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Dewey Andreas is back...and the clock is ticking!

Cloud, a high-level Russian hacker, perhaps the best in the world, has acquired a nuclear weapon. It's an older bomb from the USSR's Cold War arsenal with the power to devastate a major city. Fueled by a dark and personal vendetta, Cloud has put it onto an anonymous trawler, piloted by jihadists, headed straight to America.

Dewey Andreas, former Delta working as an agent for the C.I.A., is still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancée. Dewey has lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors.

Learning of the missing loose nuke and picking up chatter about an impending terrorist attack on American shores, the best and most talented C.I.A. agents are now chasing both Cloud and the bomb. Acting on credible intel, two highly trained teams are sent into Russia in a two-pronged mission to grab Cloud. But it's a trap, and now America's last hope of stopping the bomb is an unofficial agent gone rogue-Dewey Andreas.

With only three days left, Dewey Andreas must find the elusive Cloud. To do so, Dewey will risk everything to find the most dangerous and skilled enemy he's yet faced. For if he fails, American will suffer its most deadly terrorist attack on the Fourth of July-Independence Day.

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May 26, 2015
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About the Author

BEN COES is the author of the critically acclaimed Power Down, Coup d'Etat, The Last Refuge, and Eye for an Eye. He is a former speechwriter for the George H .W. Bush White House, was a fellow at the JFK School of Government at Harvard, and is currently a partner in a private equity company out of Boston. He lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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“Explosive from beginning to end and one of those rare titles that is so much fun that you wish it would never end... INDEPENDENCE DAY may well be the best installment of the series to date. I don't think I'll celebrate another Fourth of July without thinking of it. There's enough action, explosions, fatalities and (best of all) intelligence nuggets to fill a summer's equivalent of books... Strongly recommended, from first page to last.” ―Bookreporter

“Coes is in the same league as Brad Thor and Vince Flynn, and this high-octane race against time will have plot-driven thriller readers unable to turn the pages fast enough.” ―Booklist (starred review) on Independence Day

“Compelling characters, a wealth of technical detail, and ticking-clock suspense make [INDEPENDENCE DAY] one of the year's best thrillers... Last-minute twists ratchet up the tension as the book races to the final confrontation.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Action, international intrigue, romance--it doesn't get any better.” ―San Jose Mercury News on The Last Refuge

“Ben Coes has created a hero who ranks with the protagonists in a Vince Flynn or Brad Thor thriller . . . The Last Refuge is a winner and will keep readers turning the pages.” ―The Associated Press

“My favorite novel in at least a decade. The writing was inherently masculine, brilliantly crafted.” ―Huffington Post on Eye for an Eye

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00H6EJSC4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition (May 26, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 26, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2557 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 513 pages
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Ben Coes is the New York Times bestselling author of international political and espionage thrillers. He graduated from Columbia College, where he won the Bennett Cerf Memorial Prize for Fiction. He worked at the White House under Presidents Reagan and Bush and was a Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2017

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A+

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The Saga continues

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2018

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This is the fifth book in a series of books that, so far, contains eight books. Read them in chronological order, as the books build upon the prior story lines.

In this novel, a young Russian computer genius has cracked CIA's protection software, and has had free access to all of CIA's data networks. In addition he has acquired an old 1950's era atomic weapon and has plans to take revenge on the USA for the murder of his father and mother. Dewey, is thrust into the middle of this struggle. The plot has enough twists and turns and interesting characters to keep the reader involved.

The books in this series are "fun reading" and not fine literature by any stretch of anybody's imagination. One must suspend all thoughts based in reality as to the amount of punishment the human body can sustain and still function - but, what else would you expect of someone who is just molecule short of being a "Super-hero".

I am now convinced that the author does not know the difference between the words "bring" and "take". There are at least three instances where he uses "bring" when he should have used "take” (pages 5, 274, and 333 in the paperback edition). To explain - "bring” is used when the item being moved is coming to the location of the speaker, "take" is used when the intended final location of the item is elsewhere. This type of error should, in my opinion, be caught in proof reading. This is not a new complaint of mine with this author - see my other reviews of books in this series.

The author has one of the characters in the book use "Channel 16" to place a "Mayday" call, requesting a replacement fuel pump. First off an ocean going vessel such as "Lonely Fisherman" would not be using short range VHF (maximum range 60 miles) for such a transmission, and secondly, the correct transmission would have been "Pan-Pan" not "Mayday for such a call about needing a fuel pump. Since 2007, EPIRBs have been the only legally accepted distress signaling. And the US Coast Guard, along with most of the rest of the world, stopped monitoring anything except EPIRBs on February 1, 2009. This switch away from the old 500 Hz Morse Code channel was part of the changes in the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) regulations - which also discontinued having a full time radio operator monitoring the distress channel. One can debate the changes, but cost efficiency won out over, in my opinion, safety. But, that is a subject for another conversation - but, as far as this book goes - the author should have done a little more research before making this a key turning point in the plot.

