• The Devil's Waters

  • A USAF Pararescue Thriller, Book 1
  • By: David L. Robbins
  • Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie
  • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (465 ratings)

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The Devil's Waters

By: David L. Robbins
Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie
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Publisher's summary

David L. Robbins, author of the war classic War of the Rats, delivers another heart-stopping, deeply researched military adventure, this time right off today’s front pages.

The US military’s most highly trained and elite unit is the US Air Force pararescuers, known as PJs. All battle-hardened vets, their motto is "That Others May Live". Their singular mission is CSAR: Combat Search and Rescue. But, off the Horn of Africa, one PJ unit is tasked with a desperate assignment that goes against its oath: Take down a cargo ship full of secrets that’s been captured by Somali pirates. The team doesn’t hesitate, because one of its own is already on board the hijacked ship. There, they will face ruthless Yusuf Raage, a pirate leader who will sacrifice anything and anyone to keep his captured ship. The PJs have only one hour before the ship is destroyed by a missile, with all hands and cargo aboard.

©2012 David L. Robbins (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Ridiculous story line

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The story line could be reasonable.

Has The Devil's Waters turned you off from other books in this genre?

I stopped listening to the book with an hour and 20 minutes left, because the story line was so ridiculous and treated the PJs as if the were totally inept.

What aspect of Benjamin L. Darcie’s performance would you have changed?

It was okay.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Devil's Waters?

Many of the fighting scenes would have been edited to eliminate discussions that would not have occurred at the time. The actions of the PJs to the hostage situation would be rewritten.

Any additional comments?

I would not recommend this book to anyone. It is not realistic and an injustice to real life PJs.

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Filled with unrealistic scenes and extremely awkward moments this book was terrible. At times the book made the PJs look weak. Not a good way to depict the military. The narrator mispronounced one PJs name EVERY SINGLE TIME!

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Poor betrayal of the force

The force depicted appeared to be without proper discipline or understanding of military operations this is not the case.

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Regret using my credits on this...

Would you try another book from David L. Robbins and/or Benjamin L. Darcie?

Not likely

What was most disappointing about David L. Robbins’s story?

Disjointed and paper thin characters, actions scenes are a snore. Cliché involvement of women to create sexual tension with main character.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

No

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Devil's Waters?

Any of the action scenes.

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Horrible military accuracy here..

Flat obvious this author has not even spent a single minute serving in the military let alone in an elite group that he is choosing to base this book on.

As Ex Military of 10 years this book was very hard to get through half the book made me want to seriously facepalm this guy.
It's an ok story but the PJs and US Military are portrayed completely inaccurately.


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