A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in this hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. But there was one factor that the terrorists didn’t take into account when they struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Colombia - slaughtering much of the crew and blowing up the platform - and that was the Capitana crew chief, Dewey Andreas.

Dewey, former Army Ranger and Delta, survives the attack, rescuing as many of his men as possible. But the battle has just begun. While the intelligence and law enforcement agencies scramble to untangle these events and find the people responsible, the mysterious figure of Alexander Fortuna - an agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and business - sets into play the second stage of these long-planned attacks. The only fly in the ointment is Dewey Andreas - who is using all his long-dormant skills to fight his way off the platform, then out of Colombia and back to the U.S., following the trail of terrorists and operatives sent to stop him.

Power Down is a gripping, compelling debut thriller from a powerful new author, an amazing talent certain to join the ranks of the genre’s finest writers.

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Listening Length	16 hours and 22 minutes
Author	Ben Coes
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Audible.com Release Date	September 28, 2010
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David McGuire

Not going on to more

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019

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I will definitely not be going onto more of his books. The gratuitous sex for sake of what? Horrible, first off it does nothing for the story. Secondly it takes away from the story and the author. The chapter with a threesome should have been edited out. Disgusting. The overall writing is sloppy. Entire paragraphs that make no sense. I for one overall hate books that use gratuitous sex. Does nothing for the story and never has.

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LanternRouge

A surprisingly bad book despite all the positive reviews

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019

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This book is just not a high quality thriller. I found that it often dragged because of the numerous scenes which are meetings. The exposition is lumpy and the action is occurs infrequently in between the many sections which involve meetings or cliched phone calls. As the book progresses, it because more formulaic and the characters more stereotypical. In addition, the author seems to advocate a view of the US which I strongly disagree with: that the "heroes" will ignore the legal system and Constitution to do what they think is right. If you are a diehard Trump supporter you will no doubt embrace the author's point of view.

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In the beginning....

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2016

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I am so late to the Ben Coes party. My first introduction to the author is his latest book First Strike. I was so riveted by the writing I immediately bought Power Down, the first in the Dewey Andreas series. As in First Strike, the writing is explosive and moves along at break-neck speed.
Now that I have discovered Dewey Andreas, I plan to read all of Coes' books, although as I found out, no need to read them in order - Coes has written them in a way that each stands alone. With Power Down, you get the full back story on Andreas but you can jump in any time and not feel lost. If you haven't yet discovered Coes/Andreas, now is the time to start.

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Exciting story

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2019

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First you must suspend disbelief. Also, don't worry about minor details. Now read the book and let the excitement wash over you so you can escape the day to day drudgery of your life. That's the way to enjoy this book. Dewey Andreas, our hero, is a bigger than life character, He just doesn't fly, have magical powers or wear a cape. He does have an ability to fight brutally, shoot very accurately, kill dispassionately, escape from impossible situations, overcome insurmountable problems and survive beatings, gunshot wounds, car crashes and the like which would maim or kill a lesser man. Likewise he is a retired US government operative and killer once again tasked by the government to locate and take out the bad guys. He has just enough angst about that and his murdered wife and dead child to give him some humanity.

The action would be non-stop but for some overly long descriptive passages and word for word dialogue of meetings of government people, from the president on down, which don't add a lot to the story. This is a strong four star book for those who enjoy an action thriller.

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Meet Dewey Andreas

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018

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This is the first book in the series of eight books, so far. I read the latest book, and then went back and ordered the other seven. I am now reading them in order.

The author has improved his skills over the 8 book series - I gave book number 8 a five star rating, this one only got a four star rating, as I have seen how good he can be.

First off, one has to understand that is book is not a serious piece of literature - it is fun reading, so just accept that going in. Secondly one must accept that our hero, Dewey Andreas, is just barely short of Superman - he can get shot, stabbed, and generally beat up and within 24 hours can be running a marathon - get used to it - that is the way this series reads. If you cannot suspend your belief for the period of time you are reading these novels, then don't try.

The author (Ben Coes) does a superb job of crafting his plots. They are intricate and detailed.

This starts off the series with Dewey running a huge offshore oil rig that is supplying 9% of the oil used by the US - yes, I know - just suspend that belief again. The rig is attacked, as are other US infrastructure targets. The plot, centers around the capture (well at least the killing) of those terrorists.

There are a couple of things that do not make sense - one of the key components of this particular terrorist group, is the organization and long term planning - but, they have one of their key members, who knows the extent of the entire operation (Esco) on the rig, where he is vulnerable to interrogation. No, that does not make sense - each cell in a network is kept separate, and those in the cell should only know what they need to know for their particular job. But, it is the presence of Esco on the rig, and the possibility that he has told Dewey the long term plans that forms the basis for much of the action.

There is also a continuity issue in this first book - Dewey carries a Model 1911 Colt .45 Semiautomatic pistol, yet the author in several cases calls it a revolver. No, the 1911 is not a revolver. He also has Dewey at one point putting his gun in his belt, under his shirt, and then later - has him putting in into a shoulder holster - and this is during one outing, without our hero returning to his hotel room, where he might have had a shoulder holster.

One glaring error, to those familiar with firearms is when a CIA operative is described as carrying a "silenced Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum". You do not put a sound suppressor on a revolver (the gases will escape between the cylinder and the barrel, thus negating any impact of the suppressor. You might put a sound suppressor on a semi-automatic pistol, but S&W does not make any such pistols in .357 Magnum.

