The Panther

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author Nelson DeMille returns with another heart-pounding John Corey thriller—this time including Corey’s FBI agent wife Kate Mayfield...and their mission is to catch an elusive terrorist mastermind before he catches them.

Anti-terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen—one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: A high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders—and the US Government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. As latecomers to a deadly game, John and Kate don't know the rules, the players, or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye—and that the hunters are about to become the hunted.

Filled with breathtaking plot turns and told in John Corey's inimitable voice, The Panther is a brilliant depiction of one of the most treacherous countries in the world and raises disturbing questions about whether we can ever know who our enemies—or our allies—really are.

©2012 Nelson DeMille (P)2012 Hachette Audio

Bravo Nelson DeMille and narrator, Scott Brick

My husband and I once more loved listening to your work and to John Corey ❤️ whose disrespectful, irreverent dialogue gets us through hours of car trips safely home.

Suspenseful black ops thriller

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

Definitely would recommend to friends who know there are conspiracies in the world

What did you like best about this story?

There is always hidden agenda even when the upcoming events are setup.

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

I love the main character John. He is not a fool even when he plays dumb.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I knew it was coming but when the "enemy of (my) friend" is targeted is hard on the real "good guys" in the book. I felt their anguish.

More like Up Country than Lions Game

Where does The Panther rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Middle of the pack.

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

Somewhat disappointing. Story takes a long time to get going, but picks up in the second half. Interesting that Paul Brenner showed up in this book since the story reminded me much more of Up Country than previous John Corey novels.

Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes. Good performance, and good effort breathing some life into fairly dry material early in the book.

Very entertaining

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes, Interesting story line. Could well be a story based on real situations.

What other book might you compare The Panther to and why?

Unknown

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Tongue in cheek humor

Was The Panther worth the listening time?

yes

Any additional comments?

No

Love John Corey ! Great book

Would you listen to The Panther again? Why?

Not really, it's good, but not a re-read, (unlike night fall, by Nelson demille)

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Panther?

The deception by the CIA, the war on terror, lots of interesting info

Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Scott brick is a wonderful narrator

Great Book

What did you love best about The Panther?

The John Corey character is really one of DeMille's best. The story was quick paced and well written. Having first read the book and now hearing it on audio makes me appreciate the story line all the more. Even the humorous moments were well timed and funny.

What about Scott Brick’s performance did you like?

The story was very well narrated and told in a narrative cantor that keeps the listener interested. The narrator did not monotone, as some do.

Just as I had hoped.

Would you consider the audio edition of The Panther to be better than the print version?

I enjoy the audio edition of DeMille's work -- I have more time to listen than to read.

What did you like best about this story?

The narrator's portrayal of John Corey.

Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I purchased the audio version just because of his other DeMille audios.

NELSON DEMILLE AT HIS BEST

This was another great novel written in this series. Scott Brick does another masterful reading of this book, and it kept my interest from the beginning to the end.

Best audiobook of 2012!

I've loved every one of Nelson DeMille's books -- read them all, listened to all but a few. But this one is the best. It's funny, it's fascinating, it's informative -- one of those books it's just impossible to stop listening to.

Aside from the fact that anything with John Corey is great, this book is -- as are several of DeMille's books, actually -- very timely. He set this book in Yemen, with John and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, traveling to Yemen as "bait" to smoke out -- and kill, if possible -- a deadly Al qaeda terrorist known as "The Panther." But what I found absolutely fascinating was DeMille's description of Yemen, mostly because it sounds a good deal like Libya -- two different countries, obviously, yet they share many similarities in terms of impoverished, hopeless population, dangerous, barren landscape, with radicalized terror groups mostly running things. All I could think of, listening, is that this must have been what life was like for the late and still-mourned US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, who, together with four other US officers, was killed several months ago in a situation not terribly different from what DeMille gets his protagonist into, in this book. Right -- it's not exactly the same, of course. But life for US diplomats, life for US citizens who travel to these dangerous positions in radicalized Muslim countries, must have been very much like what DeMille describes here. It's absolutely fascinating.

Not that it's just educational -- Corey is at his witty best, with lots of laugh out loud one liners, performed to perfection by Scott Brick. Example? At several points in the book, things look grim indeed for the embattled group of Americans. "What's your evacuation plan?" one asks, wondering what the last-ditch plans are for getting out of the country, if need be. "Breaststroke," Corey says. Ah, right! That'll work.

It's a great book, a brilliant audiobook -- not to be missed, and one I will enjoy again and again.

Just what you expect - a great book!

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

Great mix of current day technology, Cory and Brenner wit, and a captivating story. Can you call an audio book a "page turner"....?

What did you like best about this story?

sarcasm