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How long does it take for a thriller writer to become an established brand name? Certainly, Stephen Coonts has paid his dues in this area – though he has yet to achieve the success of his fellow author, Tom Clancy (who generously sings the praises of Coonts’s books). But as The Disciple firmly proves, Coonts has Clancy’s facility for delivering for the reader a very reliable product: weighty and energetic blockbuster epics that utilise high-tec plots, strong (if unnuanced) characterisation and adventure on the grandest scale. In the new book, Coonts has his characters dealing with the highest stakes. Iran is adopting a familiar stance – and it’s an even more pugnacious one than usual. They have inaugurated a series of worrying military manoeuvres on sea, land and air. While (uncharacteristically) the CIA has decided to keep a low profile (and not exacerbate the situation), Coonts’ resourceful protagonists Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini are determined to act. And they have a very pressing reason: the two men are party to some incendiary information about Iran’s nuclear programme (the subject of much international concern). The big question – will Israeli and US targets be obliterated within days? There’s another element in the equation: persecuted Iranian dissidents, who just may be a source of help for Grafton and Carmellini, before international catastrophe ensues.
What you see is what you get with The Disciple: stripped-down thriller writing that has one purpose: to get the pulse racing. And, as in earlier outings, Stephen Coonts knows exactly how to do that – in sizable measure. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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'A full-blooded techno-thriller from one of the masters of the art... Compelling, fierce and prescient' Daily Mail.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Stephen Coonts has again proved that his books are well worth reading. In Disciple Tommy Carmellini is his usual indestructable self and there is a larger role for Jake Grafton than in other recent Carmellini books. Topical in that it deals with events in the Near East
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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When you become hooked on some authors you can buy their books out of loyalty but Coonts books are very gripping from the first to the last page, this one being no exception.
15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Wow, this book sucked. The plot sounds good, and after the opening chapter with the Israeli air strike on the Syrian nuclear reactor, I was ready to enjoy a believable political techno-thriller. But it all quickly goes downhill from there. The biggest problem, aside from tedious writing, is that the plot has no basis in reality. Iranian President Ahmadinejad devises an evil plot that is more ludicrous and stupid than it is evil, or believable. Ahmadinejad decides to suddenly launch nuclear missiles against Israeli and American targets in the Middle East. And for some convoluted reason is going to bomb his own capital city, too. No explanation or story to create a realistic scenario as to why Iran would do this. Ahmadinejad simply decides he's going to start nuking everything (and where is the theocracy amidst all this craziness? The Iranian president actually has very limited power and it's the mullahs who have control over the nukes and Revolutionary Guard). The US president's briefings on the crisis are held with people like the secretaries of state and defense nowhere in sight.
So it's up to Jake Grafton and the usual characters to foil Iran's scheme and destroy its missiles, and by the end I really didn't care and just wanted to be done with this stupid book. There are a couple good flying scenes, which have been missing from Coonts recent books, but it's not enough to redeem this book.
The writing is annoying. Jake Grafton's the main character, and there's a large cast of supporting characters, but for some reason secondary character Tommy Carmellini's scenes are now written from his point of view. Coonts' last couple books have been like this, and it was annoying then, too. There's no point in writing from the first person point of view, if you include subplots with other characters from the third person. If an author is not a competent enough writer to write the whole novel from one character's perspective, then he or she shouldn't use the first person. But then, nothing else in this books any sense, so why should the writing style?
I don't understand all the reviews calling this book scary, realistic, and topical. It's none of this. It's just a dumb, dopey book. No more Coonts for me. After Liberty, his books have gone way downhill, and The Disciple is a new low.
So it's up to Jake Grafton and the usual characters to foil Iran's scheme and destroy its missiles, and by the end I really didn't care and just wanted to be done with this stupid book. There are a couple good flying scenes, which have been missing from Coonts recent books, but it's not enough to redeem this book.
The writing is annoying. Jake Grafton's the main character, and there's a large cast of supporting characters, but for some reason secondary character Tommy Carmellini's scenes are now written from his point of view. Coonts' last couple books have been like this, and it was annoying then, too. There's no point in writing from the first person point of view, if you include subplots with other characters from the third person. If an author is not a competent enough writer to write the whole novel from one character's perspective, then he or she shouldn't use the first person. But then, nothing else in this books any sense, so why should the writing style?
I don't understand all the reviews calling this book scary, realistic, and topical. It's none of this. It's just a dumb, dopey book. No more Coonts for me. After Liberty, his books have gone way downhill, and The Disciple is a new low.
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