Coonts, Stephen

Together in Paris, CIA agent Tommy Carmellini and his boss Jake Grafton work to uncover the French intelligence service's alleged secret agent among Al Queda and the intelligence he or she holds.

"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 carriers and their battle groups. When the CIA director is assassinated and Jake Grafton is appointed to take his place, he gets wind of the conspiracy, but has no idea when or where the attack will occur. In the meantime, a series of assassinations, including an attempt on the life of the President, shake the country and deliberately mask a far more sinister objective. Can Jake Grafton and his right hand man, Tommy Carmellini, stop the plot to destroy the US Navy?"--.

As missiles are fired upon the White House, Rear Admiral Jake Grafton struggles to find a group of CIA agents believed to have hijacked the U.S.'s latest advance in nuclear submarines and foil their plans to destroy American power and influence throughout the world.

War in the air: true accounts of the 20th century's most dramatic air battles-by the men who fought them.

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