Title: "Hard Case"Author: Barbara D'AmatoPublisher... By SUSANNE TROWBRIDGE Title: "The Intruders" Author: Stephen Coonts Publisher: Pocket Books Length, price: 344 pages, $23 Jake Grafton, the protagonist of Stephen Coonts' novel "Flight of the Intruder," is back in the sequel "The Intruders." The "police action" in Vietnam has finally come to an end. Grafton's trouble at home begins with his girlfriend's father, who says that anyone who served there was a murderer. Later, Jake overhears a malicious drunk tell a handicapped veteran that he deserved his fate. Grafton springs into action, sending the mouthy individual through a plate-glass window. It is this scene that sets up the rest of the novel. Jake is told that he is to continue to serve his country aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific region. Along for the voyage are some new, interesting characters. "The Intruders" is another sure-fire Coonts novel, filled with plenty of action and adventure. GARY S. ROEN
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