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Power Down by Ben Coes Publishing information: Paperback; 449 pages Publisher: St. Martin Press; 28 Sept 2010 ISBN: 9780312580742 Series: Dewey Andreas #1 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "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--se...

Back Blast by Mark Greaney Publishing information: Paperback; 528 pgs Publisher: Penguin; 16 Feb 2016 ISBN: 9781101989173 Series: Grey Man #5 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Book Depository Synopsis: "Five years ago, Court Gentry was the CIA’s best covert asset. Then, without warning, his masters at the Agency put him at the top of their kill list. Court fled his country and became an enigmatic killer for hire known as the Gray Man. Determined to find out what made the Agency turn against him, he plans to get his hands on the men who sent him on his last mission, Operation BACK BLAST. What he doesn’t realize is that the questions that arose from his time as an American assassin are still reverberating in the U.S. intelligence community, and he’s stumbled onto a secret that powerful people want kept under wraps. The result: everyone has Court in their crosshairs..." It's no secret that I love a good thriller and I think that Mark Greaney's Grey Man series is...

PRIMAL Mirza by Jack Silkstone Publishing information: Kindle Publisher: Amazon Digital Services; 22 May 15 ASIN: B00KIAMGDQ Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "PRIMAL Mirza is a prequel in the PRIMAL series. It reveals the back-story of Mirza Mansoor, a former Indian Special Forces soldier turned PRIMAL operative. It is approximately 150 pages long. The year is 1999 and tensions between Pakistan and India are at breaking point. When critical intelligence prompts a cross border raid Indian Para Commandos arrive too late to prevent the deployment of a team of Lashkar terrorists. Mirza Mansoor, a Special Group operative and his partner Himesh Arjun, are all that stands between highly trained jihadists and their sinister objectives. As they track their quarry from the mountains of Kashmir to India’s capital they realize that terrorism is not the only threat they face. In the poverty-stricken slums of New Delhi crime and terror have free reign, greed is king, life is...

The Last Line by Anthony Shaffer and William H. Keith Publishing Information: Paperback; 385 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books; 4 June 2014 ISBN: 978-1250048509 Standalone Copy: Out of pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "THE WAR ON DRUGS Just because Chris Teller is one of the best in the intelligence business doesn’t mean he’s the most popular. Far from it, in fact. While Teller may be a threat to the status quo, however, the only thing saving him from expulsion is an even greater threat to his country—one that’s already within our borders… IS ABOUT TO BECOME REAL. With Mexico descending into anarchy, the drug cartels have kicked up the heat, allying with Hezbollah and the Iranian secret service in a plot aimed at nothing less than the destruction of the United States of America. As Teller races to unravel the plot, he discovers that the most dangerous and pernicious enemies are not bloodthirsty drug lords but a terrifying and treasonous cabal within the U.S. government it...

DEAD or Alive by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood Publishing information: Paperback; 950 pages Publisher: Putnam; 1 January 2010 ISBN: 9780399157233 Series: The Campus #2 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Jack Ryan, the former president of the United States, is out of office, but not out of the loop about his brainchild, the Campus, a highly effective, counter-terrorism organization that operates outside the Washington hierarchy. But what Ryan doesn't know is that his son, Jack Ryan, Jr., has joined his cousins, Brian and Dominic Caruso, at the shadowy Campus. While a highly effective analyst, young Ryan hungers for the action of a field agent. The Campus has now turned their sights on the Emir, the number one terrorist threat to western civilization. A reclusive figure and mastermind of vicious terrorist acts, the Emir has eluded capture by the world's law enforcement agencies. But now with the help of ex-CIA agent John Clark and pro Marine Colonel Ding ...

The Gray Man by Mark Greaney Publishing information: Paperback; 464 pages Publisher: Jove; 29 September 2009 ISBN: 978-0515147018 Series: Gray Man/Court Gentry #1 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Courtland Gentry is a good man. But he’s a great assassin. To those who lurk in the shadows, he’s known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target. Always. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. Forces like money. And power. And there are men who hold these as the only currency worth fighting for. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. But Court Gentry is going to prove that, for him, there’s no gray area between killing for a living and killing to stay alive…" I love a good thriller and have a special place in my heart for Tom Clancy. When Clancy's health started to go down hill, he brought in Ma...