Ben Coes- The Island

Ben Coes is a NYT bestselling author of political thriller and espionage novels who draws upon his early career at the White House, and his Godfather’s experience as a Navy Seal, to write realistic books with plots that could be ripped from tomorrow’s headlines.  



In Coe’s latest book, THE ISLAND (St. Martin’s Press), America faces the worst terrorist attack since 9/11 as Iran puts a plan in motion to exact revenge for years of sanctions.  Another of Iran’s goals is to neutralize the CIA’s most successful agent, Dewey Andreas.

The first pre-emptive attack against Dewey Andreas fails, but it worries the head of the CIA enough that he orders Dewey to go off the grid somewhere far away.  An order Dewey refuses.  But as intelligence analysts work as fast as they can to unravel the chatter on terrorist networks, Iran launches a bold strike. When the President arrives in New York to address the U.N., embedded terrorist assets blow up the bridges and tunnels that connect Manhattan to the mainland.  Taking control of the island with its hidden forces, they race to the U.N. in search of Dellenbaugh and to launch an even deadlier attack that will wreak unimaginable destruction on the country itself.



Coes paints a picture of a country shocked by an attack and unable to respond, with the only hope living with CIA agent Dewey Andreas who sneaks onto the island of Manhattan to fight seemingly impossible odds.



About the Author:

BEN COES is the New York Times bestselling author of international espionage thrillers, including Trap the Devil, Eye for an Eye, Independence Day, and First Strike. Before writing his first novel, Power Down, he worked at the White House under two presidents and was a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He lives with his wife and four children in Wellesley, Massachusetts.