Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Janson Equation

Janson

De: Douglas Corleone

Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins

To prevent a war in Asia - one that could quickly spread to the rest of the world - Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid must learn the truth behind a young woman's murder...

Prominent US Senator James Wyckoff hires former government agents-turned-private security consultants Janson and Kincaid to locate his teenage son Gregory. Gregory's girlfriend Lynell has been found strangled in a Seoul hotel, and Gregory has fled the city to avoid being arrested for the crime. But Senator Wyckoff insists that his son is innocent, suggesting that Lynell, who was a translator, may have been murdered because of something she overheard at a recent international conference. And when Janson and Kincaid realize they're being hunted by an assassin, they suspect that this crime - and the cover-up - were orchestrated by a shadowy unit of the US State Department as part of a larger plot to provoke violence between North and South Korea.

©2015 Douglas Corleone (P)2015 Hachette Audio

A different Janson story.

It felt a little bit different from the other books but was still quite good!

Time Warp read by a Shatner protege

Somehow, Paul Janson, Vietnam war SEAL/POW has gotten younger and became an Afghan POW.

The voice actor has taken a page from the William Shatner school of excessive pauses.

if you were to do a voice to text on this performance, you'd need a truckload of comma's delivered.

Oh, and for the first time in the series, Paul Janson suddenly has debilitating claustrophobia????

He has an amazing private jet that can fly at 35,000 miles above sea level. WTF?

Different narrator bummer

I’ve been listening to the series and Janson seemed perfectly depicted by narrator Scott Shepard. Calm, cool & collected. Smooth operator. This book in the series is completely changed. Janson sounds more like a “nervous Jack Ryan Jr.”. Very disappointing to me.
The action and personalities aren’t as easy to really care about with the different author as well. I got through it but it was a bummer because of the change in writer & narrator.

Narration did not match the quality of the writing

Narration did not match the quality of the writing. great story, but the narrator kinda made it feel like a high school reading in drama class. i liked it overall, but i should have loved it.

Painful Listening

The narrator was so bad, with no difference in voice between the characters, that I simply could not maintain interest. I'd like to hear the story performed by another narrator to tell whether or not the actual story was any good.

good narration

liked the narrator and the story definitely kept my attention. I would have liked a stronger ending maybe more of a twist

so so

The narration was not very good. The book had a great ending, but the first 2/3
was not cohesive at all. I suspect many readers will bail out. Just not on par with most Ludlum plots.

Dont waste your time

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

No, the narrator was terrible. It was a completely miserable attempt to portray Paul Janson, incredibly unbelievable. It was really hard to get into the story when Kevin had absolutely no feel for the tone of the story. Also, the new author doesn't come close to doing Robert Ludlum justice. The new backstory doesn't even match the previous books.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kevin T. Collins?

Grant Blackwood

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No

Love the Janson books not this one

Wow I'll never buy a book read by this narrator again, so frenetic and over done. Relax a little man. Very disappointed with this audio book.

Great read

Paul Janson, a former government assassin, has become a private security consultant with strict rules regarding the operations he accepts and, most importantly, the manner in which he executes them. He along with his partner, Jessica Kincaid, have been contracted to locate and extract a US Senators’ son from South Korea, who is on the run for allegedly murdering his girlfriend who happens to be a translator for the ongoing talks between North & South Korea.
They soon realize that all is not as it seems, and former allies become dangerous foes, in a race to unravel a conspiracy that could result in a global catastrophe.
The story line is captivating enough to keep you coming back for more. Pulse pounding fight scenes, frantic foot chases and good old-fashioned spy-craft evoke memories of vintage Ludlum. A roller-coaster ride that keeps you guessing to the very end.
This is a great work of fiction that intertwines modern-day facts to paint a plausible picture of behind-the-scenes power-brokers and their nefarious plans. It also realistically depicts the collateral damage left in the wake of said plans.
However, some aspects of the characters’ interactions appear at times, too convenient and coincidental, and could probably have been executed more believably.
I enjoyed this creation and would recommend it for anyone who is a fan of the genre. This being number four in the series, I would suggest for those that have not read the previous three; The Janson Directive, The Janson Command & The Janson Option, that you do so before delving into this one; thus, painting a more complete picture of the characters and their journey.