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    The Last Refuge: A Dewey Andreas Novel
    The Last Refuge: A Dewey Andreas Novel
    The Last Refuge: A Dewey Andreas Novel
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    The Last Refuge: A Dewey Andreas Novel

    Written by Ben Coes

    Narrated by Peter Hermann

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    With time running out to stop the nuclear destruction of Tel Aviv, Dewey Andreas must defeat his most fearsome opponent yet.


    Off a quiet street in Brooklyn, New York, Israeli Special Forces commander Kohl Meir is captured by operatives of the Iranian secret service, who smuggle Meir back to Iran, where he is imprisoned, tortured, and prepared for a show trial.

    What they don't know is that Meir was in New York to recruit Dewey Andreas for a secret operation. Meir had been tipped off that Iran had finally succeeded in building their first nuclear weapon, one they were planning to use to attack Israel. His source was a high-level Iranian government official and his proof was a photo of the bomb itself.

    Dewey Andreas, a former Army Ranger and Delta, owes his life to Meir and his team of Israeli commandos. Now, to repay his debt, Dewey has to attempt the impossible ---to both rescue Meir from one of the world's most secure prisons and to find and eliminate Iran's nuclear bomb before it's deployed---all without the help or sanction of Israel or America (at the near certain risk of detection by Iran).

    Unfortunately, Dewey's first moves have caught the attention of Abu Paria, the brutal and brilliant head of VEVAK, the Iranian secret service. Now Dewey has to face off against, outwit, and outfight an opponent with equal cunning, skill, and determination, with the fate of millions hanging in the balance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJul 3, 2012
    ISBN9781427225702
    The Last Refuge: A Dewey Andreas Novel
    Author

    Ben Coes

    Ben Coes is the author of critically acclaimed Power Down. He is a former speechwriter for the George H.W. Bush Whitehouse, worked for Boone Pickens, was a fellow at the JFK School of Government at Harvard, a campaign manager for Mitt Romney’s run for governor in 2002, and is currently a partner in a private equity company out of Boston. He lives in Wellsley, Mass.

