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Authors: Ben Coes

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BEN COES
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of international espionage thrillers, including
Eye for an Eye
and
Independence Day
. 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. You can sign up for email updates
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Also by Ben Coes

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

FIRST STRIKE.
Copyright © 2016 by Ben Coes. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

Cover photographs: shadowy figure © Don Denton / Arcangel; target © Makhnach_S / Shutterstock

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print version as follows:

Names: Coes, Ben, author.

Title: First strike / Ben Coes.

Description: First Edition.|New York: St. Martin's Press, 2016.|Series: Dewey Andreas novel; 6

Identifiers: LCCN 2016004718|ISBN 978-1-250-04317-7 (hardback)|ISBN 978-1-4668-4127-7 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Terrorism—Prevention—Fiction.|Intelligence officers—Fiction.|Hackers—Fiction.|BISAC: FICTION / Thrillers.|GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3603.O2996 F57 2016|DDC 813/ .6—dc23

LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2016004718

e-ISBN 9781466841277

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First Edition: June 2016

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