At least in this novel the author has stopped trying to describe many different types of handgun, and getting many of the facts wrong, as in the prior novels in this series.

An enjoyable book - just accept it for what it is - fun escapism.

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Thomas D. John

Simply an awesome book! I couldn't put it down!

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2015

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I loved it! Our story starts with Dewey a distressed and almost broken man. We recall his fiancé was murdered in the last installment of the saga of Dewey Andreas. Our story involves Russian mobsters, hackers, a prima ballerina, Navy Seals, the CIA, and a plot to bomb us on July 4th. Ben Coes ability to weave such an involved plot in such a realistic and plausible way speaks to the fact that as an author, he is really hitting his stride. I literally couldn't put the book down. Coes ranks right up there with the late Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn, as well as Brad Thor in the best of the genre. I couldn't recommend it more.

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James W. Lundy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2017

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Excellent.

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Andrew C

Andreas is awesome

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019

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I just love this series! The way Coes writes is up there with the best. You really like the characters from Tacoma to Katie to Calibrisi. He also builds up the victims of tragedies so it makes you feel their kids even mire, even minor characters. The secondary characters are intriguing as well as well as the antagonists. The only reason this story didn't get a 5 was that some of the hacking part of the story was hard to follow but it was just a fun and quick read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and love this series!

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Michael G Kurilla

Dewey goes freelance rogue

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016

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Independence Day is the latest installment in the Dewey Andreas franchise by Ben Coes. Dewey is still mentally recovering from the prior assassination of his fiancee. After an attempt to bring him back inside the fold is unsuccessful, Dewey is passed over for dealing with a planned nuclear attack on the US by as Russian cyber terrorist with personal vengeance on his mind. Dewey decides to insert himself into the mission anyway and manages to end up as the last man standing as the "official" special forces are taken out by the skilled tactician everyone is after. Dewey's supporting cast play various roles in the final resolution, but Dewey handles his part solo this time out.

Dewey has less of the spy elements this time and sticks mostly to action of various types all taking place in Russia.The Russian hacker is pitted against a US good guy, but CIA independent cyber warrior which unfortunately is largely irrelevant to the mission. As a beach read, this is a tasty morsel that also serves to reinstate Dewey solidly back in his true form.

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bigbluedrew

Dewey reborn

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015

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By far the best in the series since the second installment. The action crisp and compelling,Deweys struggle to find peace was compelling. The plot was great and I found it very plausible.No 5 star for me because of two points that nagged at me a bit. The Presidents in the last few novels are just so far from the reality of the men we elect to the office in real life It is hard for me to envision ANY of the last 3 men to hold the office in real life, ever acting so courageously or forcefully. The author projects leaders we all wish we had in the office, not particularly we we have. Second I felt Dewey flitting about Moscow doing untold damage a bit of a stretch. The FSB a leviathan still never really entered the picture despite most of the action taking place in their front yard. But these are nit picking points, if you suspend belief a bit to ignore the poisons politics of our country and incision America as we wish it operated this is a first rate crackling good yarn.

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Montana Jack

Great Summer Read

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2015

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As the last book was a bit contrite, I was worried about Coes' continuation of the character. Fortunately, Coes returned to his earlier writing style and narration. A few parts of the story had me asking what the author was thinking, however:

- A local town race and +220lbs, over 35 Dewey is able to out run and/or hang with lighter, younger faster athletes in a 10 miler? The SpecOps guys are in amazing condition, but, even they're not this good.
- Dewey's escape from CIA HQ was a bit of a stretch

Vince Flynn set the standard and even with his weakest books, he was pretty unbeatable, that has been the bar for books trying to follow in this type of genre. Coes started out looking great, but, too many little flaws vs. Flynn.

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A. F. Prestwich

Another enjoyable read.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2015

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I have now read all the Ben Coes, Dewey Andreas books and enjoyed everyone. They are all your typical highly trained, go to, agent books with the core characters in each book so as you progress you get absorbed into his world. Like all current heroes, he can take one hell of a pasting but manage to shake the pain off in double quick time to get the job done. That is not to diminish any of the books but it is a standard fact with all authors and I wish they would just step back into real time to make it that bit more believable. If you are going to read this book I would suggest you go back to the first by Coes and build up to Independence Day to fully enjoy his writing. Look forward to the next.

David Wrigley

Same book as UK release "A Day to Kill"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2020

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Pleased to find a Dewey Andreas book that I hadn't read but on paragraph 2 realised that I had read it as the UK release titled "A Day to Kill"
Given it 5stars good book and not sellers fault but why change the title it's a book set in America cannot see any rationale for it
charity shop will benefit from donation of pristineunread book

Brian MC

Dewey Andreas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2018

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The only place to get this novel is from America not available on Kindle. Great novel from Ben Coes

keith james

Dewey abdreas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2018

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Good book in an excellent series

Simon

Didn't disappoint