Blowback

De: Valerie Plame, Sarah Lovett

Narrado por: Negin Farsad

Introducing Blowback, an exhilarating new espionage thriller by former CIA ops officer Valerie Plame and thriller writer Sarah Lovett.

Covert CIA ops officer Vanessa Pierson is finally close to capturing Bhoot, the world’s most dangerous international nuclear arms dealer. One of her assets delivers explosive intel: Bhoot will be visiting a secret underground weapons facility in Iran in just a few days. But just as Pierson is about to get the facility location, an ambush leaves her informant dead. Now Pierson has two targets: Bhoot and the asset’s sniper.

When all the Agency’s resources aren’t enough to protect her assets from Bhoot’s assassin, Pierson risks going rogue and jeopardizing a fellow ops officer who is also her secret lover. With each day, the pressure of the manhunt mounts, forcing Pierson to put her cover and career—and life—at risk. With rapid-cut shifts from European capitals to Washington to the Near East, and with insider detail that only a former spy could provide, Blowback marks the explosive beginning to a thrilling new series.

Fast moving & sorta believable.

overall, I give this story a solid B+. it has the same believability as a '00' story & it was fun & (mostly) compelling.

Meh

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending fizzled but left the story wide open for the next book and many of the same flat characters.

What didn’t you like about Negin Farsad’s performance?

The narrator has a lovely voice, but the pace was too fast.

Loved it!

Beautifully read, great action, very descriptive, you really felt part of the action. really a fantastic purchase

A Good Spy Story.

I loved this book and I am looking forward to reading more from Valerie Plame.

was curious

i remember the author from the Bush leak. story wasn't bad.
SPOILER
ending was too clean/expected

Hokey and more like a dime-store novel

I liked Valerie Plame's autobiography of how she got screwed by the Bush administration and the CIA.

But this story is so bad I can't believe it's from the same person.

Also, the way the audio works, it is very hard to tell who is speaking and where they are. This is the first time I've listened to an audio book and wished I was reading text.

Also, the narration was so over the top that it became laughable.

Skip it and listen to a real spy novelist's work.