Kill Decision

By: Daniel Suarez

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

The shocking techno-thriller that cements Daniel Suarez's status as the heir to Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy - a terrifying, breathtaking, and all-too-plausible vision of the world's near future.

Unmanned weaponized drones already exist: they're widely used by America in our war efforts in the Middle East. In Kill Decision, best-selling author Daniel Suarez takes that fact and the real science behind it one step further, with frightening results.

Linda McKinney is a myrmecologist, a scientist who studies the social structure of ants. Her academic career has left her entirely unprepared for the day her sophisticated research is conscripted by unknown forces to help run an unmanned - and thanks to her research, automated - drone army. Odin is the secretive Special Ops soldier with a unique insight into the faceless enemy who has begun to attack the American homeland with drones programmed to seek, identify, and execute targets without human intervention.

Together, McKinney and Odin must slow this advance long enough for the world to recognize its destructive power, because for thousands of years the "kill decision" during battle has remained in the hands of humans - and off-loading that responsibility to machines will bring unintended, possibly irreversible, consequences.

But as forces even McKinney and Odin don't understand begin to gather, and death rains down from above, it may already be too late to save humankind from destruction at the hands of our own technology.

©2012 Daniel Suarez (P)2012 Penguin Audio

Soon to be a movie,,,I bet

Would you listen to Kill Decision again? Why?

I seldom read a book twice but would watch this if released as a movie

What other book might you compare Kill Decision to and why?

Freedom tm

What about Jeff Gurner’s performance did you like?

very engaging

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I lost sleep because I wanted to continue reading

Any additional comments?

Phenomenal Tech-Thrillee

As a huge fan of Daniel Suarez I look foward to seeing more exploits of Odin and his team!

An elite military techno-thriller and much more

Most writers have an excuse to serve as a backdrop for a suspenseful elite-military techno-thriller. In contrast, Suarez manages to explore the broad reaching implications of this "backdrop" --- drone warfare in this case --- and using this to further heightening the action and suspense. Truly impressive! Well written and well read.

I like this book

not much kore dmto say just a really hood book to listen to. loves the character voices.

Too close to reality for comfort

Almost believable, like it was pulled from tomorrows headlnes. Audio performance was also very good.

Didn't meet my expectations based on reviews

Would you listen to Kill Decision again? Why?

Yes. I rarely replay, but I think technical details will be even more meaningful the second time around.

If you’ve listened to books by Daniel Suarez before, how does this one compare?

This was my first.

What does Jeff Gurner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Jeff Gurner's performance was spot-on! He gave the hero and his team unique, appropriate and vivid voices. I could not have imagined those accents on my own. Absolutely no complaints on performance!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The Next World War is Here.

Any additional comments?

Good premise but I didn't find any memorable twists or turns to speak of. It was only mildly suspenseful.

Good book written by a geek

What did you like best about this story?

The book is technical enough to be interesting, but definitely doesn't get bogged down in techno-babble. You can tell the author knows his tech, but he is also able to spin a great tale. Not a combination that you see often.

A strong entry from my favorite modern author.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This is a really good read for those who like action/adventure, military fiction, and/or tech/geek fiction. Not as mind bending as Daemon or Freedom (TM) but this book is scarier because it could happen!

Great book

I really enjoyed, not just the story, but the performance. I will definitely read more of Daniel Suarez's books and am already looking forward to the next one.

Another Daniel Suarez hit story!

Daniel Suarez writes stories like no other. They feel contemporary yes futuristic and still plausible. I really enjoy tje combination. And Jeff Gurner wow! He does a bang up job of bringing the characters and story to life. This one have some very cool main characters that I hope to meet again.