Black Flag

Name: Black Flag
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: David Ricciardi
ISBN: 9780593165522

Author: David Ricciardi

Series: A Jake Keller Thriller #3

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/19/2020

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Political, Espionage

Synopsis

CIA officer Jake Keller faces stakes that are very high and very personal in the latest electrifying thriller from the author of Rogue Strike.

After years of relative calm, piracy has returned to the high sea.

But the days of AK-47s and outboard engines are over. The new pirates hit like a SEAL team. Highly trained, and using cutting edge technology, they make sure their victims are never heard from again.

Ships and crews are vanishing at a staggering rate.

As the threat to international shipping grows, U.S. authorities become determined to find the source of this new danger.

Jake Keller has a plan—to lure the pirate mastermind out of hiding by infiltrating his organization—but it’s a dangerous gambit, made more so by Jake's personal involvement with the beautiful heiress to a Greek shipping fortune and an ulterior agenda coming out of CIA headquarters.

As the threats close in from all sides, Jake finds himself faced with a familiar choice: back off, or go on the offensive.

His fate, and the fate of a nation, hang on his decision.

About The Author

A keen outdoorsman, David Ricciardi incorporates many personal experiences into his work. He's backpacked through the mountains of the western United States and Alaska, received extensive training from law enforcement and U.S. special operations personnel, and once woke up for a two A.M. watch aboard a sailboat only to discover that it was headed the wrong way through the Atlantic sea-lanes in heavy weather, with one of the crew suffering from hypothermia. In addition to being an avid sailor, David is also a certified scuba-rescue diver and a former ski instructor.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

This is the first book I’ve read by David Ricciardi and this won’t be the last. The pace was good, no unnecessary sidebars or weird dialogues. Characters are developed well and are believable. David’s writing reminds me a lot of the old Vince Flynn (not the recent copycat books that have come out si......more

Goodreads review by Steven

This series keeps getting better and better, with this being David Ricciardi's best book to date. In fact, I couldn't put it down and finished it in a day. Fast paced, lots of action & solid plot w/several twists. And I liked that the story mainly takes place in Somalia/Greece for two reasons. First......more

Goodreads review by Tad

The third outing from David Ricciardi finds hero Jake Keller fighting piracy in Somalia in Black Flag. This is a new type of piracy that's gotten more sophisticated and more lethal. The pirates are no longer a bunch of desperate AK-47 wielding Somalians. They are professional mercenary crews and the......more

Quotes

“Ricciardi’s exciting third Jake Keller thriller….build[s] to a final, head-snapping twist. Ricciardi has hit his stride with this outing.”—Publishers Weekly

“Once again David Ricciardi will have you turning pages as fast as you can in this imaginative, well-plotted, highly-plausible riveting tale. And then with the ending he’ll hit you with a surprise you never saw coming.”—The Washington Times

“Fast, relentless, and superbly plotted, Black Flag is Ricciardi at his best, and the sky is the limit for this series moving forward. Fans of Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney will especially want to give this one a go.”—The Real Book Spy

“Fans of the first two Keller novels will certainly want to read this one, and action-adventure readers who haven’t yet met Jake should seize this opportunity.”—Booklist