The 14th Colony: A Novel (Cotton Malone Book 11)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I own all of Steve Berry's books. This one is my favorite by far. Having grown up in Erie County New York there was always talk of Canada becoming part of the US. This is a must read book. The 20th Amendment is thoroughly explained. It is interesting who becomes president if something happens to the President. It is true that on the evening of the State of the Union one of the cabinet members will not be there. That person is the person who will be the next president if something happens to the President Vice-President and the other cabinet members. Great read. I hope who ever reads this book will thoroughly enjoy it as much as I have. I forgot another important part of the book. The storyline centers around Benjamin Tallmadge's journal and the Society of Cincinnati. I wanted to learn more about the Society of Cincinnati but couldn't find any information. I did down load Benjamin Tallmadge's memoir that he left for his son. Benjamin Tallmadge was the spymaster for George Washington and the Culper Ring. A lot of research went into this book. Best of Steve Berry yet.

I liked the story, but the writing had me frustrated. I would have quit reading after the first couple of chapters, but I did pay for it, and slogged my way through. It was frustrating. I've never seen anybody who could write so long in one spot. It was like treading water. Here's the issue I had. You're reading a section where one of the heroes is taking on a group of bad guys. He's running through a mansion (of course, it's always a mansion in these types of books) in the middle of a gun fight, and you're anticipating the outcome, and the author is describing the pictures on the walls and the fine quality of the wood. Crap! The guy is running for his life- he's not going to be looking at that sort of texture. I found myself skipping whole sections of verbose descriptions. I can promise I will never darken the pages of another book by this guy, and it seems he has a lot more where this came from. He's a veritable word factory.

Steve Berry books run hot and cold, but this one is somewhere in between. His books that deal with more recent historical events are generally better than those dealing with ancient lost art or artifacts. As for example, the Columbus Affair, a stand alone story, which speculated on the little known 4th voyage of Columbus that was very good because it was plausible. This particular story was more like the blow up Washington, D.C., novels of Baldacci. The characters of Cotton Malone and Cassiopeia were actually incidental and the author could just as easily have substituted some new characters without affecting plot. The history behind the novel, however, was the most interesting aspect of the book: the pope and Reagan, the KGB, the 14th Colony, and the Society of Cincinnati. For anyone who experienced the Cold War, the story could be a reminder of the life that existed not so long ago. Young readers could obtain a little reasoning behind the older generation's premise of never ever trust the Russian government.

I love how this author writes. His historical fictions are very well done, and after reading do many of his books you know the characters as if they were friends. This time he takes you on a journey from Russia to Washington D.C. where an ex KGB man knows how to destroy the American Government. The Society oh Cincinnati has the Talmedge Journal which tells the story of a secret tunnel between St. John's Church and the White House. The story goes back to the War of 1812 and the burning of the White House. It tells of our failed attempts to invade Canada. It brings you up to date by this madman's desire to destroy America by killing the president during his swearing in ceremony. I believe if you like historical fiction you will enjoy this book. If you haven't read s anything by Berry yet try this and you'll be hooked. I have enjoyed everyone of his books, I have read them all.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I have read most of Steve Berry's books. This one is one of my favorites . This is a must read book. The 20th Amendment is thoroughly explained. It is interesting who becomes president if something happens to the President. It is true that on the evening of the State of the Union one of the cabinet members will not be there. That person is the person who will be the next president if something happens to the President Vice-President and the other cabinet members. Great read. I hope who ever reads this book will thoroughly enjoy it as much as I have. I forgot another important part of the book. The storyline centers around Benjamin Tallmadge's journal and the Society of Cincinnati. I wanted to learn more about the Society of Cincinnati but couldn't find any information. I did down load Benjamin Tallmadge's memoir that he left for his son. Benjamin Tallmadge was the spymaster for George Washington and the Culper Ring. A lot of research went into this book. Best of Steve Berry yet.

The 14th ColonyThis is the eleventh book in the Cotton Malone series from Steve Berry. Malone continues to work as a freelance for the US Justice Department. Once again Berry takes factual events from history and integrates them well into a tale that he sets into the modern world.Inauguration Day is approaching for the new US President. It heralds the beginning of change and it is not always positive change that is envisaged. However the event also provides the opportunity for foreign nations and foreign nationals to settle old scores with the US.An old KGB officer is unhappy with how the new Russian state has evolved and developed. He blames America for this outcome and looks at the allegiance between then US President Reagan and Pope John Paul II in the 1980s as the reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union.Drawing on a mission set up by former Soviet General Secretary Andropov that had been discontinued the KGB officer seeks to use it to shatter the American government by taking out all its senior political figures simultaneously.Malone and his colleagues track the plot but find it difficult to find sufficient evidence to confirm its existence. The reality of tradition and the blindness associated with political ambition tend to be the biggest barriers to action. In the meantime the clock keeps ticking.Good read.

I have enjoyed many of the Cotton Malone thrillers but I found this quite ridiculous. The facts of protocol of appointment of a new US President and VP were not that engaging. The sleeping Russian agents fulfilling a Andropov plan 40 years later was unbelievable and the agents quite dumb not realising cars can have GPS trackers. It just doesn’t hang together. The action was OK, I enjoy Casseeopia Vitt helping out as a kick-ass star in her own right but am concerned Berry weakens her character by upping the romance with Cotton. It’s very cliché.

This was an out standing book but with one problem, I opened it, started to read it and when I put it down I had finished it. Another good book from Steve Berry, it just a pity that he does not publish two a year so that I can spend the more average time of two days reading his books.For those who read steve berry books on a regular basis, this book rates on the same level as most of his books but is surpassed by the emperors tomb.My recommendation is to buy it and read

I have read all of the Cotton Malone series up to this point and always really enjoy them in spite of the author's repeated use of the word "flee" when not really appropriate. Also some of the grammatical errors should have been caught by the editor or proof readers. However, these are small things and do not detract from the very enjoyable read.

After a bit of a trip off the rails recently, Steve Berry is back to his best. The characters are acting in character again, the plot is feasible and even though the target is obvious, there's a nice twist towards the end.Steve Berry fans will not be disappointed. Others would do well to start with the first book and work their way through.