First Strike

Ben Coes was born in 1966 in Hartford Connecticut. He is a New York Times best-selling author of political thriller and espionage novels. He attended Columbia College in New York City, where he was awarded the university's writing prize, the Bennett Cerf Memorial Award. He started his career as the White House speechwriter for former U.S. Secretary of Energy James D. Watkins under President George H.W. Bush.

His debut novel, Power Down, stars Dewey Andreas, who faces terrorists trying to destroy America by attacking its energy resources. His second book, Coup d'État, is the sequel to Power Down. Pakistan drops a nuclear bomb on India, and Dewey must stop the situation from escalating. Coes's third novel, The Last Refuge, features a joint covert U.S - Israel operation to penetrate Iran and stop the country from detonating a nuclear device inside Tel Aviv. His most recent book, Bloody Sunday, also made the bestseller list in 2018.

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