| | |  | | Home » Coup d'Etat (Dewey Andreas) | | | | | | | Description: | | 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...
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| Ben Coes | | Hardcover:
| 480 pages | | Publisher:
| St. Martin's Press | | Publication Date:
| September 27, 2011 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
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27 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 "She's my little deuce coupe...she blows em out of the water."Oct 15, 2011
By michael a. draper
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.
23 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Captivating Throughout And Pulse-Pounding During The Second Half!Sep 13, 2011
By bobbewig
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.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Crème De La Crème! Enjoy The Holy Grail of Action-Packed Thrillers!Oct 16, 2011
By Tom McGee
"Tom"
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!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Very Good ReadOct 08, 2011
By Senior Hickey
When Vince Flynn introduced us to Ben Coes, I actually thought there could be no one to compare to Rapp and several other heros, especiall Jack Reacher. I read Power Down in one setting, hard to put it down. The action and continuity was extraordinary. Dewey was my new hero. After reading the novel, I kept checking Coes site to look for the next novel. Finally it came Coup D'etat, was there. I immediately downloaded it to my IPAD.
Ben has learned a great deal since the "Power Down" novel came out, especially character building. It's a story about a skirmish between Pakistan and India, with China and the USA on the sidelines. The muslim groups want to destroy the two countries with the help of a terrorist set on revenge.
Dewey has hid out on a ranch in Australia and the terrorist organizations purchase information to find him. The book has a descriptive chapter or two of the terrorists going after Dewey.
When his country calls on him to help with the India/Pakistan event, Dewey goes. Will stop here.
In closing, believe me, it's a great book. Now I'm ready for the next book. Hurry Ben.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Vince Flynn on steroidsOct 17, 2011
By Cat Lover
"Cat Lover"
I purchased this book for my father. He reads books very quickly - often within 24 hours of receiving them - so I am always looking for new authors for him. I bought Ben Coes' first book, Power Down, on the recommendation of staff at a local bookstore. He read Power Down in about a day and loved it, so I got him Coup d'Etat as soon as it came out. He loved this one too. The title is his description of Mr. Coes' work. If you want a can't-put-it-down book with great plots and lots of action, Ben Coes delivers.
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