Book Review: Power Down

    Title: Power Down

    Author: Ben Coes

    Series: Dewey Andreas Thrillers

    Book Number: 1

    Genre: Thriller-Political

    Pages: 464

    Publisher: St. Martin's Press

    Published: September 28, 2010

    Format: Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover

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 terrorist didn't take into account when they struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Columbia-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 the events, and find the mysterious figure, and agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and busiess, sets into play the second stage of these long planed attacks, but there is a fly in the ointment, Dewey Andreas.  Dewey is using his long dormant skills to fight his way off the platform then out of Columbia, and back to the states, and following the trail of terrorist, and operatives that are sent to stop him.

My Thoughts:

I started reading the Dewey Andreas Thrillers last month, granted I read them out of order.  But I have really enjoyed reading them.  I decided that I wanted to start with the first book.  So I checked it out at my local library.  It was an audiobook, and that was fine, as I listen to them when I am cleaning and or other things.  I really love the books so far, Ben Coes is very good with describing things and also very good with the political aspect of the action plot.  

He tells us how Dewey went back into the field to find the people who are threatening our country, and what he does to work to stop them.

This first book was an awesome beginning in the Dewey Andreas Series, and I will definitely be reading the rest in the series.

About the Author:

Ben Coes went to Columbia University, where he was awarded the university's writing award, The Bennett Cerf Memorial Prize at graduation.  

He worked at the White House during the Reagan administration, and was a White House appointed speech writer to the Secretary of Energy. 

He has written ten bestselling international espionage thrillers that include Power Down, The Last Refuge, and Eye for and Eye.

He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and four children.