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Andrew Stone

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  • The Detachment

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Barry Eisler
    • Narrated By Barry Eisler
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (830)
    Performance
    (677)
    Story
    (679)

    John Rain is back. And “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy. When legendary black ops veteran Colonel Scott “Hort” Horton tracks Rain down in Tokyo, Rain can’t resist the offer: a multi-million dollar payday for the “natural causes” demise of three ultra-high-profile targets who are dangerously close to launching a coup in America. But the opposition on this job is going to be too much for even Rain to pull it off alone.

    Andrew Stone says: "Fast paced read..."
    "Fast paced read..."
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    Fast pace book which is read by the author. Loved the book. Love the author.

    I did rate the peformance with 4 stars to indicate that he is not really professional reader. He performs many of the characters very well but a few of them it gets confusing which character is speaking. I might also say I graded very hard...

    This is a continuation of the John Rain character which started in the book Rain Fall. This book stands on it's own, but I recommend that your start with the first book.

    16 of 16 people found this review helpful
  • Inferno: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 12 mins)
    • By Dan Brown
    • Narrated By Paul Michael
    Overall
    (1763)
    Performance
    (1582)
    Story
    (1601)

    In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dante’s Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust...before the world is irrevocably altered.

    TR says: "Time I will never get back..."
    "Average Story, Ready for a Movie"
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    I have read all of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series. This book did not get my emotional involvement as much as his other books.

    I felt like they were playing the game "Where in the world is Carmen San Diego". Lots of art facts and locations which I love. But, overall this book was not that great in light of better books available

    NOTE: If you have not read his earlier books of the series, read them first. They are much better.

    21 of 38 people found this review helpful
  • The Collected: Jonathan Quinn, Book 6

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 42 mins)
    • By Brett Battles
    • Narrated By Scott Brick
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (96)
    Performance
    (84)
    Story
    (81)

    A cleaner’s tasks are simple: get rid of the body so that it will never be found, and make the scene of the kill look like nothing happened. Rule Number One: Don’t get caught. With Jonathan Quinn’s career in question, his apprentice Nate has successfully taken on the role of full-fledged cleaner, using Quinn’s name to keep the business working seamlessly in case his boss decides to return.But Nate’s latest job is not what it seems, and he finds himself on the wrong side of a trap.

    reena says: "Battles Runs True to Form: Excellent"
    "Another great story in the Quinn Series!"
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    Fast pace book.
    Interesting plot.
    If you have read and liked other books in the series, than you will love this book too.

    If you like this book and are looking for good action books I recommend that your read:

    "The Lion's Game" by Nelson DeMille also read by Scott Brick
    "Dead I Well May Be" by Adrian McKinty
    "Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell (6 hr book but very intense)
    The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child

    About me: I have 4052 titles in my Audible.com library. I don't write many reviews. I read everything from Young Adult (YA), Espionage, Romance, Sci Fi & Fantasy. I

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Soulforge: Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Margaret Weis
    • Narrated By Chris Sorensen
    Overall
    (23)
    Performance
    (22)
    Story
    (23)

    A mage's soul is forged in the crucible of magic. Raistlin Majere is six years old when he is introduced to the archmage who enrolls him in a school for the study of magic. There the gifted and talented but tormented boy comes to see magic as his salvation. Mages in the magical Tower of High Sorcery watch him in secret, for they see shadows darkening over Raistlin even as the same shadows lengthen over all Ansalon. Finally, Raistlin draws near his goal of becoming a wizard. But first he must take the drea Test in the Tower of High Sorcery. It will change his life forever - if he survives.

    Maggie McMeekin says: "Fantastic story"
    "Boring Reader ... Puts me to sleep!"
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    Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

    Story is ruined by the pace of the reader. Very slow... the pace put me to sleep several times... I had to increase the playback to 1.25 times the standard playback rate.

    In general, I love the epic fantasy books.

    I would suggest much better series in the "Fantasy: Epic" genre such as:
    Wheel of Time: Eye of the World
    Kingkiller Chronicles: The Name of the Wind
    Stormlight: The Way of Kings
    The Demon Cycle: The Warded Man
    A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones


    0 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • Reflex

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Steven Gould
    • Narrated By Macleod Andrews
    Overall
    (225)
    Performance
    (193)
    Story
    (198)

    Davy has always been alone. He believes that he's the only person who can teleport. But what if he isn't? A mysterious group of people has taken Davy captive. They don't want to hire him, and they don't have any hope of appealing to him to help them. What they want is to own him. They want to use his abilities for their own purposes, whether Davy agrees to it or not. And so they set about brainwashing him and conditioning him. But there's one thing that they don't know....

