Ash

Asher Benson Book 1

By: Jason Brant

Narrated by: Wayne June

Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

9 AM EST: A senator shoots himself on national television.

10:32 AM EST: An entire floor of government agents leap to their death from their office building.

12:57 PM EST: All the police officers inside a station murder each other.

And the day has just begun.

Lieutenant Asher Benson left Iraq with a traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and a Purple Heart. His doctors warned that the symptoms would be life altering. They had no idea. As his body healed, the thoughts of those around him began to echo through Ash's mind, stretching the boundaries of his sanity.

Five years later, Ash is drowning the voices with copious amounts of booze and self-loathing.

When unidentified intelligence agents abduct him in broad daylight, Ash is thrust into a world of espionage and assassinations. A unique terrorist is operating on U.S. soil, and the government needs Ash, and the malady that has plagued him for half a decade, to find the killer.

©2014 Jason Brant (P)2015 Jason Brant

Asher

Loved the story. Bought in Audible and Amazon. In search of book two. The humor reminds me of Nelson Demille's Agent John Corey.

Mostly liked it

The narrator was very good. The premise and writing were both good.
The music at the beginning and between chapters was not only distracting and annoying, but felt insulting somehow. I hope this is not a trend in ebooks. It will send me back to reading only.

Ordered by Mistake

Best mistake I’ve ever made. I almost immediately got caught up in the writer’s skill and enjoyed this often gruesome story. Not at all what I would usually read, but it’s based on fictional skills. It’s entertaining. I intend to try book 2.

I agree with others who disliked the brief musical interludes between chapters. They are distracting, and I was eager to continue reading.

Uninteresting

The beginning of the book didn't hook me and it was not what I expected.

good book

great charters, The story was wonderful, fast pasted ! The narrative was grear, This is my first Audible book. . it was a lot different than I expected, but I like it a bunch!!!!

some hokey dialogue but good plot

Wayne June is awesome. He alone is worth buying the audio book. Brant needs to cut down the canned discourse though.

Thrilling and Violent

Definitely a fast-moving and exciting story but it is a little too full of vulgarity and violence for my taste. The author does a great job of eliciting sympathy from the reader for the main character due to what he's gone through. The performance is pretty good as well but the music and sound effects actually detract from the narration.

ever seen that scene in scanners?

this book was really fun to listen to however, this story was told in the 80's cult classic Scanners. that being said some of the suprises of this story where not there due to being familiar with the film. i do enjoy this author and plan on looking into more of his work.

Not a genre I like

This was in Audible under the category of Mystery and Thrillers. I consider it Science Fiction. I suppose it is a good book if you like Science Fiction. I do not. I did like the sound effects in the book. Not only was the narration good but it also had sound effects like rain sounds when the book said it was raining.

Okay for a bargain

What did you like best about Ash? What did you like least?

Obvious formula

Would you be willing to try another book from Jason Brant? Why or why not?

Skip it

What aspect of Wayne June’s performance would you have changed?

None it did not help or hinder

Did Ash inspire you to do anything?

Finish the book, yet I cannot