The Last Refuge

Dewey Andreas, Book 3

By: Ben Coes

Narrated by: Peter Hermann

Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

With time running out to stop the nuclear destruction of Tel Aviv, Dewey Andreas must defeat his most fearsome opponent yet.

Off a quiet street in Brooklyn, New York, Israeli Special Forces commander Kohl Meir is captured by operatives of the Iranian secret service, who smuggle Meir back to Iran, where he is imprisoned, tortured, and prepared for a show trial. What they don’t know is that Meir was in New York to recruit Dewey Andreas for a secret operation.

Meir had been tipped off that Iran had finally succeeded in building their first nuclear weapon, one they were planning to use to attack Israel. His source was a high-level Iranian government official and his proof was a photo of the bomb itself. Dewey Andreas, a former Army Ranger and Delta, owes his life to Meir and his team of Israeli commandos. Now, to repay his debt, Dewey has to attempt the impossible - to both rescue Meir from one of the world’s most secure prisons and to find and eliminate Iran’s nuclear bomb before it’s deployed - all without the help or sanction of Israel or America (at the near certain risk of detection by Iran).

Unfortunately, Dewey’s first moves have caught the attention of Abu Paria, the brutal and brilliant head of VEVAK, the Iranian secret service. Now Dewey has to face off against, outwit, and outfight an opponent with equal cunning, skill, and determination, with the fate of millions hanging in the balance.

©2012 Ben Coes (P)2012 Macmillan Audio

Outstanding Thriller

Ben Coes is an outstanding writer. From beginning to end this book is exciting, interesting and clearly has quite a bit of research in its preparation. It deals with Problems the United States faces in the world and what many but not all people realize, which is there are countries that wish us ill and more than that how despots reach a position of power that can if unchecked, Create a nuclear catastrophe that will destroy earth. The other point is that there are times when in protecting the people of the United States, we need to allow for the CIA to uses practices that our Constitution prohibits to be utilized in the United States. When you deal with animals and miscreants sometimes you must use their same tactics. Wonderful book.

Bc

I’m hooked! Can’t get enough of Dewy Andreas . Action packed and really keeps you listening!

Don't know why I waited so long

Would you listen to The Last Refuge again? Why?

Yes. I will probably listen to the whole series again. This is so well written with a very well developed plot including many fine details that I'm sure a second time around wouldn't be boring.

Who was your favorite character and why?

It's obviously Dewey Andreas.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened to this in two days.

Any additional comments?

It took me months to decide to try this series. I finally took a chance and am now on the third in a row. My next purchase will be the forth in the series and I'm looking forward to the next one to be written.

Great Listen, Enjoyed story

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, The story captures you, found myself wanting to drive just to get to the next part. There is always something that was mentioned ealier in the story that makes you try to piece together how the story will play out. It was enjoyable as there were action scenes as well as personal moments that you can visualize with great detail.

What did you like best about this story?

Logical progression of events. Like the way the action scenes were intertwind with the discussions. For example when Dewey tells the CIA director not to tell Jessica that he is going to help his friend, then Jessica finds out. Many scenes like that were in the story and it gets you thinking "how is this charater going to respond".

Which character – as performed by Peter Hermann – was your favorite?

All, Each charaters have their uniqueness and Peter does a great job with each one.

Great

Great story along with great narration definitely worth the purchase! Although similar to other authors and characters like Mitch rap and scot harvarh it is still very unique

The Best Counter-Terrorism Novel Yet

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely. I've read or listened to pretty much every popular counter-terrorism novel out there, including all of Vince Flynn's and Daniel Silva's, to name two of my favorites, and Coes' first two Dewey Andreas novels. The Last Refuge is the best yet. It is full of realistic and memorable characters -- I hope and assume we will be seeing more of some of them (besides Andreas) in future novels -- and the plot is superb. There is almost nothing in the book that could not actually happen, especially given the twisted and duplicitous nature of the Iranian leadership. Without undermining the entertainment aspect, the book also makes some important political statements, including especially Andreas' answer to the CIA Director's question (at the end) about the biggest threats facing America, and the Director's response to Andreas' answer.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Last Refuge?

The whole novel is memorable. The action and suspense starts out at a high pace and never relents.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me very grateful to the real-life heroes who are fighting this war for us.

Great and current Story

Where does The Last Refuge rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?

in the top 3, only Vince Flynn and Brad Thor rival his Books

What other book might you compare The Last Refuge to and why?

all of Vince Flynn's, because they keep you on the edge of your seat and do so from the beginning, no 10 chapter boring intro

Which scene was your favorite?

the end scene when the Hostage is saved and the Iranians have the fake Bomb

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

A solid third book in the Dewey Andreas series.

For the third book in the series this does an admirable job of telling the story. I am beginning to think that we need some more character development for some of the main character such as Dewey and others. It seems kind of like Jack Reacher type work. However, the main character has more depth than Jack Reacher. Overall a great read.

Excellent book! Except for...

The narrator 'Peter Hermann' pretending to speak like a female or changing his accent to trying to match a female. The author does a great job in all aspects of writing the book othwr than allowing his book to be narrated by one man. Every time that Jessica from the book spoke a cringed. To be frank, the performance was ruined because of this along with Jessica's accent being 100 % forced and not even close to right. Peter Herman has a very masculan man's deep Voice. No offense, but you cannot have the best of all worlds. Do NOT use mail voices to portray a supposedly sexy female voice in your books Ben Coes.

Entertaining and thrilling

I just started reading Mr. Coe's books. This is my second one and definitely not the last. After reading all of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp books I was looking for an author that could fill the void. I have found them, Ben Coe and his Dewey Andreas. Must read if you like Vince Flynn.