Assassin's Silence

A David Slaton Novel

By: Ward Larsen

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Every so often, a great assassin novel comes along: Brad Meltzer's The Fifth Assassin, David Baldacci's The Hit, Daniel Silva's The Kill Artist. Now Ward Larsen brings us Assassin's Silence, featuring David Slaton, hero of Larsen's Assassin's Game and the award-winning The Perfect Assassin.

When it comes to disappearing, David Slaton has few equals. Police in three countries have written off trying to find him. His old employer, Mossad, keeps no forwarding address. Even his wife and son are convinced he is dead. So when an assault team strikes, Slaton is taken by surprise. He kills one man and manages to escape.

Half a world away, in the baleful heat of the Amazon, an obscure air cargo company purchases a derelict airliner. Teams of mechanics work feverishly to make the craft airworthy. On the first flight, the jet plunges toward the ocean.

The CIA assesses the two spectacles: a practiced killer leaving a trail of bodies across Europe and a large airplane disappearing without a trace. The two affairs are increasingly seen to be intertwined. Langley realizes the killer is a man long thought to be dead, and the lost airliner has been highly modified into a tool of unimaginable terror.

When their worst fears are realized, Langley must trust the one man who can save them: David Slaton, the perfect assassin.

©2016 Ward Larsen (P)2016 Macmillan Audio

Good Book, Good Listen

Where does Assassin's Silence rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I think it's up there with the best of them. I thought it started a little slow but half way through, it peaked my interest and kept it till the end. I would definitely try another of the author's books.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Assassin's Silence?

Kill shot from the plane

What about P. J. Ochlan’s performance did you like?

Really did. Did a great job.

An Excellent Thriller

In this time of quarantine and Coronavirus I have been going through Thriller Genre books rapidly as that is what I like. I am finding a lot of bad ones out there mostly written by ex-military types who have no idea how to write a book. So I am very happy to find this book and series by Ward Larsen. He has written a very complex story with many roots and brings it all together at the end in an interesting and unique manner. I now plan to read all of the David Slaton novels in this series. I listened to the audible book and think that P.J. Ochlan does a great narration especially with all the foreign accents. Well worth reading.

An old friend stops in for a visit!

Felt slow getting started, this is my first Assassin book,so I had some catching up to do, but I loved the Jammer series - spoiler alert, stop reading now........

I was so excited to hear Jammer Davis' name! I was really happy and glued to the story by this point but it got serious when he showed up. great story and now I'm hooked.

Extremely well written and narrated

And exquisite and realistic tail, very well written and narrated, top 10 for me of Orr spires & Espionage novels

Twists around every corner!

This book expanded on the previous, but added amazing twists to engage the audience! BZ!

Think Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, and Scott McEwen

Have you listened to any of P. J. Ochlan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not listened to this performer before, but I will definitely add him to my amazing narrators. Good clear voice, well developed accents that are not cartoonish and felt right for the assigned Nationality of the character made this performance a 5 star effort.

Any additional comments?

I discovered this book by browsing some of the other readers recommendations. When I saw a fairly large number (a couple hundred) of ratings and it still had a 4.5 star score, I decided to try it. To my delight, I was hooked.
Early on there are three threads, essentially, that are destined to intersect. An old derelict airliner in the Amazon, an Anglo stone mason in Malta (an island of the toe of the boot of Italy) and a widowed doctor and her son in Virginia. Although the plot may seem like it would be a complicated affair to follow, it is actually very easy listening and the plot is well constructed. With reasonable character actions and responses, well researched detail about aircraft and locations, and fast realistic dialogue, this is a good, captivating listen.
My only quarrel with the story may be a somewhat farcical, forced (maybe, not exactly sure what the right adjective is) last chance engagement between our hero (David Slatton former Moussed agent) and the bad guys with a WMD and the ability to deploy it.
Sorry, but to be more precise is somewhat of a spoiler so I will beat around the proverbial bush. In the end, it is not important since it is still a great story and that is a minor quibble. If you listen and know what I mean, then you may agree. If you listen and have no clue, then it truly is minor and just as well that I I didn't point you in the direction of it.
Add in the 5 star performance of the reader and this is a definite great pick.

Great Story/Spectacular Narrator

Second time listening to this well-written story narrated by the "Master of Narrative" P.J. Ochlan. This book is right up there with the best of the best.

I don't know why they require you to use

Whether accurate or not, the narrators use of accents for languages other than spoken in English, really interfered with the story- at least half the book. But all the American regional accents were fine. This (#3) is the first one in this series I listened to. And if there's a 4th I will probably get it regardless of the narrator.

All here characters, story line, twists & narator

Enjoyable book. Good character development and likable. Interesting story with twists. I was worried after reading the reviews on the 2 earlier books in this series and skipped them due to poor reviews, but this book was so good I am thinking I will go back and take a chance even though the reviews aren't great, this book is that good. Well worth the credit and listen. I hope there are more in the series with good narration.

Thank you for closure

I love this kind of book! Good guys getting the bad guys. And was pleased with the twist at the end! I read for entertainment and love books where the Hero is larger than life. Plot was satisfactory and narrator caught southern accent just right! Was happy to see Mississippi boys portrayed in a positive light and with their no nonsense way to get things done. Can't wait for next book.
If you haven't read earlier books, you might want to do this first. It isn't necessary but will help with back story.