First Strike by Ben Coes

Dewey Andreas returns searching for who is funding ISIS.  Coes, once again plucks his plots from the headlines.   The destruction of Aleppo is near term old news and Coes plays upon that horror.   Andreas is a magician in escaping dire circumstances and the entertainment is seeing how Coes provides him with the characters and tools needed to prevail.

Coes doesn’t hesitate to sacrifice characters for his plots.   Practically anyone in his books is fodder for destruction.  This book hits home with terrorism on a campus.   With all the school shootings there doesn’t seem to be any safe places for our children.  

The book is both exhilarating and frightening as Dewey tackles both his own emotions and villains.

I had a touch of difficulty with the level of graphic violence however it did not deter from my enjoyment of the book.

I recommend.

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