Coup d'Etat (Dewey Andreas Novels) [Hardcover]

Ben Coes (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 27, 2011 | Series: Dewey Andreas Novels (Book 2)

The wait is over—Ben Coes, whose debut Power Down was called “the must read thriller of the year” (Vince Flynn) is back and at the top of his game with a mesmerizing new novel

Wanting only a peaceful, obscure life, Dewey Andreas has gone to rural Australia, far from turbulent forces that he once fought against. But powerful men, seeking revenge, have been scouring the earth looking for Dewey. And now, they've finally found him - forcing Dewey to abandon his home and to fight for his life against a very well armed, well trained group of assassins.

Meanwhile, a radical cleric has been elected president of Pakistan and, upon taking power, sets off a rapidly escalating conflict with India.  As the situation spins quickly out of control, it becomes clear that India is only days from resorting to a nuclear response, one that will have unimaginably disasterous results for the world at large.  With only days to head this off, the President sends in his best people, including Jessica Tanzer, to do whatever it takes to restore the fragile peace to the region.  Tanzer has only one viable option - to set up and execute a coup d'etat in Pakistan - and only one man in mind to lead the team that will try to pull off this almost unimaginable task in the nerve-wrackingly short time frame, Dewey Andreas. If, that is, Jessica can even get to Dewey and if Dewey can get out of Australia alive...

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for

COUP D’ÉTAT

“High concept meets high octane in this brilliantly executed thriller. Envision Clancy, Forsyth, and le Carré all writing in their prime…then kick in the boosters. Coup d’État is fantastic and Ben Coes blows the competition away!”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor

 

“This exciting sequel to Power Down explores an all-too-plausible conflict…the plot sizzles with action, and the details have an authentic ring that put this thriller a cut above the pack.”
—Publishers Weekly

 

“Will keep you up at night—first with the titillation of a great read, then with dread that Ben’s plot might not be all that imaginary. A sumptuous dessert for a thriller reader.”—Brian Haig, author of The Capitol Game

Power Down

“Power Down is terrific! With a gripping story, compelling characters, a relentless pace, and nerve-wracking suspense, Power Down is one of the must-read thrillers of the year. Don’t miss this debut of novelist Ben Coes and the introduction of Dewey Andreas—you’ll devour this one and wait anxiously for their return.”—Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Pursuit of Honor

“Coes pumps new heat, blood, and flat-out action into a well-worn premise—terrorists are out to break America by attacking its energy resources—in his frighteningly plausible thriller debut.”
—Publishers Weekly

“I loved Power Down! It’s a fresh, exciting thriller and the action scenes are big, vivid and authentic, at times even breathtaking. An impressive debut for Ben Coes. I was blown away.”
—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Creepers and creator of Rambo

“A ripping thriller from an exciting new novelist. Power Down kept me glued, turning the pages.  Lots of action, a terrific hero, and a slimy villain—thrillers don't get any better.”—Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Disciple

“Power Down marks the emergence of a major new talent in the political thriller genre—no small feat in a field already packed with big names like Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and David Baldacci. In terms of sheer entertainment value, author Ben Coes and his hero, the unusually but memorably named Dewey Andreas, are easily and immediately competitive with the very best the thriller field has to offer.”—Fiction Addict

“One of those rare, glue-in-your-seat books. Sit down, pick it up, and start reading. You aren’t going anywhere for anything until you finish it.”—Bookreporter.com

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From the Back Cover

 “exciting… sizzles with action…A cut above the rest.”
—Publishers Weekly

When a fragile peace breaks down between Pakistan and India, the United States is forced to intervene. When a rapidly escalating war threatens to engulf the entire region, the president must find a way to shut it down immediately—or else face total destruction for the world at large.

COUP D’ÉTAT

With the clock ticking and Pakistan in the hands of a religious radical willing to do anything and risk everything to achieve his deadly plan, there is only one man with the skills and experience to infiltrate the live war theater and successfully execute a nearly impossible, unbelievably daring plan. His name: Dewey Andreas. His mission: to remove the Pakistani president from power. Now all the White House has to do is find him…before time runs out.

“Will keep you up at night…a great read!”
—Brian Haig, author of The Capitol Game

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (September 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312580762
• ISBN-13: 978-0312580766
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (163 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ben Coes is the author of three political thrillers, all of which have been international bestsellers:

POWER DOWN (St. Martin's Press - 2010)
COUP D'ÉTAT (St. Martin's Press - 2011)
THE LAST REFUGE(St. Martin's Press - 2012)

Ben's next book, EYE FOR AN EYE, hits bookstores in July, 2013.

Ben's books have also been published in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and India.

Ben worked at the White House under President Reagan and was a White House-appointed speechwriter to the U.S. Secretary of Energy at the height of the Gulf War.
He served as campaign manager for Mitt Romney's successful run for Governor of Massachusetts and was a Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Ben graduated from Columbia, where he won the Bennett Cerf Memorial Prize for Fiction. He lives in the Boston area.

www.bencoes.com
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars "She's my little deuce coupe...she blows em out of the water." October 14, 2011

By michael a. draper TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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In a thriller so realistic that events could have been taken from a futuristic doomsday report, nuclear war is a heartbreath away from killing millions.

