The Red Horseman

It is true Coontz writting with the twists and turns at every page. Starts a little slow as does many of the Coontz novels but soon grabs you at a level that forces you to continue reading a not put the novel down. Highly recommend the entire series of books by Coontz and enjoy the thrill of Jake Grafton; Callie Crafton; Toad Tarkington; etc.

Stephen Coonts has really evolved with this novel. He has progressed from the plain men-in-war type thriller(Flight of the Intruder) to the true techno-thriller. This book ranks up there with books like Larry Bond's Red Phoenix and Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears. I usually don't like novels with real people in them(Boris Yeltsin and Saddam Hussein), but the Red Horseman does not exploit these people like some others(David Hagberg's Kilo Option, for example). This book kept me awake at night because it's so realistic. I'm glad Mr. Coonts has gone on to write other techno-thrillers as well(Fortunes of War). Congratulations, Mr. Coonts! I knew you could do it!

These are great books. I read most of them in the Gulf War and was addicted to the plots of the A6 intruder. I am in Korea and still continue to read the books. The last one I read was the Intruders. I loved it. It brought back memories of the days I grew up at whidbey island NAS. My Dad was a AMHC in the squadrans you mostly talked about. It really hit home, Thanks.

Former jet jock, Rear Adm. Jake Grafton gets thrown into ring of renegade agents-KGB, CIA-as he journeys to what remains of Mother Russia. His job: to make sure that Russian nuclear weapons are destroyed before Saddam can get hold of them. He gets put back where belongs(the cockpit) as he and Rita Moravia take to the skies to destroy nuclear weapons on their way to the Middle East(in Russian Su-25s!)after a nuclear reacter is destroyed by the renegade KGB agents to cover their tracks and a few renegade Russian fighters are sent to destroy Jake and Rita. Still, a few make it to Baghdad and the battle to prevent Armageddeon ensues. Apparently this is one of COonts' best novels if it is not his best ever!(I think it is his best

The Red Horseman was VERY good. What else can I say? It even puts Grafton back in the cockpit for a chapter (but in a RUSSIAN plane!) where he belongs. I liked the way he portrayed real-world political figures (i.e. Yeltsin, Hussein and Clinton) and used some apparent expertise on Russia to create an excellant storyline. I can't wait until I read The Intruders