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Dewey Andreas · Book 1

Power Down

by Ben Coes
Published
1 January 2010
Pages
449
ISBN-13
9780312580742
Type
novel
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About this book

Power Down launches Ben Coes's Dewey Andreas series in 2010, opening with the ex-Army Ranger turned private contractor surviving a terrorist attack on a Maine oil refinery that pulls him into a wider conspiracy against the U.S. energy grid. It's the book that set the series' template of escalating, geopolitically grounded action thrillers.

Key facts about Power Down

Ben Coes wrote Power Down, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2010. The book has 449 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312580742 to find the main one.

Power Down is book 1 of 11 in the Dewey Andreas series. The series has 11 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Hijack is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 June 2026.

That series sits on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Hijack is the latest published Ben Coes book on file, from 16 June 2026.

About Ben Coes

Ben Coes is an American thriller novelist born September 10, 1966, in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in West Simsbury. See every Ben Coes book in order.

Its place in Dewey Andreas

Power Down is book 1 in the Dewey Andreas series. It is followed by Coup d'Etat. See the full Dewey Andreas reading order.

Dewey Andreas is an ex-Army Ranger turned covert operative whose missions repeatedly put him at the center of plots to cripple American infrastructure, assassinate world leaders, or trigger a war between nuclear powers. Ben Coes launched the series in 2010 with Power Down , in which Andreas -- then working as a private contractor -- survives a terrorist attack on a Maine oil refinery and is drawn into a wider conspiracy against the U.S. energy grid. Later books escalate the stakes and Andreas's standing: he's…

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