Revenge Prey

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER

Lucas Davenport must track down a ruthless Russian hit team, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.

Leonard Summers—not his real name—is on the run. A former high-ranking Russian intelligence officer who defected to the U.S. after providing critical information about Russian spies in U.S. government service, Leonard, his wife Martha, and son Bernard have spent the past year holed up in a CIA facility near Washington. After the CIA makes a deal with the U.S. Marshal Service’s Witness Protection Program (WPP), Leonard’s family is transported to Minneapolis. The plan is to hide them in a wooded Minneapolis suburb that resembles their former home and dacha near Moscow.

The Summers are received at their destination by Lucas Davenport and fellow marshal Shelly White. Unbeknownst to them, the WPP group has been tracked by a Russian hit team. And while nobody in the WPP has ever been attacked…Leonard might be the first victim. As shots are fired and enemies dodged, Lucas must move quickly to uncover where the leak is coming from, before the hit team can strike again.

Critic reviews

One of New York Post's New Page-Turning Thrillers

"Sandford is a master at writing thrillers and it looks as though he doesn’t intend to stop." —Pioneer Press

"At the end of the day, Sandford has the ability to create captivating thrillers, and Revenge Prey is another one." —Parade

Praise for John Sandford and the Prey novels

"If you haven’t read Sandford yet, you have been missing one of the great summer-read novelists of all time." —Stephen King

"[Lucas Davenport] is a hero for these perilous times." —The New York Times Book Review

"Sandford’s power of storytelling shines through the pages." —Mystery Tribune

"Sandford is among the finer writers in the genre." —The Post and Courier

"The Prey novels are wildly entertaining with their clever plotting, mordant humor, and smart-ass dialogue." —Booklist

"Sandford’s trademark blend of rough humor and deadly action keeps the pages turning." —Publishers Weekly

One passage took me out of the story.

Overall, I liked this installment in the Lucas Davenport series; however, one passage took me out of the story completely. When law enforcement said they had found the third Russian, someone asked where. The answer was not Milwaukee, where the sleeper agent dropped him off.

Davenport and the spy

Their relationship was the best, Dell’s addition was a nice touch, the Russian escort service people were a hoot

Great story, Davenport in his prime.

Vintage Davenport. Great international flavor with super authentic spies and methodologies. Sets up a lot of story lines for future projects.

Sandford comes through again.

Great book, lots of action, classic Sanford, but with a CIA spy story. It’s at 15. Highly recommended.

Constant Action

This was an excellent book. The action was constant, which made you want to keep turning pages. The plot was interesting since it involved Russian agents in the US and the fact that the author chose to make them brazen enough to attempt assassinations within the US. Bringing in the CIA officer as a team member with Lucas added to a different twist in the story. I do expect at some point later we will see these characters again in another novel.