Your audiobook is waiting…
Fighting Monsters: SWAT Life
People who bought this also bought...
-
Bullet Riddled
- The First S.W.A.T. Officer Inside Columbine...and Beyond
- By: Grant Whitus, Thom Vines
- Narrated by: J. Scott Bennett
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 75
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 74
Speaking for the first time, Whitus gives the unvarnished truth of many major SWAT operations. Now retired, he opens up about his time behind the shield. Bullet Riddled is the full unabridged disclosure of what happened during his storied career; including the brutal morning of the Columbine Massacre. More than just a retelling, Bullet Riddled is an in-depth look at the day-to-day of SWAT and focuses on the men and women who inherit so much pain to keep us safe.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
First Responder
- By MeDi on 09-14-16
-
Left of Bang
- How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life
- By: Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. Riley
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,390
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,242
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,230
You walk into a restaurant and get an immediate sense that you should leave. You are about to step onto an elevator with a stranger, and something stops you. You interview a potential new employee who has the résumé to do the job, but something tells you not to offer the position. These scenarios all represent "left of bang", the moments before something bad happens.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Easier to follow when read
- By Chris Hutchinson on 04-29-16
-
The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- By: Robert O'Neill
- Narrated by: Robert O'Neill
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,057
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,957
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 10,907
Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the best
- By Tim on 04-28-17
-
All Secure
- A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
- By: Tom Satterly, Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Tom Satterly
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 170
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 153
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 154
As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the US military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. Told through Satterly's firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: post-traumatic stress.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
- One of those books that truly make a difference
- By henry on 12-21-19
-
Alone at Dawn
- Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
- By: Dan Schilling, Lori Longfritz
- Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,877
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,737
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 1,731
In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of SEALs struggled to take the summit in a desperate bid to find a lost teammate. Chapman, leading the charge, was gravely wounded in the initial assault. Believing he was dead, his SEAL leader ordered a retreat. Chapman regained consciousness, alone with the enemy closing in on three sides, beginning the most difficult and exceptional fight of his life.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Wasted chance to honor a hero.
- By Scott on 07-11-19
-
On Killing
- The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
- By: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
- Narrated by: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,620
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,241
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,230
The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
More to it than I knew.
- By Larsen on 09-12-11
-
Bullet Riddled
- The First S.W.A.T. Officer Inside Columbine...and Beyond
- By: Grant Whitus, Thom Vines
- Narrated by: J. Scott Bennett
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 75
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 74
Speaking for the first time, Whitus gives the unvarnished truth of many major SWAT operations. Now retired, he opens up about his time behind the shield. Bullet Riddled is the full unabridged disclosure of what happened during his storied career; including the brutal morning of the Columbine Massacre. More than just a retelling, Bullet Riddled is an in-depth look at the day-to-day of SWAT and focuses on the men and women who inherit so much pain to keep us safe.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
First Responder
- By MeDi on 09-14-16
-
Left of Bang
- How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life
- By: Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. Riley
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,390
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,242
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,230
You walk into a restaurant and get an immediate sense that you should leave. You are about to step onto an elevator with a stranger, and something stops you. You interview a potential new employee who has the résumé to do the job, but something tells you not to offer the position. These scenarios all represent "left of bang", the moments before something bad happens.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Easier to follow when read
- By Chris Hutchinson on 04-29-16
-
The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- By: Robert O'Neill
- Narrated by: Robert O'Neill
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,057
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,957
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 10,907
Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the best
- By Tim on 04-28-17
-
All Secure
- A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
- By: Tom Satterly, Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Tom Satterly
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 170
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 153
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 154
As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the US military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. Told through Satterly's firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: post-traumatic stress.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
- One of those books that truly make a difference
- By henry on 12-21-19
-
Alone at Dawn
- Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
- By: Dan Schilling, Lori Longfritz
- Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,877
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,737
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 1,731
In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of SEALs struggled to take the summit in a desperate bid to find a lost teammate. Chapman, leading the charge, was gravely wounded in the initial assault. Believing he was dead, his SEAL leader ordered a retreat. Chapman regained consciousness, alone with the enemy closing in on three sides, beginning the most difficult and exceptional fight of his life.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Wasted chance to honor a hero.
- By Scott on 07-11-19
-
On Killing
- The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
- By: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
- Narrated by: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,620
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,241
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,230
The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
More to it than I knew.
- By Larsen on 09-12-11
-
Way of the Warrior: The Philosophy of Law Enforcement (Superbia)
- By: Bernard Schaffer
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 203
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 175
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 177
Now mandatory in Police academies, FTO programs, and universities! The number one law enforcement philosophy series. Written by full-time Police Detective, and author Bernard Schaffer, whose new hardback novel The Thief of All Light will be available from Kensington Publications in bookstores everywhere. Whether you're a hard luck grunt working the street or a white shirt administrator who'd need a GPS to find it, Way of the Warrior is for you. Equal parts biography and instructional guide, Way of the Warrior focuses on the core of the individual officer: the warrior spirit. It discusses how to successfully uphold the law and not lose your mind in the process.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
not at all what I expected
- By Larissa Carnevale on 11-07-18
-
Hunting El Chapo
- The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord
- By: Andrew Hogan, Douglas Century
- Narrated by: Robert Fass, Andrew Hogan
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 225
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 222
A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, this sensational investigative high-tech thriller - soon to be a major motion picture from Sony - chronicles a riveting chapter in the 20th-century drug wars: the exclusive inside story of the American lawman and his dangerous eight-year hunt that captured El Chapo - the world's most wanted drug kingpin who evaded the law for more than a decade.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Loved everything about it
- By seri on 04-19-18
-
Inside Delta Force
- The Story of America’s Elite Counterterrorist Unit
- By: Command Sergeant Major Eric L. Haney
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,024
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,511
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,515
Delta Force—the US Army’s most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won’t hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into the action to reveal the never-before-told story of First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D (Delta Force).
