The Breach

De: Patrick Lee

Narrado por: Jeff Gurner

Thirty years ago, in a facility buried beneath a vast Wyoming emptiness, an experiment gone awry accidentally opened a door. It is the world’s best-kept secret—and its most terrifying. Trying to regain his life in the Alaskan wilds, ex-con/ex-cop Travis Chase stumbles upon an impossible scene: a crashed 747 passenger jet filled with the murdered dead, including the wife of the [resident of the United States.

Though a nightmare of monumental proportions, it pales before the terror to come, as Chase is dragged into a battle for the future that revolves around an amazing artifact. Allied with a beautiful covert operative whose life he saved, Chase must now play the role he’s been destined for—a pawn of incomprehensible forces or humankind’s final hope—as the race toward Apocalypse begins in earnest. Because something is loose in the world. And doomsday is not only possible...it is inevitable.

©2010 Patrick Lee (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

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"It's all here: brilliantly devious enemies; nifty, innovative gadgets and weaponry; hang-on-to-your-hat action; and razor-sharp plot twists aplenty." ( Publishers Weekly)

"Audacious and terrifying - and uncannily believable." (Lee Child)

Unspeakably surprised; No regrets

I chose to buy this book for the sole reason that Jeff Gurner reads it. I had never heard of the author nor the particular title. I finished Jeff Gurner's other reads, namely Daemon and Freedom (TM), and was blown away by his performances. On that single criterion, I chose this title, along with the help of another reviewer which said the book was a wild ride.

Aside from the predictably fantastic narrator, the book was shorter than the other books I've purchased, by about half the length. That being said, the writing was extremely well paced, and I not once felt like it was moving more quickly than I thought comfortable, nor did it move too slowly. It's the kind of story I could see made into an action movie of some sort (though I don't think it's necessarily the right material for a boring Hollywood thriller).

Up until the very end, the book has several tight turns that completely change the game, and I have to admit that I couldn't see any of them coming. Everything that felt like a silly plot failure turns out to be accounted for, and I couldn't have asked for a better total experience.

Something that I couldn't gather from the description of the book on Audible: the story is a sci-fi one, where the plot is based around some fairly supernatural objects. Luckily, the sci-fi is coherently mixed into the real world, so that very little of the story feels so far fetched so as to render it too "out there".

Brilliant book. Absolutely loved it. Another slam-dunk performance for Mr. Gurner, and I must say that I'll be interested in anything else that the author, Patrick Lee, has to write.

Good stuff

Very entertaining, The Breach is basically part one of two with Ghost Country being part 2 and even then there is obvious room for another. It took me all of two nights to get through The Breach and Ghost Country, yes it's one of those. You must know what happens next while guessing searching for answers.

Excellent fast paced techno-thriller

This book opened very strong and it didn't let up. The plot kept moving quickly, never getting bogged down. I liked the mystery of the story, it was unpredictable and different from a standard thriller. I look forward to reading more by Mr. Lee.

The narration was good as well and supported the story nicely.

Well written & performed, but.....

I could have liked this story, except there was soooo much gratuitous & graphic violence against innocents & or good guys.
The mental images were almost more than I could take. E.g. how Page was tortured, her Dad killed because Travis hesitated to act??And all the unsuspecting folks at the diner/motel blown away by the guy in the invisible getup, and hundreds if not thousands of Zurich citizens.....men, women, children.....were slaughtered by Page's team. Why didn't they disable the nuke first???? Or the hostages that were executed.
Waaaaay too much, over the top, all so unnecessary. It really left a bad taste in my mouth/brain.
And the Whisper evoked an image of the creepy clown in "It", the way it spoke.
I wish he spent more time with the rip or tear, and the things that came through. Would have been much more
interesting.
And the "duplicator."...how did it work? How did Travis duplicate himself? "Just duplicate all the weapons & ammo
you need" or words to that effect. Right 🙄
Missed opportunities to make it a really good story. I feel kind of disgusted by it actually.
But the narrator did a great job.

Absorbing!

Well read, fast moving and thoughtful, a true science fiction adventure. Will leave you wanting more.

A thrill ride for the century...

The Breach quickly turned into one of my favorite novels, and the Travis Chase series is unforgettable from the start. Nitty, gritty, and terrifyingly real, The Breach will invoke almost every human emotion imaginable.

good fast paced sci fi

better written with better plot and characters than most in this genre. no action just for action's sake. worth reading the trilogy.

good srory line with enough twists

hard to put down, as almost every episode ends with a cliffhanger... the ending is sure to raise controversy between listeners...

Moene2016

Awesome book !!! If you like Sci-fi and adventure plus some time travel thrown in for good measure ... You will love this book !!!

A good story

This is A good but that we'll keep you interest and guessing what comes next. Definitely a recommend book.