Brute Force

Jericho Quinn Thriller, Book 6

By: Marc Cameron

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

In the aftermath of a devastating biological attack, America stands on the brink of disaster. The president of the United States is controlled by terrorists. The vice president, global mastermind Lee McKeon, is plotting his next move. And Special Agent Jericho Quinn is running for his life. Desperate to clear his name - and expose the conspirators in the White House - Quinn must race against time before McKeon can execute his evil plan.

It begins with heightened security, mass surveillance, and the establishment of a brutal police state. It can only end in the takeover of America. The only thing standing between democracy and destruction is a man named Quinn...and one perfectly aimed bullet.

©2016 Marc Cameron (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Suspense Filled

What made the experience of listening to Brute Force the most enjoyable?

Excitement through to the very end.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Brute Force?

Ran and the Vice Presidents actions!!!

What about Tom Weiner’s performance did you like?

Very entertaining.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Camille and Joey had their encounter.

Any additional comments?

I wonder if this is the last we have seen of Jericho Quinn???

Excellent Jerico Quinn thriller!

What I like most about author Marc Cameron is his development of his characters. After six novels we get to know and understand special agent Jerico Quinn, but also his agent girlfriend, his ex-wife, his young daughter, his boss, his one-eyed ex-Marine fellow agent Jacques Tibodeux, their Japanese female trainer, rand really bad guy Lee McKeon. We had met Tibodeux's wife earlier in the series but we learned much more about her in Brute Force. What I like least about Cameron is that his novels are not consistently superb; most are but two have been mediocre. Brute Force is a superb action thriller.

Tim Weiner does a credible job of narration but some of the accents he attempts, especially of the Chinese female character, is simply outside his voice range. I do love his voice for Tibodeux.

Satisfying conclusion to this series

Jericho has been battling this group of villains for several books. Villains lose hero's win.

Quinn series

FInally finish series
Characters are describe well and I can picture them.
Plot excellent but I wish it was in two books not three.
It was well written and I am ready for the next book.

Brute Force

Any additional comments?

All in audiobook format, this review references 6 books in the Jericho Quinn series. Most are narrated by Tom Weiner, State of Emergency by Luke Daniels. All are between 10-11 hours of listening, so in total, all represent approximately 65 hours of the Jericho Quinn adventures.

Jericho Quinn is a Mitch Rapp (Vince Flynn), Jason Bourne (Robert Ludlum), Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy) … well, you get the idea. He’s the self deprecating good-guy-tough-guy, who loves motorcycles, that the world turns to in the event of an apocalyptic threat. Jericho and a few secondary heroes/heroine are the go-to characters for the Director of National Intelligence. Quinn’s code name is the ‘hammer’ … which should give you an idea regarding collective mission objectives.

The bad guys are middle eastern, the weapons that of mass destruction. Think bio weapons, nuclear warheads, dirty bombs, and the feverous attempts to quell what initially seems inevitable.

The Jericho Quinn stories are complex and a myriad of unrelated events are intermingled into a satisfactory conclusion. Each novel can stand-alone, but characters move through each book to the next. Some have a very distinct cliff-hanging ending prompting the reader to move forward to the next book to get any closure. Pay attention, moments are sometimes hard to follow without re-wind. Although these stories usually bring together seemingly disparate events, Cameron goes overboard a bit, in my opinion. There are many scenes that seem to add little, if anything, to the plots, and could easily have been removed. But, that’s just me, and you may come to a different conclusion. Basically, in my opinion, the books are good, but could have been shorter and less confusing.

Narration is fine. I take no issue with either reader. Luke Daniels has a unique take on the bad guy’s voice, however … a bit grating. But, he’s the bad guy, you’re not supposed to like him :-). You’ll have no trouble discerning who-says-what-to-who with either narrator.

Many of the well known authors of this genre, like those previously mentioned, are dead, and with them their wonderful characters. In my humble opinion, with this series Marc Cameron is making a credible effort to fill the void with Jericho Quinn.

If you like the genre, you’ll like these stories … and Jericho Quinn. Enjoy!

Awesome!

Great action book, superbly narrated. Plenty of twists in the plot but still flowed smoothly from first word to last.

Ok, series is a little more far fetched

Story is ok and I like the characters, however I think this particular series can be far fetched at times. Fiction will be fiction though. My only real complaint is narrating, I just don't like them trying to make all the accents of the different ethnicity of each character. It is somewhat contrived and hard to understand.

My Favorite Thus Far

In the Jericho Quinn series I enjoyed this story the most. Lots of twists and turns, friendship and fellowship. Action a plenty!

Ran Miyagi

Great story and a uniquely plausible alternative to the Matty problem. Drake solution was nice, if maybe a little too quiet and slick. Ronnie is the best ntm Thibodaux and MM! Later time for Day Zero.

Finally! ... a Cameron book with an ending (of sorts)

This is ‘Part 2’ of the story that the one before it — ‘Day Zero’ — should have contained! After spending so many hours with all these diverse characters, it’s nice to achieve a sense of closure before moving on to their next adventure.