The Assassin: A Tommy Carmellini Novel

by Stephen Coonts

Book Overview

The headlines only reveal half the truth. Here's the real story. . . . Abu Qasim, the ruthless and cunning Al Qaeda leader who nearly succeeded in blowing up a meeting of the G-8 in Paris, has escaped... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031299446X
• ISBN13: 9780312994464
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Classic Coonts

I have read every book Coonts has written and he is number one on my list. He is always a five star rating.

The Assassin

The Assassin is the first book i have read in years... I am hooked on Coont's writing now. The book did leave you jumping around a bit, but it was very good. Since then I have read The Traitor and Liar and Thieves. They both kept me busy every night. The wife was getting alittle upset... I just ordered Cuba, America and Liberty. Now i am waiting to read the rest of his creations.

Charlie Johnson on Assassin

This is an excellent book which is to be expected by Mr. Coonts,the plot moves right along and keeps you turning pages late into the night. I read for enjoyment but Mr. Coonts also educates me with the many facts in his books and I come away from them with another tidbit of knowledge that is new to me. 5 stars on this one.

Great Book

I have read all of Mr. Coonts books this one just as good as all of the other ones. He is one of the all time great writers and one of my favorites.I hope he does not run out of stories with the admiral and Tommy.

Candid Fiction

This represents the first novel by Coonts that I have read. On the objective side, I am not a fan of changing narratives. I believe it adversely affects the fluidity of the reading. The dominant character is done in first person. He is a young intelligence operative who muses through thoughts that sound as though they came from an older person(say someone of Stephen Coonts age). Criticisms aside, the writing is very good and the suspense is even better. I admire, even gravitate to writers that do not stand on politically correct ceremony. This book is a candid, no apologies look at a religion that is responsible for many of the world's woes. The blending of real-life characters,(would-be dictator Putin), as well as real-life events(the poisoning of a Russain operative) with Coonts fiction creates a more realistic story line. I would not consider it a waste of time or resources to read other work from the author. This, in fact, would probably make for an entertaining movie. However, Hollywood is more interested in trying to make the intelligence agencies out as the bad guys. Some of us are chanting the media mantras in goose-step fashion, homeland security compromises my civil rights, or "Change we can believe in". It is our common human struggle and our peripheral distractions that marginalize the insidious lunitic fringe and when our distractions include Hollywood fantasy, we are all the more ripe for manipulation. On the fiction side(because art does imitate life), it is novelists such as; Silva, Thor, Rosenberg and Coonts that will help to move the discussion back where it was just after 9/11. So if the movie producers are interested in reality(and profit) then explore the likes of this novel and its ilk.