Pirate Alley

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

PIRATE ALLEY. Copyright © 2013 by Stephen Coonts. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by Ervin Serrano

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Coonts, Stephen, 1946–

Pirate Alley: a novel / Stephen Coonts.—First edition.

p. cm

ISBN 978-0-312-37284-2 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-02331-5 (e-book)

1. Maritime terrorism—Fiction. 2. Political fiction. I. Title.

PS3553.O5796P57 2013

813'.54—dc23

2012041268

e-ISBN 9781250023315

First Edition: May 2013