Power Play

By: Joseph Finder

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

An off-site corporate event gone disastrously wrong. The largest ransom in history. The price-tag: dead or alive. Now, in Joseph Finder's explosive thriller Power Play, it's up to Jake Landry—a modest, steady guy with a dark, hidden past—to save them all...

It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a deluxe lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness and a desolate seacoast.

Jake Landry is a junior executive at the Hammond Aerospace Corporation, a steady, modest, and taciturn guy with a gift for keeping his head down—and a turbulent past he prays he's put behind him. Ordered to fill in for his boss at the annual offsite, he's out of his element. He's uncomfortable with the lavish accommodations and especially with the arrogant, swaggering men who run the company and the only person he knows there is the new special assistant to the CEO—who happens to be Jake's ex.

Then a band of hunters, apparently lost in the woods, crash the opening-night festivities. Soon the execs of a billion-dollar company, cut off from the rest of the world, find themselves at the mercy of a group of men with guns...and a cunning plan to take Hammond Aerospace for all it's worth.

But the hostage takers aren't who they appear to be and neither is Jake Landry. The high flyers hadn't wanted Jake to come along. Now he's the only one who can save them.

©2007 Joseph Finder (P)2007 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC

Critic reviews

"[This is Finder's] most entertaining and compelling novel of adventure and intrigue yet." (Boston Globe)

Boutsikaris+Finder=Winning combination

I have to admit that I was drawn to this story because Dennis B is one of my favorite narrators. Finder's story plays well into Dennis's strengths as a narrator. The story is definitely fast paced ..filled with driveway moments. If you are listening on the freeway, you would give serious consideration to driving a few miles out of your way to get in extra minutes of listening. I enjoyed the industry backdrop that Finder chose for this story.If you are looking for a fun 8 hours of listening, you cannot go wrong with this one.

Stunning!

A incredible page turner and a excellent flow by Dennis Boutsikaris. My first Joseph Finder read was Paranoia and I got addicted to his way to write a thriller imbebed in high technology. I strong recommend this book for those who loves high corporate rush and riveting plot.

A classic Finder ...

This was a very pleasant and fast read – and a classic Joseph Finder at that.

If this is your first Finder book – you can think of him as John Grisham – with the court rooms exchanged by the corporate highlife.

The first 1½ hours of the book is fairly slow – but it quickly picks up pace from there on.

Not a book that will stay with you for years – but simply plain old entertaining. And I guess, that’s probably what most people expect from a book....

Power Play

A good enjoyable read with a likeable main character. Just long enough to keep the action going and wrap up with an acceptable finish. My first J Finder read, so I'll look for more.

a finder, not a keeper

First, I have listened to all of Finder's books and have enjoyed them very much. I love his dialog, and the fact that he uses job specific lingo is impressive. I have to admit, however, that this book starts to border on the ridiculous towards the end. I have found that in most of his books, the beginning hooks you, but the ending disappoints you.

Superb

This audiobook is a huge amount of fun. An exciting thriller, tightly written, with first-rate narration. Starts a little slow, but after the first hour there is hardly a boring moment. A very enjoyable thriller that I would recommend to anybody.

power play

great book that keeps you captivated and tuned in until the conclusion. Scott Brick is the best reader!!

Disappointing

Rarely have I ever been so disappointed in a book. I'm a Joe Finder fan, and even I had a hard time finishing this overlong, agenda-driven, snoozefest. The men are uniformly absolutely awful - including the protagonist, and on top of, he's not especially smart or resourceful, and the women are complete Mary Sues without any depth other than being - well, women forced to work with an office full of misogynists. If every character in this book lay dead at the end, I would have been totally okay with that.

Dreadful.

Time well spent

An excellent thriller, well done. Beautifully paced, tense, believable, quite an accomplishment.

Great read

Really fast read and very enjoyable, kept me looking for every opportunity to slip on my ear pieces