Snag Your Copy Deadly Coast (Tom Dugan, #2) Designed By R.E. McDermott Issued As Manuscript

author and narrator hooked me from the start with such danger and excitement, Tom and Kairouz are partner in a shipping company, their ship is over taken by terrorist group which is carrying much need fuel, what takes place next could mean life or death for so many people.
The twists and turns keep you hooked from the start, just as you think things will work out something else sets off a new chain of events.
It was has a few heart stopping moments, some cute times but the danger is real,

The narrator does an outstanding job holding your attention giving true emotions, wonderful character voices with excitement and danger you can feel.
There are no background noises, no repeating of words, no volume changes just a true exciting listen, I enjoyed his normal voice it is very pleasant to listen to as he delivers wonderful character voice that take you away a thrilling listen on the high seas with pirates, ransoms, and a secret weapon which hold you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what the author has planned for you.
I knew who was talking and just what they were feeling, This is the first time I have listened to any of his work and look forward to listening to more of it.


I thought the author did a nice job keeping the listener entertained by making you feel you were part of the story.
I had no trouble seeing the pictures in mind as the plot thickens with a little bit of everything.
The audio really came alive for me and I am not sure I would have enjoyed it as much if I had read this book.
It will be one I will listen to again,
Good change of pace for me and I enjoyed it,

I usually read science fiction or world history books that are written by those who served.
This was a good break in my reading as I needed a short change of pace, Thank you for your time and for writing the book, Although fiction, the author uses actual events in history to tell his story, Deadly Coast offered me the opportunity to learn more about the Somali pirates and how they operate, Although portions of the book were slow paced because of the large amount of discussions, the action scenes were enough to keep me on the edge of my seat.
The Somali pirates mistreat hostages with torture and outright murder them if the ransom requests are not met, Hundreds of hostages and dozens of vessels are held for ransom some for over a year, How many will survive the discussions and return home

The second plot within the story follows a group of Middle Eastern terrorists in their efforts to recover silver bullion and coins from a sunken treasure ship.
This is a smokescreen to cover the fact that they were most interested in salvaging a biological weapon from a sunken World War II German submarine in water over a mile deep.
Silver coins and deadly canisters are salvaged and liter the deck of the vessel, all rejoice their future wealth, unaware that the contagion was already at work.


When Duncan and his crew get involved, their battles are on two fronts with orders to rescue the hostages and ships and to destroy the deadly contagion.
The pirates soon suspect that those on the salvage vessel had something to do with their clan members who have disappeared and set out to attack the terrorists.
There's much at risk which group will be successful

John Podlaski, author
"Cherries A Vietnam War novel"
"When Can I Stop Running" Tom Dugan Novels

This series was terrific.
I just wish there was another one, If you enjoy a nonstop thrill ride, with entertaining characters and plots that keep you up at night, do yourself a favor and jump into these books Overall a fairly entertaining thriller but I just couldn't get attached to the characters, that is, I couldn't picture them in my mind.
Ironically, now in the middle of a virus hoax in the United States, the story here contains a lot of information about such viruses and bacteria that could be used militarily.
The additional notes at the end of the book are very interesting, Good book

Read all of the books in order to really enjoy, Characters are realistic and get better and better, Storyline continues to grow and develop, Lo Read this if you want to become addicted to Nautical, Biotech, treasure, Somali Pirate, finely tuned charactered, tightly written, page turning, thrilling tale.
If not, do not read DEADLY COAST,

One of the fantastic things Author McDermott has done for the reader is ot include at the end a separate section Called : The Fact behind the Fiction.
In this section McDermott separates the fiction from the fact, Surely an eyeopener for me who thought he knew every UBoat ever launched and every horror the Japanese inflicted on the Chinese during their occupation years before Pearl Harbor.
Did I ever get an education, Robert E. also reveals his sources, names the books that document these facts behind the Fiction adding again to my reading load.
A must read. Quite simply the best Nautical Techno Thriller out there now, period,

If you read Author McDermott's first,Deadly Straights,you are in for a surprise for although Dugan and the rest of his well drawn Characters are back, suddenly their dialogue is tight,snappy, witty, and far more natural.
Some passages in this book describe such horrid cruelty on the part of some of the Somali Pirates, this review must come with that caveat.
Not for the squeamish. Read this book and take the ride, You will be begging for more, If not, I will eat my hat, A shipping company with an embedded MIagent and strong CIA links comes up with plan to deal with Somali pirates.
A fast paced seaborne adventure, Fantastic! So hard to put down! It has been a couple of years since I read "Deadly Straits" Tom Dugan, so I was a bit rusty on the characters, and there wasn't a big intro on them, as the story was off and running.