A new president has been elected in Pakistan. Omar El-Khayab, a radical cleric, has benefited by receiving millions of dollars from militant, Aswan Fortuna. Fortuna hopes that his puppet El-Khayab and the president of Iran would work together to strike against Israel, the United States of India.

Fortuna also has an insane hatred for Dewey Andreas for a past action against Fortuna's son.

Dewey is in Australia, working on a ranch. He wants nothing more than to lead a normal life. However, the para-military wing of Hezbollah has unleashed killer teams searching for him and know that he's somewhere in Austraila.

Pakistan and India have been bitter enemies since Pakistan became a nation. In the land between the two countries, a minor incident between two Pakistanian soldiers and the residents of a small village quickly escalates into a conflict with India. Hot headed Pakistanians over-react and soon the nations are at each other's throats in a possible all out war.

The situation quickly gets out of control as India seems more than ready use their full arsenal of nuclear weapons against Pakistan.

U.S. fears that if India retaliates, it could bring China and then the U.S. into the conflict. There seems no viable solution until one of the straticians recommends a Coup D'Etat. Dewey is asked to get a small unit together and carry this out.

The suspense is terrific as Dewey must stop militants and get to the person selected to be the new President and then to do what is necessary to remove the current militant from office.

Dewey is a wonderful character who the reader will admire and want to succeed, he meets various obstacles with each one more intense and thretening that the prior.

I recommend this book without reservation because of the excellent sense of drama that the author creates. I think any fan of thrillers will fall in love with the book.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Throughout And Pulse-Pounding During The Second Half! September 13, 2011

By bobbewig TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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Power Down, the first book featuring Andreas Dewey by Ben Coes, was very good; and his sequel, Coup D'Etat is even better. It kept my eyes glued to the pages from beginning to end; and by the time I got to the second half, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to see what happened next.

I won't spend time in summarizing the book's plot, which can be obtained from reading Amazon's product description. What I want to say, that I hope will be important in helping to decide if this book is for you, is that Coup D'Etat, like its predecessor, continues to effectively pump new blood and flat-out action and surprises into the well-worn sub-genre within the thriller category, in which a group of terrorists threaten the safety of the U.S and/or its allies. Further, Coes has improved his character development and narrative skills from his debut book. In particular, Coes succeeds in more fully dimensionalizing his hero Andreas Dewey -- former Ranger and Delta. Dewey is all you can want in a hero, yet Coes doesn't allow him to come across as incredible and impossible of making a mistake. His successes do come with "a price" -- both for himself and those who work along side him.

Despite the potential danger to those associated with Dewey, I am all ready to volunteer to go out with him on his next mission. To those of you who enjoy heavily plot driven, plausible thrillers in the tradition of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, I'd highly recommend Coup D'Etat to you. While Coup D'Etat can be fully enjoyed without having first read Power Down, it would probably be a good idea to read these two books in sequence.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Crème De La Crème! Enjoy The Holy Grail of Action-Packed Thrillers! October 16, 2011

By Tom McGee VINE™ VOICE

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One of my favorite authors, Vince Flynn and my favorite amazon.com reviewers, bobbewig recommended Ben Coes novel Coup D'état, so I thought I would give it a try. I am so glad I did. In fact, within minutes of reading this book, I ordered Coes debut novel, Power Down.

Coes is one of those authors whose descriptive writing is so exquisite that the reader sees the action in the mind's eye. That action is fast and furious! So fast that this fully developed 466-page riveting thriller left me longing for another.

Dewey Andreas is the crème de la crème of action hero's. On hiatus, a needle in a hay stack, living on a station (ranch) in the outback of Australia his arch-enemy, Aswan Fortuna, the major player who holds the purse strings of the world's most vehement terrorist organizations spends outrageous sums of money scorching the earth to find and exact vengeance on his son's killer--Dewey Andreas and is closing in on him.

Meanwhile, in an ancient mortar and stone isolated Indian border town, Yagulung, a place unaltered by time, two Pakistani soldiers arrive looking for food, drink and a good time. Their actions trigger escalating events between the two countries that leads to insane, radical Jihadist cleric, Pakistani President Omar El-Khayab's nuclear annihilation of a town of over eight thousand Indian residents.

Indian President Ghandra prepares a nuclear counter attack that would not only turn Pakistan into a vast plain of glass, but would also cause alliances to crumble, pitting United States against China in a nuclear war that would destroy life as we know it on this planet.

American President Allaire, and his most competent advisors, including Chief advisor Jessica Tanner meet with angry Indian President Ghandra and cabinet. Based on Tanner's arguments and against the advice of his staff, Ghandra agrees to a forty-eight hour deadline for America to remove El-Kayab by Coup D'état lead by Dewey Andreas, if he survives Fortuna's kill squads.

If you are looking for a well-written action thriller that will take over your life at the onset and not give it back, until you finish the book--THIS IS IT!