The Director

De: David Ignatius

Narrado por: George Guidall

In David Ignatius' gripping new novel, spies don' t bother to steal information...they change it, permanently and invisibly. Graham Weber has been director of the CIA for less than a week when a Swiss kid in a dirty T-shirt walks into the American consulate in Hamburg and says the agency has been hacked, and he has a list of agents' names to prove it. This is the moment a CIA director most dreads. Weber isn' t sure where to turn until he meets a charismatic (and unstable) young man named James Morris who runs the Internet Operations Center. He' s the CIA' s in-house geek. Weber launches Morris on a mole hunt unlike anything in spy fiction - one that takes the listener into the hacker underground of Europe and America and ends up in a landscape of paranoia and betrayal. Like the new world of cyber-espionage from which it' s drawn, The Director is a maze of deception and double-dealing - about a world where everything is written in zeroes and ones and nothing can be trusted.

©2014 David Ignatius (P)2014 Recorded Books

soporific

all the excitement of an introductory accounting textbook. whenever something seems on the verge of happening, the author reverts to bland historical backfill.

This book belies the long-held belief that Goodell could read the phone book and make it interesting: even he can't breathe life into this one.

I wanted a little more mystery and suspense

The characters were believable and easy to relate to, and the story offered a palatable, yet frightening, way to understand the real vulnerability of our cyber universe. I just wish the author had let the reader connect some of the dots, rather than doing it for us.

Who’s Watching Who

Great history points and references. Lots of intrigue, the real power of surveillance and the balance between its value to society vs. Use for manipulation and personal gain. Enjoyed it's scary authenticity

more paranoia

Is there anything you would change about this book?

yes...the plot

Would you be willing to try another book from David Ignatius? Why or why not?

no...the 'boomer' mentality resonates throughout all his efforts

What does George Guidall bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

saves eyestrain

Could you see The Director being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

today? sure...

Any additional comments?

when will somebody give our security establishment a few kudos, instead of constant BS?

All talk no action

I had a tough time staying connected to this audiobook. Too much talking - not enough action. I put it down before the last chapter.

Super re cyber and BIS

Fine cyber crime spy story and insights on BIS. Story jumps a bit strange and not always logical.

Just Flat Out Scary!

I stumbled into this book because of the narrator and stayed because of the tale the author wove. A tale of those who have no true believe system other than the code they can write or the thrill of the 'hack'. The young people who were given The Lie and believed it. All the hacking done by Morris is plausible. That he is a Goverment employee is also believable. And there is where this tale causes that shiver down your spine. But that is only one of the strands in this web of lies, deceipt Mr Ignatius has so tighty woven. Add Geo. Guidall, a true master, and I could not turn it off. This is one of those I wanted to listen to straight through.

Best Narration Ever?

The Director is only remarkable to me in that I've never experienced Mr. Ignatius' skill with the words and lingo of cyber hacking technology. The plot is ordinary in today's world of thriller novels otherwise. George Guidall however was spectacular. Male, female voices, foreign accents, no matter, he nailed it. He was Weber and everyone else for that matter. Listen to this novel if only for the great voice show!

Okay

What did you like best about The Director? What did you like least?

Interesting story that brings in computer hackery, intel issues, and revolutionary history. Predictable, and the sexiness and budding romance is blah and unnecessary.

loses steam

good first half with lots of action interesting strategy and insights into the world of financial computing. story climax in the middle feels like it was cut short and many pages were missing . Second-half loses lots of steam and does not utilize the excellent momentum of the first half. Gets lost in tired and drags to the end. narrator and a skilled wide range of voices, however did not bring across the energy and pace necessary to convey a techno-thriller. first half is a techno-thriller. Second half is a World War 2 spy novel. could have been blended better