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Title details for The Successor by Stephen Frey - Available

The Successor

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by Stephen Frey
Holter Graham
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President Jesse Wood has a mission for Christian Gillette: post-Communist Cuba. There are secret negotiations going on with senior capitalists in Cuba concerning the US and the President wants Gillette to handle it, but is clear that if the discussions ever came to light, the trail cannot lead back to the Oval Office. Seeing no option but to accept the dangerous mission, Gillette heads to Florida with best friend and bodyguard, Quentin Stiles, leaving his capable and alluring protege Allison Wallace in charge of Everest. Though they are soon 1,000 miles apart, it turns out they are both in grave danger--and now they arenít around to help each other survive.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Christian Gillette

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 1, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792759638
      • File size: 325092 KB
      • Duration: 11:17:16

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Christian Gillette has his hands full. He must balance the responsibilities of running his billion-dollar company, accept a secret charge from the president of the United States, and figure out his love life. Happily, Holter Graham differentiates important characters flawlessly. Graham gives four women, countless Cuban men, and a host of other figures more than accents--he gives them identities. Graham guides the listener through the complex plot with acumen. The protagonist's boyish, unassuming voice gives a sense of calm to whatever situation he finds himself in. Graham never wavers, making a sometimes difficult plot uncomplicated. M.B. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 13, 2006
      Christian Gillette, the hero of Frey's timely thriller, which centers on the possible death of Fidel Castro, runs a huge private investment firm, Everest Capital, but finds lots of time to plunge into politics and international adventure when not shuffling vast amounts of cash around. Jesse Wood, the first African-American president, calls Gillette to Camp David to ask him to find out, almost singlehandedly, if Castro has indeed died and, if so, to help a liberal bunch of non-Communist Cubans take back their country. Gillette, who was Wood's first choice as vice-president until he decided to pick a more politically seasoned running mate, agrees despite the considerable danger involved. "Maybe it would satisfy his growing hunger to do something bigger, something more important, than manage Everest," Frey (The Power Broker
      ) tells us. Despite some pedestrian prose, the action quickly takes on a life of its own, aided by a sadly credible wealth of details about what it takes to survive in Cuba.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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