Pirate Alley

Tommy Carmellini, Book 5

By: Stephen Coonts

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Grafton and Carmellini are back, battling terrorists on the high seas alongside a top-notch team of Navy SEALs in an action-packed tale by New York Times best-selling author Stephen Coonts.

A luxurious vacation cruise to the exotic locales of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden turns into a nightmare for passengers and crew when their ship is suddenly attacked and captured by a band of bloodthirsty Somali pirates. An initial rescue mission ends in failure, and the decks are covered in blood. Unless they are paid a ransom of $200 million within seven days, the pirates threaten to execute all their hostages. But information gleaned from a captured Al Qaeda operative indicates that there is a far more dangerous conspiracy afoot.

Once the ransom is paid, Islamic militants intend to swoop in and slaughter the passengers in an orgy of terror, hoping to provoke a massive American military response that will set the Muslim world aflame. Jake Grafton is assigned to negotiate with the brutal pirate chief while his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini, and a team of CIA and Navy SEAL operatives mount an undercover operation to save the hostages and keep the United States from being maneuvered into a murderous war.

©2013 Stephen Coonts (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Good audio with Grafton

was good to hear Tode Tarkington back with the group and the team together

Good Grafton Book

The beginning & end are well written but the middle drags with too much unnecessary detail

This was a fast pace story.

Would you listen to Pirate Alley again? Why?

YES!!! Not only was it interesting but I would be looking for anything I might have missed the first time.

What did you like best about this story?

The characters were real.

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

That's how I judge all good books if I don't want to put it down and this one of those. The answer is YES!!.

Another decent story.

The performance is a little stiff but by the time you get a few chapters in you hardly notice.

Pirates Ahoy!

I never thought I would be a Stephen Coonts fan yet, this is my second book I've read by the author and I enjoy them as a deviation from usual affair with world apocalypse stories. They have strong characters that can over come any challenge. The stories are action packed like a Bond novel. They may be far fetched but they are certainly entertaining and this story delivers.