02007cam a2200313 4500 137380460 TxAuBib 20130517120000.0 121109s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012041268 9780312372842 hardcover $26.99 0312372841 hardcover $26.99 (OCoLC)817736629 TxAuBib Coonts, Stephen, 1946- Pirate Alley : a novel / Stephen Coonts. First ed. (hardcover - multi-colored spine.) New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013. 310 pages ; 25 cm. A luxurious vacation cruise to the exotic locales of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden turns into a nightmare for passengers and crew when their ship is suddenly attacked and captured by a band of bloodthirsty Somali pirates. An initial rescue mission ends in failure; the decks are covered in blood. Unless they are paid a ransom of $200 million dollars within seven days, the pirates threaten to execute all their hostages. But information gleaned from a captured Al Qaeda operative indicates that there is a far more dangerous conspiracy afoot. Once the ransom is paid, Islamic militants intend to swoop in and slaughter the passengers in an orgy of terror, hoping to provoke a massive American military response that will set the Muslim world aflame. Jake Grafton is assigned to negotiate with the brutal pirate chief while his right hand man, Tommy Carmellini, and a team of CIA and Navy SEAL operatives mount an undercover operation to save the hostages and keep the U.S. from being maneuvered into a murderous war. 20130517. Carmellini, Tommy (Fictitious character) Fiction. Grafton, Jake (Fictitious character) Fiction. Maritime terrorism Fiction. Political stories. War stories. Suspense fiction. TXMLR