Outlaw

Battle Born, Book 2

De: Jack Stewart

Narrado por: Ray Porter

A missing CIA officer.

A rogue terrorist faction.

A bioweapon more devastating than anything ever seen…

And that’s just the beginning.

When a rogue military faction in China kidnaps a CIA case officer, global tensions ignite. Desperate to forestall the looming firestorm, the United States deploys an elite team of Navy SEALs to rescue the agent, protected by nothing but their training and a single pilot providing air cover from his FA-18E Super Hornet—normally, it wouldn’t be enough.

But these aren’t normal times…and this is no ordinary pilot.

Fresh off his latest mission, TOPGUN pilot Colt Bancroft is tasked with providing air support to the SEALs. But when Chinese jets engage him just as a bioweapon is simultaneously deployed against Colt’s aircraft carrier, he realizes this is more than a simple kidnapping: it’s a prelude to world war.

Now, aided by Emmy King—an intelligent and beautiful NCIS Agent with a score to settle—Colt will have to use everything he has to figure out who’s behind the attacks. And more importantly, how to stop them before they strike again.

It’s a race between national security and global catastrophe...and only a man used to flying supersonic has a chance in hell of winning.

©2024 Jack Stewart (P)2024 Severn River Publishing

Suspenseful

The outcome was not what I expected. I do enjoy carrier aviation plus cloak and dagger stories. Great story!

Most Enjoyable

A thrilling book that keeps you entertained. Can recommend this book for those who enjoy navel and spy books.

Much better than book 1

The plot was good and kept me interested throughout. The fact that the main characters weren’t continually making silly choices made this a much better book than the first in the series. As always Ray Porter narrates brilliantly.

Super Entertaining

Jack Stewart writes the most vividly descriptive aircraft carrier launching & retrieval scenes. I listened to them 3x over for the feeling he was able to impart. He writes beautifully, with appealing characters & a good storyline. I felt towards the end his editor was probably rushing him to finish. I would have liked to learn more about Sublime. All in all … superb. Can’t wait for the next one.

Tail hooked

Great story, made me feel like I was in the cockpit dogfighting the Chinese! Ray Porter is the best.

Another good one

Ray Porter is the best, brings the book to life. Jack Stewart brings air to air combat and carrier missions to the masses.

Another solid story

I don’t like the name “Punky” but she is interesting. Colt is a bad ar$e.

Excellent read

Good plot, lots of twists.A page turner. I love a good spy and espionage novel!

the flow of the story with multiple avenues that converge into the main story.

great suspense story line that leads you down various avenues. it leaves a dangling area for the next book to pick up on for a continued story.

Ray Porter really delivers

4.5 stars 🌟

This is the second book in this new series and boy oh boy does it deliver. There are some books that can be either read or listened to without much difference. Then, there are the books that one version is better than the other. In this case, if possible, I would suggest listening to the audio. Why? Well, first of all....Ray Porter....duh. But seriously, the way the dialogue is written for a lot of this book, it is in the format of fighter pilots talking to each other and talking to other people (I don't know specifics...ground crew? Air traffic control?) What I'm trying to explain is that when this is happening, Mr. Porter is so realistic in his portrayal that you can just picture yourself flying in the cockpit, dealing with all of these tremendously crazy happenings....it's truly wonderful.

This second book showcases Mr. Stewart's growth as an author as we have a fairly complex plot with several plot points occurring simultaneously. We are still following pilot Colt Bancroft and NCIS officer Punky (Emmie King), but they are only a couple of the main characters in this book. Outlaw builds on the first book as Ms. King is still trying to follow up on the espionage situation with the Chinese. Colt somehow finds himself in the middle of things again and this time he and his plane have a front row seat to the action. The Chinese are playing a long game and seem to have plan upon plan in their goal for dominance. In this story, we have the CIA, the Navy, and even some Tier One operators involved in the many different aspects of the plot.

This book kept me on the edge of my seat, holding my breath as things built to the climax of the story. I mentioned before that Mr. Stweart's experience as a pilot definitely shines through, and in this book, it is done a little less heavy handedly than in book 1. Somehow, it seemed to make it easier for me to find myself in the middle of the story - versus having so much technical jargon that it kept me from being fully immersed.

I am definitely looking forward to what is coming next from this author.