Stephen Coonts' Deep Black: Arctic Gold

by Coonts, Stephen; Keith, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780312946951
• ISBN10: 0312946953
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-03
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Summary

In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarinesa constant, covert presence beneath the ice caps. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russianmafiya, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean's floor.While Dean is sent to the Arctic to rescue the hostages, the beautiful Lia Francesca penetrates a heavily guarded dacha on the shores of the Black Sea. Here she learns the explosive truth about Russia and its Arctic oilone that could cost Dean and his Deep Black team their lives...and drive the world's superpowers to the brink of war.

Author Biography

As a naval aviator, STEPHEN COONTS flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. A former attorney and the author of fifteen New York Times bestsellers, he and his wife reside in Colorado. Visit his Web site at www.coonts.com.

Deep Black co-author William H. Keith has written nearly eighty books over the past twenty-five years. His novels, published under the pseudonyms Ian Douglas and H. Jay Riker, are geopolitical thrillers with an emphasis on the Marines and submarine warfare. A veteran of the Navy, he lives in western Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

OUT OF THE COLD

In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarines—a constant, covert presence beneath the ice caps. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russian mafiya, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean’s floor.

INTO THE LINE OF FIRE

While Dean is sent to the Arctic to rescue the hostages, the beautiful Lia Francesca penetrates a heavily guarded dacha on the shores of the Black Sea. Here she learns the explosive truth about  Russia and its Arctic oil—one that could cost Dean and his Deep Black team their lives…and drive the world’s superpowers to the brink of war.

 “Coonts knows how to write and build suspense. . . a natural storyteller.”—The New York Times Book Review

“The master of the techno-thriller.”—Publishers Weekly

Visit Stephen Coonts’ Web site at:

www.coonts.com