Stephen Coonts is one of my favorite authors. "Under Siege" is an absolutely FANTASTIC book. My first book of the "Deep Black" series sold under his name was disappointing.I have no idea how much of the writing Coonts did, and how much his co-author did, (William Keith) but "Death Wave" was not very good, leading me to believe this "partnership" was heavily slanted towards Keith writing.There's no depth to the characters, nor tension to their situation. They're successful in every instance.The plot is a whiz-bang techno spy thriller: Chasing terrorists all over the world. Well-plotted it just had no soul. Yet another story of a secret US Counterintelligence group (disliked by the usual NSA, FBI, DHS Depts) which is trying to foil yet another Muslim attack on the US, this time by creating a tidal wave to inundate the East Coast by exploding a series of suitcase nukes in the Canary islands to create a massive tidal wave. The book is interesting enough with its somewhat unique plot, well-enough written to be readable with enough technical detail to give it the appearance of reality.(One cannot help but wonder if the Muslims read these books to get new ideas that might be applicable to their purposes).
What do You think about Death Wave (2011)?
Not great, ok read,a little hokey. His earlier stuff was better. Must be running out of ideas.
—Cindysloane
Great Military Thrillernot Tom Clancy but a fun read
—Sophii87