    Salvador says: "The proper feeding and caring of your jumper!"
    "Not as good as first book of the series"
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    I really loved "Jumper", the first book of the series! This book lacked the impact and fast pace of the first book. The concept was good,but the story dragged. The pace was just too slow.

    I like the wit and writing style of the author and the performance by Macleod Andrews.

    This book goes beyond PG-13 in language and edginess of sex... a bit unrealistic..


    I suggest that you pass on this book or wait on other reviews.

    1 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • The Assassins Gallery

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By David L. Robbins
    • Narrated By George Guidall
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (61)
    Performance
    (16)
    Story
    (16)

    In 1945, a ruthless female assassin attempts to take down the ultimate target: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And an unlikely hero, Professor Mikhal Lammeck, may be the only one who can stop her.

    Vinny says: "Engaging"
    "Very Good Listen"
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    Very Good read!!!

    This is an under-rated book caused by the first reviewer who went to the extreme and gave it a one star instead of at worst a three star... The rating unjustly skewed the books ranking downward.

    This story is very entertaining read! As always reader "George Guidall" is superb.

    Below are more action thrillers that are "espionage/military/assassin" genre that you may also like if you like this book. (The list of authors is not rank in order of my favorite reads).

    Nelson DeMille - The Lions Game .... Great book
    Barry Eisler
    Daniel Silva
    Brad Thor
    Brad Meltzer
    Alex Berenson
    Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp
    Robert Littell - The Company: A Novel of the CIA (good but very long)
    Lee Child - Jack Reacher
    Adrain Mckinty - Dead I May Well Be
    Trevanian - Shibumi
    Bernard Cornwell "Sharpe’s Tiger" (Richard Sharpe series) /Historical Fiction

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Live by Night

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated By Jim Frangione
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (193)
    Performance
    (162)
    Story
    (166)

    Boston, 1926. The ‘20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw.

    richard says: "Lehane shows off his skills."
    "Captivating Well Told Story"
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    Story had a good pace and was very well told. And really sucked me in.
    Never boring.

    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • Plugged

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By Eoin Colfer
    • Narrated By John Keating
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (188)
    Performance
    (169)
    Story
    (168)

    Daniel McEvoy has a problem. Well, really, he has several, but for this Irish ex-pat bouncer at a seedy, small-time casino, the fact that his girlfriend was just murdered in the parking lot is uppermost in his mind. That is until lots of people around him start dying, and not of natural causes. Suddenly, Daniel’s got half the New Jersey mob, dirty cops, and his man-crazy upstairs neighbor after him, and he still doesn't know what's going on.

    Townsend says: "An Irish Chili Palmer"
    "Funny, Lite story of a bouncer"
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    Very entertaining. Story moves right along. Many giggles. Stayed awake into the morning.
    Download the 10 minute FREE sample.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Hard Magic: Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Larry Correia
    • Narrated By Bronson Pinchot
    Overall
    (2554)
    Performance
    (2261)
    Story
    (2262)

    Jake Sullivan is a licensed private eye with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someoneto go after a suspected killer who has been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree.

    Jennifer Gerbyshak says: "So Good I Bought the Book and the Audiobook"
    "Fun Story with excellent narration."
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    Fun fast moving story. Never slow. Interesting magic. Tie-in to famous characters of American history 1910-1930...
    Love the narration and broad number of voices performed. Hated the wrong pronunciation of '30-06' cartridge ... should be pronounced 'thirty aught six' (Aught is another way to say zero).

    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • Distinctions: Prologue to Towers of Midnight

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 53 mins)
    • By Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
    • Narrated By Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
    Overall
    (273)
    Performance
    (71)
    Story
    (71)

    The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, May let fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time. In the Prologue to Towers of Midnight, book thirteen of The Wheel of Time, Lan Mandragoran rides on toward death; Perrin Aybara, Lord Goldeneyes, has a disturbing dream; Galad leads the Whitecloaks into harm’s way; one who has left humanity behind creeps through the Blight; and the Blight border faces invasion.

    robert says: "Gahhh!"
    "Use Cash not an Audible Credit"
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    Buy this with cash ($2.75) if you are an audible member. Your credit is worth at least $9+.
    Could not wait any longer for book to be release on audible so I am buying the prologue.

    Also when you check out, be sure to press the update button, or your credit will be used.

    If you accidently bought this book with a credit, call audible support. They will switch it for you... Website should be fixed so when you click the checkbox, it performs and update. I, for one have not click the update button and a credit was used... ;-(

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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