The Bronze Frog
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- Format:
Hardcover
- Pages:
280pages
- Published:
September 15, 2018
- ISBN-10:
1682473058
- ISBN-13:
9781682473054
- Product Dimensions:
9 × 6 × 1 in
- Product Weight:
20 oz
Overview
"[A] gripping thriller . . . Military action fans will appreciate the meticulous procedural detail that Clift, a former naval officer, brings to this relentless tale of revenge." —Publishers Weekly
The Bronze Frog is a violent, fast-paced, global thriller shaped by the author’s Navy, intelligence, foreign operations, and White House expertise. Commander Linc Walker, a sharp, combat-seasoned Navy SEAL is on a clandestine mission against the People’s Republic of China when he is betrayed by leaders in The White House. The Bronze Frog follows Linc’s plans for revenge.
Walker and SEAL Chief Gunner’s Mate John Hall move out from the nuclear attack submarine USS Burlington after she punches up through the ice at the North Pole, to reconnoiter a secret Chinese installation camouflaged in the polar white. After a firefight, Walker lashes his wounded partner to their ice buggy and speeds back to the submarine recovery point. The Burlington misses the scheduled rendezvous by 12 hours. Hall succumbs to his wounds on the ice as a U.S.-Chinese political crisis erupts. Once aboard, Walker—furious with the missed rendezvous and Hall’s unnecessary death—knocks out the submarine’s skipper.
Forced to retire, Walker learns that the President’s National Security Adviser, a fellow Stanford graduate, together with the National Security Council’s China expert, gave the orders blocking the submarine’s scheduled recovery of the two SEALs. They alone are responsible for Hall’s death—traitors in Linc’s eyes. Determined to see them pay, Linc moves out on his plan of revenge.
About the Author
A. Denis Clift
A. Denis Clift is a former naval officer, editor-in-chief of Proceedings magazine, and president emeritus of National Intelligence University. He served in eleven presidential administrations, including tours as National Security Council senior staff member for the Soviet Union and Eastern and Western Europe/NATO, National Security Advisor to the vice president of the United States, and chief of staff, Defense Intelligence Agency. His books include A Death in Geneva, The Bronze Frog, and With Presidents to the Summit.
Editorial Reviews
"The Bronze Frog plot is Linc Walker's plan for revenge. It's a dish best served cold, and the meal is highly recommended to anyone who is interested in seeing how the story will play out." —Virtual Mirage
"A. Denis Clift's page-turning thriller is a pleasure to read. Informed by the author's considerable expertise in national security affairs, The Bronze Frog is not a layman's tale on the world of national security.... The Bronze Frog is a very satisfying way to relax with an engaging book." —Proceedings
"[A] gripping thriller . . . Military action fans will appreciate the meticulous procedural detail that Clift, a former naval officer, brings to this relentless tale of revenge."—Publishers Weekly
"A deftly crafted and simply riveting read with more twists and turns than a Coney Island roller coaster, The Bronze Frog is a novel that moves swiftly from Helsinki, to Cambridge and Harvard, to Bucharest, to Moscow, Stockholm and Washington.... Showcasing author Denis Clift's impressive flair for originality, character creation, and narrative driven storytelling, The Bronze Frog is unreservedly recommended, especially for community library Action/Adventure Fiction collections." —The Midwest Book Review
"Denis Clift's The Bronze Frog is a great, fast-paced story of SEAL team friendship, loyalty, and vengeance. Clift takes the reader from the Arctic, to Eastern Europe, to The White House, as his SEAL commander battles the Chinese, American political intrigue, and Scandinavian detectives. Once opened, the book was impossible to put down." —Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense 2006-2011
"What is The Bronze Frog? Fiction? Or not? A Navy SEAL is killed at a secret Chinese installation near the North Pole. Both sides deny. Chocolates laced with ricin are planted on a Bucharest hotel nightstand, death is swift. A Russian doctor's body is found deep in the Baltic Sea stuffed into the remains of a WW2 German Stuka dive bomber. A smart beautiful Harvard professor wants revenge against her Department Chair boss. A White House staffer's unmarked body washes up on the Potomac near Quantico. The President's National Security Advisor disappears on a Canadian Pacific cross-country train ride from Vancouver. Linked? Today's headlines? The Bronze Frog! Read on, intrepid readers!"—David Hartman, Co-Host Good Morning America
"What a superb thriller from start to finish by a spellbinding writer. Denis Clift launches you on a ride like never before with Navy special forces and the experts of Interpol - from the North Pole, to Bucharest, Stockholm, The White House, Texas, Mexico, and the rails of Canada. Five stars for The Bronze Frog, a tense, riveting tale of honor, bravery, betrayal, and no-holds-barred vengeance." —Vice President Walter F. Mondale
"Ladies and Gentlemen - Gripping, incredible - what a tale, what a plot by a champion writer-player in the 21st century world arena." —John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, 2005 - 2007
“Denis Clift is a writer of compelling spy stories. In The Bronze Frog, he challenges the reader to stay with his fast-paced unfolding of a complicated and imaginative plot that is obviously informed by his career in the deep recesses of naval intelligence and national security, which gives the story a hue of authenticity. Commander Linc Walker, not your ordinary Navy SEAL, embarks on a mission of personal revenge that takes him to places around the world, including the highest reaches of the U.S. government. After finishing the book, this reader breathed a huge sigh of relief because it was, after all, a work of fiction.” —Richard Moe, author of Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War, The Last Full Measure, and The First Minnesota Volunteers at Gettysburg