65 Below

By: Basil Sands

Narrated by: Basil Sands

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

At 65 degrees below zero, exposed human flesh freezes solid within three minutes.

Retired Marine Master Sergeant Marcus Johnson returned to his family homestead in rural Alaska after 20 years chasing bad men. Now he wants nothing but to hunt and fish and run his trapline in peace and quiet, and no more war.

Meanwhile, lurking deep in a long forgotten bunker in the remote arctic hills is a decades-old secret that could not be destroyed, and was never meant to be rediscovered.

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©2010 Basil Sands (P)2011 Sandman Studio Productions of Alaska

Critic reviews

"Sands is fearless in his storytelling, and tireless in his quest to connect directly with his audience. Big Publishing? Watch out for this guy." (Scott Sigler, New York Times best-selling author of Infected, Contagious, and Ancestor)

"Basil Sands is one awesome writer, penning stories pumped with enough adrenaline that you'll suffer from insomnia until you read the last word. This is one writer not to be missed." (Jeremy Robinson, author of Pulse and Instinct)

A Bunch of Good People in a Bad Situation

I don't know what it is about Alaska, but the idea of it always appealed to me. All the books I've read and movies I've seen convey an underlying sense of an last bastion of tough people, patriotic, but just want to live their own lives without being interfered with. And when someone tries messing with them, be they foreign or domestic, the push back. And this I guess is epitomized in Basil Sands Alaskan novels. Loosely set in the same universe (a Pastor Mike from Faithful Warrior reference seems to make it in I think all of them), they all deal with these type of people, trying to live their lives, and rising to the occasion. It has been quite a few years since I listened to Karl's Last Flight, so I can't recall if this has a link.
65 Below is a standalone Alaskan novel, and features multi country terrorist plot is in play and discovered by some hard Alaskan citizens. One by one people, both officials and civilians, rise to the occasion and fight back - including on occasion a young child fighting back at a critical time.
I always enjoy listening to audiobooks narrated by the author, and once again Basil Sands doesn't let down. I was lucky enough to get this book as a free review copy from the author, and feel privileged to do so.
Highly enjoyable easy listening, as are all of his books, for people looking for an exciting uplifting tale which won't leave you feeling low!

Chaste Vets and Attentive Alaskans Foil Tangos

What disappointed you about 65 Below?

This was so comically bad I almost enjoyed it - and then the love poems started...

Would you ever listen to anything by Basil Sands again?

Not intentionally.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Mr. Sands is a better narrator than author.

What character would you cut from 65 Below?

I think this audiobook would be markedly better if the Listener was removed.

Any additional comments?

I kind of like the idea of tough Alaskan vets taking the initiative in killing terrorists. What's not to like about that ? But this cartoon is probably the uberAmerican equivalent of a North Korean propaganda opera. Heros vanquish villians, buffoons are object lessons, and chaste love lives.