Arctic Gold

Deep Black, Book 7

By: Stephen Coonts, William H. Keith

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Out of the cold....

In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarines - a constant, covert presence beneath the ice caps. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russian mafia, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean's floor.

...into the line of fire.

While Dean is sent to the Arctic to rescue the hostages, the beautiful Lia Francesca penetrates a heavily guarded dacha on the shores of the Black Sea. There she learns the explosive truth about Russia and its Arctic oil - one that could cost Dean and his Deep Black team their lives...and drive the world's superpowers to the brink of war.

Special ops: listen to another Deep Black thriller.

©2009 Stephen Coonts (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

A good read with a great ending

Overall I enjoyed this book. I enjoyed it more and more as it got closer to the end. The down side of it was that even into the middle, it was in large like a documentry. Then it switched into gear and was an all out thriller right to the end. It is definately a page turner! If you are into spy thrillers, you will enjoy this one.

Bob

Great Book

Great Book. We need More books like this one. If you what to listen to his other books the you need to listen to this one so the other make more sense.

Not one of his best books

The plot in this book is good and the characters are ok. Every time the story changes a location which is often, the author put in the time date and GPS location. Sometimes this would occur every couple of minutes. It really distracted from the story.

Best Coonts yet!

This one is packed with action and gives a nice glimpse into aspects of geopolitics few people are focused on, but should be. Refreshingly, the characters act out of a moral certainty uncommon in the world today (literature included). Enlightens as it entertains. I often wonder how Coonts knows this stuff!

Really good!

There were some very tense and exciting moments weaved in through a fast-paced story. I found it to be not only interesting but fun as well.

Very repetitive.

Would you try another book from Stephen Coonts and William H. Keith and/or Phil Gigante?

Yes

Would you be willing to try another book from Stephen Coonts and William H. Keith ? Why or why not?

Yes

Which scene was your favorite?

There was none

Do you think Deep Black needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes. I enjoy the series.

Any additional comments?

I got tired of the non stop Latitude and Longitude updates with 12:43 UTC - 6 hours. That got HIGHLY annoying.

Another long awaited Deep Black sequel

I love the Deep Black Series from Stephen Coonts. I miss that this one was not co-written along with Jim DeFelice. It is well written but you can tell the difference. The second issue I have is the constant irritation of the repitition of the the longitude and lattitude almost at the beginning of each sentence. The book would not lose anything without the constant references. It became so annoying at times I almost had to stop listening. There is another very upsetting twist in the plot that was disturbing to a loyal Deep Black fan. I will not be a spoiler here. But loyalists will be upset with the author.

I hope that the next Deep Black book will have Jim DeFelice back. I liked his style. I don't know why there was a change. He was missed in the novel. Still a good story line

New author kills off major character

Just because he could, latest “not Steve Coonts” kills off major supporting character. Not an auspicious beginning. He does, at least, know that automatic weapons use magazines, not “clips” (as in Garand rifle). However, the narrator should do some research - he’d find NOAA is always referred to as “noah” not N—O-A—A. Usual storytelling otherwise.

Not great

I found this book hard to get into. It has a lot of action but little to make you connect with the characters. That being the case, I found myself not caring what happened to the characters - or the plot.

Not one of my favorites

The Deep Black series attracted me because of the action. This one spends too much time with longwinded explanations, especially about global warming. And I was really unhappy with the turn of events early in the book. Maybe they are trying to go in a new direction with a new co-author. But it has probably lost me as a reader of the series.