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Power Down

par Ben Coes

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Fiction. Thriller. HTML: *Introducing a major new thriller writer�??in the vein of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor�??and an electrifying character, Dewey Andreas.* A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in this hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. But there was one factor that the terrorists didn't take into account when they struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Colombia�??slaughtering much of the crew and blowing up the platform�??and that was the Capitana crew chief Dewey Andreas. Dewey, former Army Ranger and Delta, survives the attack, rescuing as many of his men as possible. But the battle has just begun. While the intelligence and law enforcement agencies scramble to untangle these events and find the people responsible, the mysterious figure of Alexander Fortuna�??an agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and business�??sets into play the second stage of these long-planned attacks. The only fly in the ointment is Dewey Andreas�??who is using all his long-dormant skills to fight his way off the platform, then out of Colombia and back to the U.S., following the trail of terrorists and operatives sent to stop him. Power Down is a gripping, compelling debut thriller from Ben Coes, a powerful new author, an amazing talent certain to join the ranks of the genre's… (plus d'informations)

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"I'll tell you what you did," said Dewey. "You picked the wrong country to fuck with."

Power Down by Ben Coes is an excellent thriller that explores the possibility that terrorists in the future may target infrastructure instead of people, but still kill a lot of people. (And make a few bucks in the stock market while they're at it.) In the vein of Tom Clancy, the good guys are really good, and the bad guys are really evil. This book is a fast-paced chase from beginning to end with enough explosions, car chases, and gun battles to satisfy anyone.

Thanks to GoodReads FirstReads program for a chance to read this book. (

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lpg3d | Nov 12, 2022 |

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this first Dewey Andreas book. It reminds me of Tom Clancy books in a way, in the way it glorifies the military and makes super-heroes out of characters and super-villains out of the bad guys. But that's OK, if you don't look for realism in your action comics - oops, I mean books. Star Wars wasn't very realistic, either, but I enjoyed that series.

Dewey Andreas is sort of a Jack Reacher type, if Jack Reacher ever turned into a hard-drinking, bitter old guy that enjoys killing people. But I think Jack Reacher is too clean-cut to ever become that type of person.

But aside from all this, I did enjoy the book. Really, it would have made a good super-hero action comic book, or whatever they're called nowadays - I don't read them. Lots of killing bad guys, or anyone that looks like a bad guy. It's the type of book you can't take seriously, like some people seem to do. I liked the old Tom Clancy books, too, until they began too much over-the-top liberal bashing preachiness that detracted too much from the story.

So I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure how much I can take, and I don't know if I'll read more. I believe this type of book needs some humor; it takes itself too seriously. One of the great things about Arnold Schwarzenegger movies is the humor, where he sometimes seems to make fun of himself. (

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MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |

I previously read Ben Coes' Coup d'etat which comes after this book, having enjoyed it so much I chased this one down to start at the beginning and now having finished Power Down I can say I am glad I did.

Power Down has terrorist action on a scale not often portrayed, on Clancy's Sum Of All Fears level almost, the only real minor quibble I have with it is in one scene a huge dam is said to be on the edge of a sea with a river below it - that doesn't make much sense, this aside though it's an excellent action packed romp.

Would highly recommend for fans of Vince Flynn, Dale Brown, et cetera. (

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HenriMoreaux | Jan 30, 2018 |

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erebor | Jan 9, 2016 |

It's a well-written, if often time implausible, action thriller. It's great at getting you to turn the pages. The action is unrelenting. Of course that leaves little time to figure out the characters. The exception is Dewey Andreas, the action star of the book.

If you are looking for an action thriller, this is worth picking up. (

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Fiction. Thriller. HTML:

Introducing a major new thriller writer�??in the vein of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor�??and an electrifying character, Dewey Andreas.
A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in this hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. But there was one factor that the terrorists didn't take into account when they struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Colombia�??slaughtering much of the crew and blowing up the platform�??and that was the Capitana crew chief Dewey Andreas. Dewey, former Army Ranger and Delta, survives the attack, rescuing as many of his men as possible. But the battle has just begun.
While the intelligence and law enforcement agencies scramble to untangle these events and find the people responsible, the mysterious figure of Alexander Fortuna�??an agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and business�??sets into play the second stage of these long-planned attacks. The only fly in the ointment is Dewey Andreas�??who is using all his long-dormant skills to fight his way off the platform, then out of Colombia and back to the U.S., following the trail of terrorists and operatives sent to stop him. Power Down is a gripping, compelling debut thriller from Ben Coes, a powerful new author, an amazing talent certain to join the ranks of the genre's

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