America and Liberty

From New York Times-bestselling master of the military thriller, Stephen Coonts, comes some two-in-one pulse-pounding action as aviator Jake Grafton races to stop nuclear catastrophe and global war.

In America, NASA's SuperAegis satellite, the cornerstone of an international antimissile defense system, vanishes moments after dispatch. Rear Admiral Jake Grafton suspects sabotage, but the truth is far worse. The USS America, the world's most advanced nuclear submarine, is pirated by terrorists and disappears beneath the Atlantic, its Tomahawk warheads aimed at the United States. Grafton must overtake the stealth sub and destroy it before the unthinkable happens, but the enemy is more insidious than he ever imagined.

In Liberty, spymaster Jake Janos Illin reveals to Grafton that a rogue Russian general has sold four nuclear warheads to the radical Islamic terrorist group, the Sword of Islam. Their plan: detonate them in America, triggering an apocalyptic holy war between Western civilization and the Muslim world. Charged by the president to find the warheads, Grafton assembles a secret team to hunt the terrorists. With the survival of Western civilization at stake, he must navigate a treacherous world of power politics, techno-billionaires, traitors, and spies, as the clock ticks toward Armageddon.

Praise for the Jake Grafton Series

“Jake Grafton is one of thriller fiction’s most compelling heroes—bold, human, and unforgettable.” — The New York Times

“A landmark military-thriller series: authentic, tightly plotted, and relentlessly exciting.” — Publishers Weekly

“Coonts’s mastery of aviation action and geopolitical tension finds its fullest expression in the Grafton novels.” — Booklist

“Razor-sharp storytelling with the authority of lived experience—Grafton feels real, and so do the stakes.” — Library Journal

“The Jake Grafton books deliver everything readers crave: high drama, moral complexity, and white-knuckle suspense.” — The Washington Post

“Coonts sets the bar for military adventure fiction, and the Grafton novels remain the genre’s gold standard.” — Tom Clancy