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One Rough Man

By: Brad Taylor
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson, Neil Kaplan
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A former Delta Force commander, Brad Taylor proves with this breathtaking debut thriller that Vince Flynn and Brad Thor have company.

A collection of top operatives, the Taskforce was commissioned by the highest levels of government, kept secret from the media and even Congress. The best of the Taskforce bunch, Pike Logan, knows the greatest threat to American security is one or two idealogues. Unfortunately for them, they’ve just crossed Pike’s path.

©2011 Brad Taylor (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

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The narration ruined this book

I honestly cannot give a good review on the story, so I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt. The narration was horrible. I suffered through it since I bought the book, but I’ll never listen to a book with these narrators again.

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Entertaining but second tier

I enjoyed this book but it wasn't quite in the same league for me as Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, or Daniel Silva.

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Pike's narrator was terrible!

Whomever talked as Pike was ANGRY ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's really hard to constantly listen to such an angry and intense reader - even during non-intense times. I almost stopped listening dozens of times but the story was so great I persevered. If he's in the next one I'm returning it. It's like reading dozens of emails in all caps. No down time!

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Pike the cat with 10+lives

Sometimes Pike’s too wordy but overall great storyline. Love Sarah and her relationship with Pike.

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Adequate but just.

Am disappointed, thought that with Vince Flynn’s endorsement it it would be better. Tried to quit several times, in frustration but made it through.

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Disappointing

Although the story has promising features, the performance left much to be desired
I do not recommend the narrator

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Good but not great book

Became very predictable. Suspenseful and exciting. It did hold my interest. I’m going to try the next one.

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Narration was mediocre.

Story gets a B-. Narrator gets a D+. Disappointed. Also, it seems to me that the author was trying too hard.

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Excellent First Novel

This was an excellent novel, especially for the first one from a new author. I chose to read this book because I knew Brad Taylor in college and honestly I wasn't expecting much since the other reviews were horrible. I was amazed what a great book it was. The story was fascinating and every turn kept me on the edge of my seat. The characters felt real and I was right there with Pike and Jennifer from the US, South America, and Europe. Although the book is fiction, the book was written from a knowledge base that made the story believable. Not like some books where you think "that could never happen". Brad did a great job writing the book and I can't wait to read the next one.

The only thing I found distracting was having a man do a poor imitation of Jennifer's voice in the book. If a book is going to have two narrators, maybe the one who does the woman's voice should be a woman? Otherwise overall great audio book!

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Language Needs to be Cleaned Up

An interesting story but the language is horrible. I didn't finish it because of the language issue to me this is quite disappointing.

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