Last Man Standing

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

It took 10 seconds for Web London to lose everything: his friends, his team, his reputation. Point man of the FBI's super-elite Hostage Rescue Team, Web roared into a blind alley toward a drug-dealer's lair only to meet a high-tech, custom-designed ambush that killed everyone around him.

Now coping with the blame-filled words of anguished widows and the suspicions of colleagues, Web tries to put his life back together with the help of his psychiatrist, Dr. Claire Daniels. To do so he must discover why he was the one man who lived through the ambush - and find the only other person who came out of that alley alive...a 10-year-old boy who has since disappeared.

Web's search leads him from inner-city Washington, DC, to the rolling hills of Virginia horse country - while people connected to him are violently silenced. Acting on his instincts, Web believes he knows where the killer will strike next. Only this time, he may not survive the attack.

Last Man Standing is an explosive psychological thriller about a man desperate to find answers - from the secret terrors he has kept from himself to his unbearable guilt. His fight to save himself and those he cares for will come at a high cost...and threaten everything he has grown to believe in.

©2001 Columbus Rose, Ltd., All Rights Reserved (P)2001 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

"Impressive...immensely interesting...Baldacci's most accomplished thriller." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Has the essential elements of a terrific novel: a tough but tender-hearted hero, dirty dealings in the nation's bureaucracy, and a roller-coaster plot." (Amazon.com)

Loved this book

"Last Man" had me guessing until the Last Chapter. The reader was very good too

Meh...predictable

Somewhat interesting at times but mostly predictable and tedious. Not bad book but certainly not his best nor one i would recommend.

He keeps you wanting more.

In the masterful way that only a handful of authors can do, David Baldacci grabs you by the seat of your pants and hauls you into the life of his characters. You feel the pain and sorrow of the hero, the anger of the vilians and the wanting of more at the end of his books!

Tangential but absorbing

Several books could have been produced from this long story. Nevertheless, as the end came near I was compelled to lose some sleep to hear the conclusion.

Last man standing - WOW!

Great story. It will keep you guessing. There are some surprises at the end you won't believe. Well worth the time!

Long story

This is one of the longest book I have read in a while. Also, many characters which had very long background information. Sometimes you would wonder what happened to the story. I did like the book but was was rather surprised with the ending.

Where does evil reside

Totally engrossing story line that displays the true character of good and evil in the in family legacies

Wow! What an amazing story! Plot twists and turns

Loved this book! Web and crew really know how to make HRT a real sounding thing, and the surprises just don't stop.

Loved it.

There were a few situations that seemed obvious and should’ve been clear to the people investigating but hey that’s just the way it goes sometimes in fictional stuff. I really enjoyed the story. The entire world created in this one. Loved the character Web London. Wish there were more about this character.

Reviewed by ReadersViewpoint.com

What an excellent piece of work! While I counted a few more than six degrees of separation, each spirals into a smooth, satisfying, suspense filled, thrill ride that I found hard to put down.

I was impressed by the various scenes going on, the amount of research that went into the various facets. For example, there's extensive knowledge shared with regard to horses and horse farms; some Civil War era history; various types of guns and their use within factions of the FBI; psychiatric techniques; and more.

Web London, who?s part of HRT (Hostage Recovery Team), survives an incredible tragedy that sends him seeing a shrink, or rather, mental health professional, Claire Daniels.

A couple of HRT missions are compromised and now everyone?s trying to find the mole.

A psycho killer escapes from prison, then a judge, and two attorneys who sat on his case wind up dead.

One of the FBI?s deep cover agents gets his cover blown while working on information regarding the drug underworld of which Big F, a well respected and highly feared drug dealer, is prominent. An event occurs which gets several members of HRT killed, Big F?s little brother goes missing, and Web London looks like he?s gone coward and left his team to die.

There?s lots more mayhem, that?s better left discovered by the reader?