The Coronado Conspiracy, George Galdorisi
The Coronado Conspiracy, George Galdorisi
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The Coronado Conspiracy
A Rick Holden Novel

Author: George Galdorisi

Narrator: Joel Richards

Unabridged: 17 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/18/2020


Synopsis

THE WAR AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE . . .

Off the shore of Costa Rica, the Navy command ship USS Coronado launches an all-out assault against one of the most powerful drug lords in Central America. The strike force is in position; the Blackhawks are armed and airborne, and the high-tech fist of the US military is poised to come down like a sledgehammer. Everything is going according to plan until the quiet jungle erupts in a chaos of blood, shrapnel, and fire.

When CIA Operative Rick Holden and Naval Intelligence Officer Laura Peters begin investigating the circumstances of the ambush, they uncover something much more sinister than a failed military operation. There's a conspiracy at the very heart of the American government.

And bringing down the President of the United States is only the first step . . .

About George Galdorisi

George Galdorisi is a career naval aviator. His thirty years of active duty service included four command tours as well as five years as a carrier strike group chief of staff. In addition to his Rick Holden thrillers, he has written several bestselling novels in the rebooted Tom Clancy's Op-Center series, including Out of the Ashes, Into the Fire, Scorched Earth, and Dark Zone. With his longtime collaborator, Dick Couch, he coauthored the New York Times bestseller, Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor. He is also the author of The Kissing Sailor, which proved the identity of the two principals in Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photograph; as well as over 300 articles in professional journals and other media.

George has received a number of national and international writing awards, including the Navy League of the United States Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement, the Surface Navy Association Literary Award, the Navy League of Australia's Annual Essay Competition, the Naval Helicopter Historical Association Mark Starr Pioneer Literary Award, and the Military Writers Society of America Silver Medal Award.

George is the director of strategic assessments and technical futures at the Navy's Command and Control Center of Excellence in San Diego, California. He and his wife, Becky, live in Coronado, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by five

I found the writing to jump around a bit too much in the beginning. And the plot a little over complicated. But it was engaging and I couldn't put it down once I got towards the end.......more

Goodreads review by Marc

If you ever wondered how the U.S. military could concoct a coup against a sitting president, The Coronado Conspiracy tells the tale. It's a great story about senior officers in the Army who decide that the president, through word and deed, wants to fundamentally change the U.S. military in a way the......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Disappointing and Incredulous ... I have no problems with the writing of a conspiracy plot in this book. However, The Author casually blends unrealistic time frames for the different threads he covers .. in particular, things that he describes in a political context that takes several weeks, shows th......more

Goodreads review by Lewis

This story is the best of Tom Clancy and the Bourne Conspiracy, a very factual peice of Naval fiction by an author who has clearly been there and done that. The two protagonists, trying to do their duty as a major mission collapses with huge loss of life, find themselves beset by powerful forces onl......more

Story is a bit hard to get into at first but develops quickly as characters are introduced and you get to know them. It is obvious the author has an extensive military and political background by his portrayal of people and events in the telling of the story. The novel will keep you turning pages and......more