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Title: Hong Kong : A Jake Grafton Novel (Jake Grafton Novels (Audio)) by Stephen Coonts, Cumpsty Michael ISBN: 0-694-52389-5 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.81 (37 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Post-Colonial Hong Kong Never Looked So Good!!!!
Comment: This is a truly visionary tale, well-told of what might happen if a popular uprising were able to topple the corrupt, vicious and venal Communist Chinese regime. A quick read, it is a mach 2 ride into the possiblities of the end of Communist rule in Hong Kong and perhaps, all of mainland China.
The author, Stephen Coonts once again reprises Jake Grafton and his wife, Callie in this combination techno-political thriller that also resurrects Jake's bombardier/navigator Virgil 'Tiger' Cole from FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER. All of the scene, style, atmosphere and pacing that readers familiar with Coonts' Jake Grafton novels expect is here. However, instead of jets roaring off the catapults of carriers, he puts Grafton and the intrigue and dangers he faces ashore.
Without an F-14 or an A-6 under him, RADM Grafton must use all of his skill to determine if his old friend Tiger Cole is involved in revolutionary activities that pose a threat to American/Chinese relations. While Jake has not seen Tiger Cole in years, the reader finds out that Cole left the navy after he and Jake were rescued from the North Vietnamese jungle after their shoot-down. He went back to grad school and has become filthy rich in the hi-tech whirlwind of Silicon Valley. Over the years, his political donations paid off and a recent administration has appointed him Consul General at the American Consulate in Hong Kong.
Coonts does yeoman's work portraying the corruption and tyranny of the Communist government that replaced the last British Colonial Administration. It is obvious where Mr. Coonts' own views are and yet, this does not interfere with his moving the story toward its conclusion. As one reads this book, it makes the reader stop and consider the fall of communism in China. After all, it happened in Russia and the corruption, cruelty, human rights violations, and other crimes all beg the case for the ruthless government in Beijing. It is also obvious that the good of the people is no longer the watchword of any communist government. Rather, it is conservation of the status quo and the maintenance of a dictatorship of an elite few in power.
Coonts also does an outstanding job of describing the yearning of all people everywhere to be free. Just as Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans stood against Xerxes and his Persian horde at the pass at Thermopylae in defense of Greek freedom, so too do the residents of Hong Kong stand against the tyranny they face from Beijing. As Coonts so eloquently points out, Hong Kong was the first free area turned over to Communist rule by negotiation and without a shot being fired. It was a cowardly act and was accomplished without the consent of the people most affected by the transfer from a free capitalist system to a dictatorial totalitarian one.
Read this book because it is a fast thrilling ride. But when you're done, sit back and contemplate the possibilities posed by the idea of the end of one of the world's most cruel and tyrannical systems.
Thank you Mr. Coonts for another Mach 2 ride and for many hours of reading enjoyment.
BZ!!
Paul Connors
Rating: 4
Summary: A quick read from Coonts
Comment: With Hong Kong, Coonts presents a story of anti-communist revolution that is initiated in Hong Kong. While the premise itself stretches one's imagination, Coonts nonetheless presents a compelling story that features Jake Grafton, the no-nonsense US Naval Officer, who in this case has a very personal reason to bring his skills and determination to bear. Coonts brings together a range of characters, while effectively blending a number of sub-stories within the main story. I recommend Hong Kong. You will want to go through it quickly.
Rating: 3
Summary: Far-fetched but Entertaining
Comment: "Hong Kong" begins rather amateurishly, with dialogue and scenes reading out of a cheap, B-rated spy movie. Stephen Coonts quickly warms up to his trade, however, and shows his masterful skill at crafting a thrilling, though far-fetched, tale of the classic democratic triumph over Communism, through whatever means necessary. Interesting twists and turns await the reader, but the sheer amount of possibilities and details imagined by Coonts left me pleasantly suprised and even more attracted to the story. Particularly interesting for those who have a fancy for Sino-US economic and political relations, such as myself. In a phrase, a modern Ian Fleming "James Bond" novel.
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Title: The Red Horseman by Stephen Coonts ISBN: 0671748882 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: UNDER SIEGE by Stephen Coonts ISBN: 0671742949 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Minotaur by Stephen Coonts ISBN: 0440207428 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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