—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Coonts, a former naval aviator, does a fine job of taking the reader into the F-22 cockpit as the American pilots battle with Japan’s advanced Zero fighter with Athena technology that makes it invisible to radar.”
—Denver Post
“A fast-paced and suspenseful plot … intriguing characterization.”
—The Florida Times-Union
“This thriller is thrilling, with believable people populating it … The resulting stew is tasty, sure to please not only Coonts’ fans but a wide range of readers.”
—Houston Chronicle
“We feel the sweat, exhaustion, fear and bravado of his warriors as they struggle to avert nuclear catastrophe. Full of action and suspense, this is a strong addition to the genre.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Once again, Coonts has written a good story, and once again, he integrates good knowledge of current military technology into that story. FORTUNES OF WAR is a great addition to Coonts’ fine list of military thrillers.”
—Chattanooga Free Press
“This is drama at its best … Coonts writes with a passion that is mesmeric, leaving the reader hoping the good guys win but uncertain who the good guys are.”
—Naples Daily News
“Coonts gives us another of his action-filled, ‘it could happen’ thrillers with his usual detailed military insider info.”
—The Daily Oklahoman
“FORTUNES OF WAR is [Coonts’] most exciting book.”
—Ocala Star-Banner
“A powerful story of a really believable Third World War … Filled with up-to-the-minute insider military detail and dramatic and compelling scenes of battles in the air and on the sea, it is very satisfying to read.”
—Sullivan County Democrat
“FORTUNES OF WAR is a great military thriller based on real political, military, and global economics facing the world today. This authenticity placed inside a brilliantly written storyline might be the best military story of the decade. The military heroes from three nations are genuine, wonderfully described, and just awesome, and their scenes are incredibly technical yet supremely intriguing … Move over, Clancy, readers know they can count on Coonts for the top war story of the year.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Chock full o’ Coonts’ famous true-to-life military detail.”
—Chicago Social
FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER
“[Coonts’] gripping, first-person narration of aerial combat is the best I’ve ever read. Once begun, this book cannot be laid aside.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER kept me strapped in the cockpit of the author’s imagination for a down-and-dirty novel.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FINAL FLIGHT
“[Coonts] plots his way to as bloody and thunderous a climax as any thriller fan could want.”
—Baltimore Sun
“FINAL FLIGHT is an exciting, rapid read and excellent adventure.”
—Denver Post
THE MINOTAUR
“Coonts has written his most involved and engaging book. Combining the gee-whiz technology of Tom Clancy with the intricate plotting of Robert Ludlum has made for a story that thriller fans certainly won’t want to miss.”
—Rocky Mountain News
“Coonts’ third novel is a roller coaster of surprises and double crosses that continue until the last few pages are flipped over.”
—Associated Press
UNDER SIEGE
“Mr. Coonts knows how to write and build suspense. His dialogue is realistic, the story line mesmeric. That is the mark of a natural storyteller.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Coonts gives [the drug war storyline] some special twists and tells it with pulse-racing excitement. The line for this one is going to stretch around the block.”
—The New York Daily News
THE RED HORSEMAN
“One of the most thrilling post-glasnost thrillers to date.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Coonts has written a marvelous story with just enough high tech to make the events credible, but not too much to slow the action.”
—The San Diego Union-Tribune
THE INTRUDERS
“As exciting as anyone could wish … the emotional impact of the story will linger after the excitement has dissipated. [This] is as good as they come.”
—The Dallas Morning News
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Stephen Coonts
Fortunes of War
FOUR JAPANESE NATIONALISTS storm Tokyo’s imperial palace and behead the emperor. Their goal: to conquer oil-rich Siberia and invade Russia in order to dominate the globe. Soon the world explodes in war, as Japan, Russia, and the United States go head-to-head in a struggle that threatens total destruction. Now three men from three different nations must meet their ultimate challenge: to fight as patriots in a war driven by greed and madness—and save the planet from nothing less than a full-scale nuclear attack.
“Crammed with action, suspense, and characters with more than the usual one dimension.”
—USA Today
“From the master of the techno-thriller, a gripping tale of a new Russo-Japanese war.”
—People magazine
“Splendid … Coonts’s best yet.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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