Arctic Gold

Review Coonts knows how to write and build suspense. . . a natural storyteller. _The New York Times Book Review_ The master of the techno-thriller._Publishers Weekly_ __ Product Description In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarinesa constant, covert presence beneath the ice caps. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russian mafiya , who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the oceans floor. While Dean is sent to the Arctic to rescue the hostages, the beautiful Lia DeFrancesca penetrates a heavily guarded dacha on the shores of the Black Sea. Here she learns the explosive truth about Russia and its Arctic oilone that could cost Dean and his Deep Black team their livesand drive the worlds superpowers to the brink of war.