Another error I spotted was one of the terrorists uses a PO Box to receive his packages in the mail - and the FBI says the guy that rented the PO Box, pays in cash and there is "no contact info on the guy". That is just plain wrong - the US Postal Service requires identification and a physical address, before they will rent you a PO Box. Before an author sets up such an item as a key plot element, the author should check out what is actually required, in this case to rent a PO Box.

One glaring math error is when one of the terrorists, who works an eight hour shift where one of the bombs has been set, says that there is a one in three chance (probability of 33%)of the bomb being set off remotely while he is at work - Wrong! There are three 8 hour shifts per day - 7 days a week - that makes 21 shifts per week - of which he works 5 - thus the chances are 5 in 21 or a probability of 24%, not 33%.

It is these types of things that bothered me, even though the plot was great, to knock it down to a four star rating. However, if you are going to read the series - start with this one, just know that they get better, as the author's skills improve.

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Ken

Maybe a little more reality?

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019

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I've been looking for someone to take the place of Vince Vaughn/Mitch Rapp and thought I'd give this guy a shot. Well...good news and bad news. The story wasn't too bad and the plot was ok, BUT! I was amused that the protagonist "Dewey" (good lord...what a name for a macho man hero!) was able to fly from country to country with his trusty 45 Caliber pistol and his big bad ass knife! (even in Cuba???) past security and was able to scale 25 floors of a high rise building by jumping from terrace to terrace. There were also so many characters in the book it was hard to keep up with them and of course ALL the bad guys were shot through the head! Oh well, trying to decide whether or not to give book number two a shot since this was his first book.

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Riz

Ok Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2021

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This author keeps showing up in my recommended books so I thought I would give it a try. Decent plot, decent characters, but for a book that features a lot of firearms, the author makes a surprising amount of errors about them. That kind of takes me out of plot and ruins it for me. He's also an author that gets stuck on a phrase and it appears over and over in a book (like in Lee Child's books). One example in this book is "cocked to fire". I might skip ahead a few books and see if it's gotten better.

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JET

Starts well

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2021

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This could have been five stars. Each disaster could have individually made a novel. So why inflict so much death and tragedy and grief in one go? 9/11 happened. And it was awful. Every event in the book was almost as bad as 9/11 and I became desensitised. As more and more was piled on the drama lessened, there is only so much the mind can take and then it all feels dull. The only analogy I can think of is that, if you mix too many bright colours together, the result is brown. Where instead of dull brown, this could have made a series of brilliant gems. It is a great pity.

healthysean

An Amazing Book, Ben Coes Now Joins My List Of Favourite Authors !!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2017

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Well firstly I have to get a few statements out !!

After one book Ben Coes has gone to my list of favourite authors...

This is the largest book I have ever read in number of pages at 640 pages...

This is one of the best books ever read, and an epic story...

This book is full of fantastic full detailed characters, good and bad...

The start of the Dewey Andreas books, but many more great personalities that deserve great credit in this book...

Introducing a major new thriller writer--in the vein of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Lee Childs, Tom Wood, Mark Dawson --and an electrifying character, Dewey Andreas...

Full of military antics, espionage, and a believable storyline that keeps the reader turning pages well into the night....

Power Down was one of the most amazing books I have read in a long time. I absolutely LOVE how Ben Coes tells a story, builds the characters, teases you with great chapters and sub plots.

This book is full of page turning action, suspense and gripping story.
A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in this hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. But there was one factor that the terrorists didn't take into account when they struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Colombia--slaughtering much of the crew and blowing up the platform--and that was the Capitana crew chief Dewey Andreas. Dewey, former Army Ranger and Delta, survives the attack, rescuing as many of his men as possible. But the battle has just begun.
While the intelligence and law enforcement agencies scramble to untangle these events and find the people responsible, the mysterious figure of Alexander Fortuna--an agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and business--sets into play the second stage of these long-planned attacks. The only fly in the ointment is Dewey Andreas--who is using all his long-dormant skills to fight his way off the platform, then out of Colombia and back to the U.S., following the trail of terrorists and operatives sent to stop him.

Power Down is a gripping, compelling debut thriller from Ben Coes, a powerful new author, an amazing talent certain to join the ranks of the genre's finest writers!!

Loved this book, five stars, now waiting on my kindle, book number two in the series..

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Mrs C Hutchinson.

Enjoyable thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2016

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A very good thriller, although I thought it was a bit slow to start. Sleepers of jihadist cells begin to put into effect plans to blow up important infrastructure in the US. Alongside this they hope to gain financially from the turmoil in the markets that this will cause. With the successful destruction of a large oil drilling operation and a major electricity producing dam at a point in time when they are due to merge, the financial plans are successful, but a multi agency task force and an ex Delta operative are on the case. Good read

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Julie Alexander

Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2019

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Fast paced action thriller. Good storytelling, with multiple twists and turns. If you enjoy action thrillers I can recommend this book, you will not be disappointed. This book was recommend from Goodreads and I'm so glad for the recommendation.

Jaggers72

Could not put it down!!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2016

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I was struggling to find a new series after getting up to date with Brad Thor and Vince Flynn's series. Whilst the story starts kind of slowly it soon gains momentum and spins a very good yarn which keeps you enthralled right till the end. Dewey is obviously damaged goods as are all hero's, but this doesn't detract from how well this is written and that the plot keeps evolving. Give it a go if you like the above authors.

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