna -- an agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and business -- sets into play the second stage of these long-planned attacks. The only fly in the ointment is Dewey Andreas -- who is using all his long-dormant skills to fight his way off the platform, then out of Colombia and back to the U.S., following the trail of terrorists and operatives sent to stop him. Power Down is a gripping, compelling debut thriller from a powerful new author, an amazing talent certain to join the ranks of the genre's finest writers.

cover variations

0312580746
0312580754
1429948531
1410436462
1250040132

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Michael:
Terrorists attack America's energy producing system. They blow up a dam in Canada and strike against an oil platform near Columbia. However, the person in charge of the oil platform is someone they didn't bargain on. Dewey Andreas is a former army Delta and runs the platform like an army general.

When the terrorists overcome Dewey and are about to complete their sabotag, Dewey vows that if he gets out of this alive, he will find out who was behind this and hunt them down. He'd exterminate the people who took over the platform and then exterminate their bosses and the bosses above them.

The attack coincided with the merger of two companies and their goal was to make the U.S. not have to rely on foreign governments for their energy supply.

As government officials try to find the answers, we learn that the mastermind of the attacks was someone who was placed in the U.S. as a child. He was to learn the ways of America and then plot a sudden and massive strike.

As exciting a thriller as I've read. The action flies off the pages. Dewey is a sympathetic character who the reader wants to succeed in his goal of providing a payback for the terrorists.

Even though some of the material in the book had been done before, thriller fans should get a charge out of this exciting novel.

recent publishing history

Mass Market Paperback

Aug-2011

St. Martin's

ISBN: 0312580754

ISBN13: 9780312580759


Mass Market Paperback

Apr-2013

St. Martin's

ISBN: 1250040132

ISBN13: 9781250040138

First Edition

Hardcover

Oct-2010

St. Martin's

ISBN: 0312580746

ISBN13: 9780312580742

eBook

Oct-2010

St. Martin's

ISBN: 1429948531

ISBN13: 9781429948531


eBook (Kindle)

Oct-2010

St. Martin's Press

Audio CD

Oct-2010

MacMillan Audio

ISBN: 1427210373

ISBN13: 9781427210371

Hardcover

Apr-2011

Thorndike Press

Large Print

ISBN: 1410436462

ISBN13: 9781410436467

 

book info

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published

Oct-2010 (hardcover)

Aug-2011 (paperback)

author series

Dewey Andreas - 1

time period

Contemporary

genres

Suspense

sub-genres

Political Thriller

themes

Revenge

Terrorists

tags

Contemporary, Crime, debut novel, FBI, greed, Murder, plot driven, Revenge, Suspense