audio cd
Published Sept. 19, 2017 by Simon & Schuster Audio.
"From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille's blistering new novel features an exciting new character--US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he's living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, The Maine. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don't tan, and a boat with a big bank loan. Truth be told, Mac's finances are more than a little shaky. One day, Mac is sitting in the famous Green Parrot Bar in Key West, contemplating his life, and waiting for Carlos, a hotshot Miami lawyer heavily involved …
"From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille's blistering new novel features an exciting new character--US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he's living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, The Maine. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don't tan, and a boat with a big bank loan. Truth be told, Mac's finances are more than a little shaky. One day, Mac is sitting in the famous Green Parrot Bar in Key West, contemplating his life, and waiting for Carlos, a hotshot Miami lawyer heavily involved with anti-Castro groups. Carlos wants to hire Mac and The Maine for a ten-day fishing tournament to Cuba at the standard rate, but Mac suspects there is more to this and turns it down. The price then goes up to two million dollars, and Mac agrees to hear the deal, and meet Carlos's clients--a beautiful Cuban-American woman named Sara Ortega, and a mysterious older Cuban exile, Eduardo Valazquez. What Mac learns is that there is sixty million American dollars hidden in Cuba by Sara's grandfather when he fled Castro's revolution. With the "Cuban Thaw" underway between Havana and Washington, Carlos, Eduardo, and Sara know it's only a matter of time before someone finds the stash--by accident or on purpose. And Mac knows if he accepts this job, he'll walk away rich"--
Not Demille's best book. It got a little too tedious as they tromped through Havana, page after page.
I've both read this and listened to it on audio and neither time was I convinced by the love story. It's possible DeMille just doesn't write good romance (though I didn't read this expecting a good romance) or maybe it was meant to be underwhelming, who knows.
I also found it a let down that there's no actual money to steal and Mac is a better person than I am, because I probably would have abandoned the plan once I realized that.
This was the first book I've read by DeMille and I for the most part enjoyed it - I certainly liked it enough to go back and listen to it on audio - but i think the biggest draw for me was the setting so I'm not sure I'd want to read anything else he's written.
(Also, it wasn't until the interview between the author and the narrator …
I've both read this and listened to it on audio and neither time was I convinced by the love story. It's possible DeMille just doesn't write good romance (though I didn't read this expecting a good romance) or maybe it was meant to be underwhelming, who knows.
I also found it a let down that there's no actual money to steal and Mac is a better person than I am, because I probably would have abandoned the plan once I realized that.
This was the first book I've read by DeMille and I for the most part enjoyed it - I certainly liked it enough to go back and listen to it on audio - but i think the biggest draw for me was the setting so I'm not sure I'd want to read anything else he's written.
(Also, it wasn't until the interview between the author and the narrator at the end of the audiobook that I realized the author had inserted himself into the book. That went way over my head haha)