It centers on the Somali pirate operations and add in a bit of WWII history and a touch of terrorism and you have a cracking good story.

Well done! Modern day piracy, particularly off the coast of Somalia, can be quite hot news, with many ships taking special precautions to ensure that they are not boarded by the pirates who will then hold out for ransoms for crew, cargo and vessel, often amounting to millions of dollars.

This forms part of the basis for this fast paced story, but there is another issue that appears first of all to be about treasure hunting an American wartime ship carrying a great deal of silver coin but then moves onto a sunken German submarine containing a form of deadly nerve gas created in Japan during the second world war.

There is probably enough going on there to form the basis for a number of stories, but here McDermott weaves them all into one, having done quite an amount of research into background previously described, as witnessed by his notes at the end of the book.

The book contains a number of interesting characters, not only Dugan, but hired Russian mercenaries, a lady ships captain, and numerous villainous pirates and extremists, enough to maintain most peoples interest.
My only problem with the book was that my accompanying narration would not synchronise with my reading, always wanting to be three chapters ahead of where I actually was whilst reading!
It is a lively, gripping yarn that has a great deal of inventiveness and shows a great knowledge of ships, shipping, weather conditions and weaponry.
The way in which the pirates are dealt with is both satisfactory and thought provoking I wish that the scenario used could actually take place because the world would be a much safer place.

A good read for those who like stories of ships and the sea,
In the wake of his bestselling thriller Deadly Straits, which drew comparisons to Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, and W.
E. B. Griffin, newcomer R. E. McDermott is back with an actionpacked sequel,

DUGAN THOUGHT SOMALI PIRATES WERE BAD NEWS, THEN IT GOT WORSE.

As Tom Dugan and Alex Kairouz, his partner and best friend, struggle to ransom their ship and crew from murderous Somali pirates, things take a turn for the worse.
A US Navy contracted tanker with a full load of jet fuel is also hijacked, not by garden variety pirates, but by terrorists with links to Al Qaeda, changing the playing field completely.


With a possible link between piracy and terrorism now in play, the US and British goverments order the halt of all negotiations for captive ships, and enraged pirates ratchet up the mistreatment of the captive crews.
When one of their crewman is murdered in front of him on a live video feed, a frustrated Dugan takes matters into his own hands and starts his own rescue operation, only to stumble across something far more sinister a rogue salvage operation for a long lost weapon of mass destruction.
Isolated at sea on an old tanker previously destined for the ship breakers, Dugan and his hastily assembled little force of Russian mercenaries find themselves the last line of defense between the world and a terrifying bioweapon.


Weaving historical fact with speculative fiction, Deadly Coast takes the reader from London board rooms into the very real world of modern day pirates and their victims.
This is the first book of the Tom Dugan series,

This book is a thriller on the high seas involving pirates, ransoms, executions, and a secret weapon thought to be buried beyond reach, created at the end of WWII.


It's clear that the author has extensive knowledge of shipping and life on the sea, which is confirmed by visiting the authors page on Amazon.
He's spent his entire life around and on the sea, so it comes as no surprise that the story feels real with authentic descriptions that combine to make this a fantastic read.


The story centers on Tom Dugan, an American whos a partner in a shipping company, The company has a very valuable shipment of Jet Fuel heading for Diego Garcia, The slow and time consuming passage through the Panama Canal allows stow aways that change the course of the shipment along with the lives of many people.


During the ordeal a friend of Tom's, Ward, a CIA operative stumbles onto a deadly WWII secret thought to be lost but the lynch pin of a terrorist group's plan to cleanse the world of infidels.
The discovery of the plot thats so farfetched, Ward's bosses scoff at the idea, leaving his last hope to stop the terrorists, is to convince Tom to change his plans currently underway to rescue the high jacked ship and go see if the plot is real.


Tom has no idea that the high jacking of his ship is also part of the terrorists plan, a diversion meant to keep the world focused away from what the real goal is.


The action is at times intense and gruesome, The multiple plot lines are weaved through the story to give the reader an almostdegree view of the plan and how all the different players unknowingly are connected in ways they never could have realized.


The book kept my attention and had me reaching for my laptop or phone to continue the story whenever I had free time.


