Book Review

 Title: First Strike

Author: Ben Coes

Genre: Thriller

Publisher:  St. Martins Press

Published: June 28, 2016

Pages: 480

Format: Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Nook, and Audiobook

My Rating: 5 stars

Synopsis:

Deep in the Pentagon, a covert, multi-billion arms for influence program was created.  The objective was to protect the United States and its allies from terrorist acts by secretly enabling a hand picked man to emerge as the most powerful leader of the Middle East.  But Tristan Nazir double-crosses America, by twisting the program for his own violent benefits, and creates ISIS.  Now America is at risk. 

Dewey Andreas is sent to Syria to retrieve details about the ISIS funding, but unfortunately his cover is blown, in  mid operation, and chaos erupts in Damascus's streets.

My Thoughts:

This book is the sixth book in a series called Dewey Andreas Thrillers.  I don't usually read books out of order, but I thought, why not.  As soon as I started reading the first page, I just knew this book would be very well written and very intriguing.  The plot is about a man who becomes the leader of ISIS, while this story was fictional, it tells how this man became who he became, and how Dewey Andreas strives to stop him along with many others in the government.  Meanwhile, Tristian Nazir orders the terrorist cell to take college students hostage.  Yes, sometimes it was bloody and very detailed in some parts of the story, but it shows us that things aren't always what they seemed.  Ben Coes did a wonderful job with the book, and for anyone who loves Tom Clancy or even Vince Flynn, you will definitely love this book!  I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves to read books such as this one.  This is my whole hearted honest opinion.

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 the White House appointed speech writer to the Secretary of Energy.

He has written ten best selling international thrillers that include Power Down, The Last Refuge, and Eye for an Eye.  

He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and four children.