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    • 3/5
      If you're a fan of books filled with covert operations that seemingly fit into today's military/political events then you should read "The Last Refuge".I read this book utilizing the text-to-speech feature on my kindle and found the writing to be very explicit in its characterization of people and events so much so that I was able to visualize the events as they played out, awesome. This is the first book that I've read by this author, which happens to be the third in the series for Dewey Andreas."The Last Refuge" by Ben Coes "is" a page-turner, you'll not want to put it down.
    • 5/5
      Another really good book and Another page turner! Loved how it ended
    • 4/5
      This book was good enough that I read it twice in two years without realizing it....or maybe I'm just losing my memory of stories..
    • 4/5
      A rip roaring page turner of a book, like one of those popcorn summer movies
    • 3/5
      Let's summarize: a gifted but troubled former Special Ops soldier with authority issues is called out of retirement by an honest member of a corrupt Washington bureaucracy to organize a clandestine operation of immense danger against cruel and swarthy opponents. Mayhem ensues, and the spillage of many bodily fluids. Women find him irresistible after the mission's success, as they did before, but he wasn't having any of it then.This describes something like the minimum conditions of the genre (political thriller? military thriller?), which has dug a rut as deep as the western novel during the Louis L'Amour era. We read them because the template reinforces a view we want to hang on to about the world, or about America, or about ourselves, though, so these books serve their purpose if they meet the minimum conditions with brisk pacing, original plots, and believable action. This one meets those requirements just fine, thank you.
    • 3/5
      "The Last Refuge" is not as strong as Ben Coes' first two books, but still good. And his recurring protagonist, Dewey Andreas, is starting to mold into what many recurring protagonists in the thriller genre become--rather one-dimensional, bad-ass killing machines."The Last Refuge" picks up where "Coup D'etat" left off--with the abduction of Kohl Meir, an Israeli black ops agent who saves Dewey's life. Dewey must now not only try to rescue Meir, who's been kidnapped by Iranians, but also stop the delivery of Iran's first nuclear weapon to Tel Aviv.What fallows is a pretty typical, generic thriller. Good writing and nice action sequences, but just not up to par with the intensity of Coes' previous two novels.
    • 4/5
      Good plot (I seem to be reading a lot of thrillers regarding Iran nuclear capabilities, which just shows how writers try to quickly leverage political news), fast action, easy read. On the other hand, stereotypical, almost cartoonish characters, spoil the enjoyment of reading this novel. But then, who knows, maybe it is indeed so black and white in that world.
    • 4/5
      I hadn't read any of Ben Coes' earlier novels before diving into The Last Refuge. I've reading more thrillers in the last few weeks and The Last Refuge sounded action packed what with Andreas having to rescue Meir, the Israeli commando from a secure prison and to find and acquire a nuclear bomb.I gravitate towards actions series with flawed lead characters, so I quickly grew to like Dewey Andreas. We learn early on that the political regime in Iran is corrupt and unreliable and that the White House is attempting a political solution to halt Iran's nuclear research. When Kohl Meir is kidnapped from US soil, the story is very black and white. While the US is unable to take official action and unwilling to interfere, we know that Dewey Andreas is equally unable to walk away. Andreas must find a way to track down Meir with his limited resources - he is an unemployed private citizen with a mission that most governments would balk to undertake. Coes makes clear that Andreas' operates on a code of honor and it's a code that the politicians can't afford to follow. Though it is clear where Coes' sympathy lies, when Andreas contacts the Israeli government and Meir's family, I immediately root for Andreas and the Israelis. The Iranians in The Last Refuge are largely two dimensional villains and this is the story's weakness. The Iranian secret police, politicians, nuclear scientists are wholly unsympathetic with the exception of one man who tries to prevent the attack. This brave man speaks out for the terrorized citizens who are against the extremism that rules Iran. With that caveat, it was easy for me to overlook the flatness of the Iranian villains in The Last Refuge because of the strength of the leading character Dewey Andreas. Andreas is larger than life and an unstoppable killing machine but he operates with a distinct moral code and deep loyalties. Though he's quite different from Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Ben Coes' Dewey Andreas reminded me a bit of Jack Reacher with his incredible reflexes and abilities and his willingness to dive into danger for what he believes in. If you enjoy an action packed thriller, I recommend giving Ben Coes' The Last Refuge. ISBN-10: 1250007151 - Hardcover $25Publisher: St. Martin's Press (July 3, 2012), 416 pages.Review copy courtesy of the publisher.
    • 5/5
      I haven't read a lot of books dealing with covert operations, espionage, action, and spies although I did read Patriot Games by Tom Clancy and enjoyed that. I mostly stick to mysteries, but when I read the summary for The Last Refuge something just caught my attention. I really loved reading The Last Refuge and found it very hard to put down. The book grabs you from the very beginning with the nation's president suffering a stroke. This event starts a chain reaction that effects all the other characters in the book. There isn't much character development like other books, but Coes lets the characters actions and their willingness to do anything for their cause to drive them and the story. The reader doesn't get a long history of the book's characters but their actions drive the reader to care about and root for the good guys and hate the bad guys. The overall story was good with Dewey trying to save Meir and get back a nuclear bomb at the same time. I also liked the introduction of his team members to help him with Foxx and Tacoma. The writing flowed very well and kept the story moving smoothly. I haven't read Coes before, but I definitely plan to again. Overall this was a great read that I would recommend if you like action, adventure, suspense, spies, and covert operations.
    • 4/5
      The Last Refuge, third in a series featuring former SEAL and Delta Dewey Andreas, serves both as a platform for the author's right-wing politics and an entertaining thriller for those who prefer the over-the-top action style of Clancy to the more thoughtful, nuanced writing of Furst, le Carre, and Silva. Ben Coes, with his background as a White House speechwriter, infuses the novel with enough authentic-seeming detail about Washington's three-letter agencies and world politics to give his plot a timely, plausible feel. Dewey's mission is two-fold. First, he feels duty-bound to rescue Israeli Special Forces officer, Kohl Meir, a man who recently saved Dewey's life. Meir has been kidnapped on American soil by the Iranians and is held in Iran's most secure prison, where he is to be put on trial and executed in a publicized spectacle. But, as if this task weren't challenging enough, Dewey also learns that Iran has completed its first nuclear weapon and has imminent plans to destroy Tel Aviv. Because of a mole in the Israeli Government, who would tip Iran's hand and force immediate detonation of the bomb in the event it becomes apparent that Israel knows of the device, and a new American president who favors diplomacy with Iran, Dewey is forced to undertake his mission without the backing of either the American or Israeli Government.Coes follows through with this intriguing set-up quite competently, building suspense and tying up the loose ends in a satisfying resolution. There remains, however, considerable room for improvement in his craft. His use of dialogue tags is excessive, the prose a bit clunky in places, and some of the action scenes involving Dewey too far-fetched to be believable. The ending also feels rushed, as Dewey's ability to extricate himself from his perilous predicament comes across as too facile. In future installments, I'd like to see Coes try to achieve the same suspense through use of intriguing plot device and more believable action sequences, with a little less emphasis on his political leanings. In other words, a little more le Carre and a little less Clancy would make his series more appealing to me.-Kevin Joseph, author of "The Champion Maker"
    • 3/5
      If you're a fan of books filled with covert operations that seemingly fit into today's military/political events then you should read "The Last Refuge".I read this book utilizing the text-to-speech feature on my kindle and found the writing to be very explicit in its characterization of people and events so much so that I was able to visualize the events as they played out, awesome. This is the first book that I've read by this author, which happens to be the third in the series for Dewey Andreas."The Last Refuge" by Ben Coes "is" a page-turner, you'll not want to put it down.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this adventure novel so much that I ordered the prior two Ben Coes novels, something I rarely do. The book is very readable, has an exciting plot, likeable protagonists, vicious enemies, suspense, and it is topical. The portrayal of the inner workings and leadership of Iran is fascinating.Dewey Andreas, a former SEAL and Delta, discovers that an Israeli commando who had saved his life, Kohl Meir, the great grandson of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, was kidnapped by Iran, and is being held in an impenetrable Iranian prison where he is undergoing daily torture. He also discovers that contrary to what Iran is saying and what nations think, Iran already has an atomic bomb and plans to use it shortly to demolish Tel Aviv. He is unable to tell the US and Israeli governments about the bomb because both governments have moles and if Iran hears that Israel and the US know about the bomb, they will not wait a few days to bomb Tel Aviv, but will do so immediately. Andreas needs to save the Israeli who saved him and take away Iran’s bomb.He is faced with many problems, including that Iran knows what he plans to do and is watching out for him. But his biggest problem is the president of the United States who naively believes Iran wants peace and has no bomb. The president tells the CIA and other parts of his government that he doesn’t want them to do anything that will in any way anger Iran because he wants to use what he sees as an opportunity to bring peace.