Trident's First Gleaming

[#1] A Special Operations Group Thriller

By: Stephen Templin

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

Former SEAL Chris Paladin leaves SEAL Team Six to become a pastor, but CIA spook Hannah Andrade pulls him back into Special Operations Group, the ultra-secret unit that SEAL Team Six operators and others served under to eliminate bin Laden. Chris and Hannah are joined by Delta Force’s Sonny Cohen to stop a new terrorist threat from launching a deadly cyber-terror against the United States.

©2014 Stephen Templin Recorded by arrangement with the author c/o Trident Media Group LLC (P)2014 ListenUp Production, LLC

Critic reviews

Another great novel reflecting our Spec Ops forces’ global capabilities. Written by a proven and insightful master storyteller.” (Howard E. Wasdin, SEAL Team Six Sniper and New York Times best-selling author of SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

“Stephen Templin’s Trident’s First Gleaming is a muscular thrill ride that’s rich with detail and full of heart and energy." (Mark Greaney, number one New York Times best-selling coauthor of Command Authority)

Refreshing New Perspective

I am a big fan of espionage, mystery, and detective thrillers. I appreciate and enjoy a good action story with well developed characters and lots of action - this book has it plus a new perspective. It was interesting to listen to the internal compos and struggle of apparently competing vocations that of a minister/preacher and a soldier, yet I am sure that our military men and women don't have to be 'of the cloth' to feel these same struggles. Don't let the vocational twist however distract from the fact that his predominately an espionage story with the usual bad guys, betrayal, money and action scenes. I am looking forward to the next installment in this story. I found the narrator did a good job.

Intense military thriller

Would you listen to Trident's First Gleaming again? Why?

Yes. It was exiting and fast paced.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Mordet. He was a well written villain.

Which scene was your favorite?

The scene where Paladin is fighting Mordet and gouges out his eye.

very interesting

I enjoyed this book. It gets fast passed but kept my attention through out. I did like the struggle between seal and pastor it makes you think.

Terrible

This book was juvenile and unbelievable. I stopped listening less than half way through. I want my money back on this one. This author should read other thrillers by authors with better writing skills before attempting another book.

Action-packed Story with Naptivating narration!

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

I will absolutely recommend this audiobook to all my friends. Narrator, Brian Troxell, is a perfect choice - he has an amazingly smooth, yet gruff timbre to his voice. The storytelling is suspenseful and Brian quickly engaged me with an incredibly deep and conflicted main character. There is awesome attention to detail and the author, Stephen Templin, doesn't just write a story, he brings you into the experience.

What did you like best about this story?

The pace was a fast, action-packed, thrill-ride! The attention to detail and the narration of this book had me feeling as if I could touch, taste, smell, and experience the fear and conflict of the main characters. It's a story about warriors who are battling to remain true to a profession and a faith.

Which scene was your favorite?

I loved the ear-chewing scene wherein Mordet jumps Chris and gnaws his ear half-off, but I was also captivated by the mountain scene, as the trio climbed, crouched, and crawled through a gully towards Syria. It's hard to pick a favorite scene because the book is filled with so many complex adventures throughout.

Any additional comments?

This is a stimulating audiobook that engages your imagination and should definitely be on your "to listen to" list! Fantastic sound and pacing on this audiobook and a wonderful choice to have Brian Troxell narrate! I'd love to see this on the big screen one day!