Countdown to Midnight

A Novel

By: Dale Brown

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

In this sequel to Dale Brown’s New York Times best-selling Arctic Storm Rising, former US Air Force officer Nick Flynn is caught up in a shadow war against allied Russia and Iran—a duo wielding a terrifying new weapon.

Nick Flynn is back in action, and he has a new employer—a shadowy intelligence outfit whose roots go back to the very beginning of the Cold War. But his first mission for them almost becomes his last. While meeting with a high-ranking Iranian dissident in the Austrian Alps, Flynn is ambushed and nearly killed...just after learning that Iran and Russia are working together on a mysterious project—one they have codenamed MIDNIGHT.

Flynn is determined to uncover MIDNIGHT’s lethal secrets. Why are Moscow and Tehran covertly retrofitting a massive oil tanker in an Iranian port? What purpose lies behind their closely guarded effort, the brainchild of Pavel Voronin—a ruthless billionaire allied with Russia’s autocratic president?

Flynn and his new team plan to put an end to the nefarious project, but they’re dogged at every step by Voronin’s hired Raven Syndicate killers—elite veterans of Russia’s special forces and intelligence services. As they track the enemy from the streets of Vienna to deep inside hostile Iran, Flynn and his crew must repeatedly risk their lives to pierce the layers of deception around this shadow war.

It’s a race against time to stop Voronin from launching his terrifying new weapon against the United States—potentially killing hundreds of millions and overturning the world’s balance of power forever. The odds are stacked high against Flynn and his team...but that’s never stopped Nick before.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Dale Brown (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

Believe this could really occur

Good story line and well read. Like the characters and plot line. Story moves along quickly without the need for every tiny detail

Fun

Very entertaining would recommend it strongly. Great dialogue and character development.. he will not be sorry

Very good book

Lots of action. The plot has some unpredictable twists. If you like this genre, it’s enjoyable.

Reader needs to familiarize himself with his subject matter

A very good story was repeatedly sabotaged by Shapiro’s obvious lack of familiarity with military and civilian jargon. (i.e. NOAA is properly referred to as “noah” - ASAP is generally spoken “A sap” and BAR is routinely called a “bee A R” not a “bar” - etc.

Too simplistic on the ending.

Finish these books on the political side. There is more to add from those political implications. Both have ended anticlimactically.

Excellent story

Excellent, suspense-packed & dramatic tale. Very realistic, believable story. I would highly recommend this audiobook to anyone seeking a spell-binding read!

Overall very enjoyable

So far I've enjoyed this series. This book was very good. I actually listened to the entire book in less than 2 days. I really hope there will be more books coming in this series. Not the most original concept for a story line but well done. There's a few things here and there that I'm like really but then I remember it's a fictional book and just enjoy the story. A little heavy on describing people's smiles though!

VERY ENTERTAINING

A very entertaining book! Action and suspense! My only "gripe" is regarding a detail that 97% of all readers will not notice, that detail being that NO PROFESSIONAL UNIT would ever choose the Keltec 7.62 rifle for any purpose.

Midnight

As usual a superb story and narration by Dale Brown. Highly recommend!! Loved the story!

Thrilling

Good plot
Good characters
Good performance
Always enjoy Dale Brown keep up the good work