Stephen Coonts

"The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks closer to home: a Chinese sleeper cell has planted a nuclear weapon in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, the biggest naval base on the planet. The target: a secret rendezvous of the Atlantic Fleet aircraft...

An anthology of three novellas includes "al-Jihad," in which a sniper and pilot team up in a quest for vengeance; "The 17th Day," in which a World War I aviator thwarts statistical predictions of his death; and the title story, in which a boat crew riskstheir lives confronting the Japanese Navy.

A U.S. aircraft carrier launches a strike against Cuba after spies discover missiles with bacteriological warheads pointed at the U.S. The action comes amid a power struggle on the island in anticipation of Fidel Castro's imminent death.

Iran is weeks away from acquiring nuclear weapons and has every intention of using them to strike first. Only Tommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton can stop a nuclear nightmare.

Naval aviator Jake Grafton's once innocent love of flying has given way to guilt and frustation--and an urgent need to give meaning to the deaths he feels responisble for in Vietnam.

Account of the author and his son exploring small town America in a vintage biplane during the summer of 1991.

Jake Grafton is the only pilot who can stop a power-hungry Arab terrorist in a man-to-man aerial dogfight.

Deep Black: Conspiracy: A Secret Service agent is dead, an apparent suicide. A presidential candidate narrowly escapes an assassins bullet. And Desk Three, a covert branch of the NSA, is searching for a chilling connection deep inside the Republic of Vietnam. Once, Charlie Dean was a Marine sniper in Quang Nam Province. Today hes a Deep Black operator, returning to Vietnam to find the source of some threatening e-mail. Instead, he comes face to face...

Word is out to ex-Marine sniper Charlie Dean and his NSA team: infiltrate the highest stratum of Peruvian political power and derail a renegade general from acing an election. All Dean has to do is find a way inside an impenetrable bank vault protected by armed guards round the clock--it's all in a day's work for the men and women of Deep Black. But things get complicated when Dean and company discover the general's second plot. The military madman's...

Rip Cantrell, a seismic survey worker uncovers a flying saucer in the Sahara. The USAF sends a UFO investigation team; meanwhile, with the help of a beautiful ex-Air Force test pilot, Rip flies the saucer away, embarking on a fantastic journey into space and around the world, keeping just ahead of those who want the saucer for themselves.