Thrill fans with a love of the sea will particularly enjoy this book and those that just enjoy a good book full of action with a cast of real characters with faults and skills that we all can relate to.
Will power rules the day, Those that dare win . usually. This is an exciting Maritime action thriller,

The plot is non stop and although far fetched with bullets / rockets flying everywhere but never hitting the good guys it is still an enjoyable romp.


Another wonderful read by R, E. McDermott. Update Once again, this book is being offered for free download on Amazon, Grab it!

Update This book is available for free download on Amazon, It's worth it.

Wow. Just wow. This book has everything Somali pirates, Russian mercenaries, Islamic terrorists, old Japanese biowarfare viruses, treasure, a multinational team fighting piracy and so much more.
What an excellent follow up to sitelinkDeadly Straits, Full review to come.

In the meantime, check out the author's sitelinkwebpage, for some interesting video about maritime piracy, There is no better nautical thriller in bookstores today than Deadly Coast, Im not being cheeky about this being an ebook I presume Mr, McDermott will offer a softcover in the near future, I mean this is the best nautical thriller author writing today, And this is his second book, He started out great with Deadly Straits and just keeps getting better,

Being a native of the desert, Im not one to judge the minutia of nautical stories, Ill leave that to those who like arguing their ports and starboards, lee and windwards there, exhausted my nautical vocabulary.
I like a great thriller, And the fact that this one takes place on the high seas usually dissuades me from reading such foreign stories.
However, I learned from his first book that Mr, McDermott can put any reader on any type of ship, slip us gently out to sea, and show us a thrilling time.


In the first book, Deadly Straits, the action was nonstop and the threats frighteningly real, In this book, we readers get all that and were treated to more depth of character, Not only is our favorite Russian, Major Andrei Borgdanov back from the first adventure, but so are our favorite heroes, Dugan, Arnett, and Milam.
While these people are warm, friendly and familiar, the author shows his genius at the craft of writing with an incredibly deep and complex Japanese scientist.
Youll know him when you read him,

Villains are the key to any thriller, In Deadly Coast, there are more villains than you can shake a stick at, Not only are they well drawn, but there are different factions whose interrelations are equally well drawn, Anyone who reads the news is peripherally aware of the Somali pirate problem, Most of us think, as I often do, why dont we just send in Seal Teamand wipe them out Mr.
McDermott takes us into the complex world of pirate clans, warlords, tribes, and the terrorists who swim around them.
He gives us a wellresearched, knowledgeable look at the problem from inside the pirate clans, In a very realistic view of the inner workings of the Somali coast, we begin to understand the extent of the issues involved.


Layered on top of those villains are the ultimate villains, the terrorists, Again, Mr. McDermott takes us inside a tightknit group of fundamentalists who, at their core, are just as greedy as anyone else.
As is the case with terrorists, their greed is for a different kind of recognition, He treats these terrorists with the contempt they deserve and makes sure they get whats coming to them, Even though its too good for them, Mr McDermotts appreciation for Islam is evident and respectful, and makes a clean break where the terrorists take it too literally.
He even includes a scene similar to the one we know all suicidal jihadis live through at some point something along the lines of: Arent you coming with me, dear leader

The core characters, Dugan and his crew of merchant sailors turn in another admirable performance.
Their actions in the face of adversity are realistically heroic tempered with moments of abject fear and the good idea gone awry.
The solutions to problems encountered are clever and realistic, That is, as far as I know, because everything I know about oil tankers I learned on Myth Busters.
Or was it the Science Channel In any case, the math works,

The story centers around one too many ships hijacked off the Somali coast, This time the ships owners are fed up with government red tape and decide to do something about it.
In the process, we learn about the loose registration involved in international shipping, the considerably lackluster efforts some countries go to in combating piracy, and the conditions that allow piracy to flourish.
I am not an expert in these matters, but I feel a good deal better educated about them having read this book.


Mr. McDermott includes a section called “Facts Behind the Fiction”, Some facts were factually historical and we readers intuit those passages as we read, Some of the most outlandish and obviously fictional show up under facts at the end, One outrageous scene in particular involves a submarine toilet, Im not going to spoil it for you, Im just telling

you to watch for it, I burst out laughing. But its not what you think, Read it.

If you like thrillers of any kind, you will love this book, If you like nautical thrillers in particular, you will really love this book, If you like Cussler, Clancy, or Connelly, you will love this book,

This one is not only worth reading, but worth buying in quantity to give as gifts,

Peace, sitelink Seeley James




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