Too much flying! Too little plot. This book just fills in some details missing from other books in the series. Fill. That's it. It was an enjoyable read, but only because I had read (and enjoyed, more or less) the other books in the series.

The Intruders follows Jake Grafton shortly after the end of Flight of the Intruder, to 1973 on a cruise on the U.S.S. Columbia flying A-6E Intruders. In this book Grafton flies with a Marine captain Bombadier/Navigator (BN) named "Flap" Le Beau, who is ex-Marine Recon, and has some very interesting jungle/guerilla warfare skills, as well as an assortment of custom-made slashing and thrownig knives ("What are you, a walking cutlery store?" Jake asks at one point). There is not too much action for the first while, just mainly a series of carrier accidents and mishaps, but there IS some action and plotting toward the last 80 or so pages where Le Beau is truly in his element, along with Grafton. A must-read for all fans of Stephen Coonts and carrier aviation

In this book Coonts concentrates on action on an aircraft carrier with plenty of naval aviation action. Naval Air being the long arm of American Foreign Policy is depicted here in action. Jake Grafton the main character is interesting and at times reflects upon himself to see whether or not to get out of the navy of not, marriage with his sweetheart Callie is on his mind. Flap Le beau his Bombardier/Nav. puts a bit of fun and flare into the story. Although I'm not a pilot but an enthusiast, Coonts puts a lot of emphasis on what the pilots are thinking of while in the cockpit, no matter at night or during the day, as a reader you get to feel what the pilot and his Navigator are really feeling at the time.

THIS STORY WOULD MAKE A GREAT MOVIE about the life for an aviator living on an aircraft carrier, we have enough movies about the grunts on the ground,here is a chance to make a movie about aviators on aircraft carriers as they are America's long arm of Foreign Policy.

In "The Red Horsemen", Admiral Jake Grafton travels to post-Soviet Russia to monitor the dismantling of that country's nuclear arsenal. Stephen Coonts, Grafton's creator, brews up a tale of crooked Russians, homocidal CIA agents and black market nukes being sold amid the disintegration of Russia. Unfortunately, the story bogs down quickly when Grafton gets to Russia - mostly because the plot becomes overly complicated, but also due to the sheer implausibility that Coonts inserts into the story - like Grafton's single-handed destruction of a formation of highly agile Su-27 fighters while himslef flying only a hoggish Su-25; the novel's climax has the hero meet Saddam Hussein face-to-face and exact a measure of justice in an ending that seems incredibly pat for Coonts. Even that ending would seem worse had it not capped off a book full of plot twists that don't come together. Coonts' original "Flight of the Intruder" was a great book because it resisted the temptation to become the sort of technothriller that "Horseman" is. Instead, take out "Cuba" in which Coonts returns to form.

The Red Horseman finds regular Coonts character Jake Grafton, now working for the DIA, traveling to the post Cold War Russia to prevent their nuclear weapons from turning up in places like the Middle East, struggling against CIA and KGB operatives along the way. The appearences of two world leaders adds a certain realism to the story. The story itself is rather complicated but does not seem that way with Coonts's style of writing. The flying scenes were wonderfully described, as usual, and the book also includes a particularly well written combat scene with special forces near the end. This is one of the better and more original novels to revolve around Russia after communism and the Cold War, a much too overused subject in many military and political thrillers. This may be Coonts's best book.

Former jet jock, Rear Adm. Jake Grafton gets thrown into ring of renegade agents-KGB, CIA-as he journeys to what remains of Mother Russia. His job: to make sure that Russian nuclear weapons are destroyed before Saddam can get hold of them. He gets put back where belongs(the cockpit) as he and Rita Moravia take to the skies to destroy nuclear weapons on their way to the Middle East(in Russian Su-25s!)after a nuclear reacter is destroyed by the renegade KGB agents to cover their tracks and a few renegade Russian fighters are sent to destroy Jake and Rita. Still, a few make it to Baghdad and the battle to prevent Armageddeon ensues. Apparently this is one of COonts' best novels if it is not his best ever!(I think it is his best

From the start Coonts gets your attention. The US Govt. brings a drug lord to America to stand trial. He uses Columbian tactics to be released. Everything from commando teams to an assassin to take out the President. The book starts to flow when the assassin wounds President Bush. The story is great. Well developed...until the end. I would have given this book 4 stars if the ending would have lived up to the rest of the interesting story line. With what we have learned in the book about the assassin, it is hard to believe he would act as he does after being so meticulous.

This was an exciting book by Coonts. This was also a unique concept as a plot. A major drug salesman is arrested and brought back to America to stand trial. Through his wealth the drug salesman hires crack commando squads and an assasin. The assasin wounds President Bush and Dan Quayle has to take over. This is where the action begins. The country is under seige. The government is pushed to the limit trying to deal with the commandos. Vice-President Quayle has his hands full dealing with this crisis. This book also has strong characters. This is a definite read. You will enjoy it.

The book is great and ity is Coonts' best book. The beginning I was hooked and I was waiting for an ending like no other and that is exactly what I got.

This is a great book about Coonts' flight around the US in a biplane without electronic navigation aids through mostly uncontrolled airspace. He shares his thoughts, experiences and observations along the way. This book will appeal primarily to pilots who can appreciate the freedom associated with this kind of flying.

A thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of flying. Every pilot will enjoy Coonts' travels with envy. If you are into the true flight experience this book is a must, it would however, be somewhat boring for the non pilot. My only regret is that it had to end.

Books about the pleasure of flight seem to strike people in one of two ways- they love them or hate them. For people who don't understand the joy of flight, Coont's book makes little sense. It's just a story about a guy flying around in a plane, fergoshsakes. I mean, what gives?

But for those who hang on to the words of St. Exupery, or Ernest Gann, or Richard Bach (before that book about the bird), Coont's book about his coast to coast flight in a Stearman bipe is sheer joy. Anyone who has ever dreamed of flying across the country in a open cockpit- and there are a lot of people with this dream- will get a great deal of enjoyment from Cannibal Queen.