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Both a How To book and a bit of history
- By K on 10-30-11
-
Thank You for My Service
- By: Mat Best, Ross Patterson, Nils Parker
- Narrated by: Mat Best
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,185
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,671
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 6,644
Members of the military’s special operations branches share a closely guarded secret: They love their jobs. They relish the opportunity to fight. They are thankful for it, even, and hopeful that maybe they’ll get to kill a bunch of bad guys while they’re at it. You don’t necessarily need to thank them for their service - the pleasure is all theirs. In this hilarious and personal memoir, listeners ride shotgun alongside former Army Ranger and private military contractor and current social media phenomenon Mat Best, into the action and its aftermath, both abroad and at home.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
If Deadpool was a ranger...with less cancer
- By Rick Valkyrie on 08-21-19
-
Outlaw Platoon
- Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- By: Sean Parnell, John Bruning
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,353
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,975
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3,968
At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Do Americans Deserve Such Heroes?
- By Richard on 10-22-12
-
Shots Fired: The Psychology Behind Officer-Involved Shootings
- By: Chuck J. Rylant
- Narrated by: Pete Ferrand
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Anti-police media propaganda has created a perception of police shootings that is very different than reality. In 12 exciting, real-life accounts, you will discover that police shootings are extremely complicated, and the consequences are far greater than most can ever imagine. This audiobook shares the story that officers do not get to tell, and it will prepare those who have not yet been forced to pull the trigger.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Loved it
- By Matt Marin on 06-10-19
-
Police Craft
- What Cops Know About Crime, Community and Violence
- By: Adam Plantinga
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Adam Plantinga, author of the acclaimed 400 Things Cops Know and a 17-year veteran sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department, gives an inside view of the police officer's job, from handling evidence and conducting interrogations to coping with danger, violence, and death. Not hesitating to confront controversial issues, Plantinga presents the police officer's views on police shootings, racial profiling, and relationships between police and the community.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
400 things cops know was better
- By Anonymous User on 03-02-19
-
The Suspect
- An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
- By: Kent Alexander, Kevin Salwen
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 260
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 248
On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hypervigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history. Minutes later, the bomb remotely detonated by the attacker amid a crowd of 50,000 people. But thanks to Jewell, it only killed two and wounded 111, not the hundreds who authorities estimated could have otherwise died. With the eyes of the world on Atlanta, the games continued.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Kudos !
- By Tyree on 11-24-19
-
On Combat
- The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace
- By: Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen
- Narrated by: Dave Grossman
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,469
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,265
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,257
On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measure warriors can take to prevent such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by an objective examination of domestic violence in America.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Just what I needed.
- By Jonah on 03-21-17
-
Murphy's Law
- My Journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist
- By: Jack Murphy
- Narrated by: Jack Murphy
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 568
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 520
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 516
For fans of the New York Times best sellers The Last Punisher and Lone Survivor, a heart-pounding military memoir from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon sergeant turned journalist about the incredible highs and devastating lows of his career.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book
- By NL_Guy on 04-26-19
-
When Violence Is the Answer
- Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake
- By: Tim Larkin
- Narrated by: Tim Larkin
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,061
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 956
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 948
In this essential new book, self-protection expert and former military intelligence officer Tim Larkin changes the way we think about violence in order to save our lives. By deconstructing our assumptions about violence - its morality, its function in modern society, how it actually works - Larkin unlocks the shackles of our own taboos and arms us with what we need to know to prevent, prepare for, and survive the unthinkable event of life-or-death violence.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent book on when violence is the only answer
- By GC on 09-20-17
-
SOG
- The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
- By: John L. Plaster
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 764
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 708
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 700
John Plaster’s riveting account of his covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War is “a true insider’s account...this eye-opening report will leave readers feeling as if they’ve been given a hot scoop on a highly classified project” (Publishers Weekly). Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite US military unit to serve in the Vietnam War - so secret that its very existence was denied by the government.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
More, give me more.
- By Lee Ward on 03-06-19
Publisher's Summary
Fighting Monsters is a collection of Sean Joselyn's memorable experiences during his, still very active, law enforcement career. During these experiences, while assigned to patrol and SWAT, he has witnessed tragedy, seen lives taken, and taken someone's life himself. His stories illustrate the monsters he and his teams have fought. In his book, he will walk you through these experiences by putting yourself in his boots. You will learn about his successes and failures as he lived and learned from them. He will share the emotional toll that this career has taken on him and his family. The monsters, though, aren't always who you think they are. They come in different forms, different areas of his life, and even from within. You see, Sergeant Sean Joselyn has learned that it takes a monster to fight monsters. He has trained himself both physically and mentally to do this; to fight and win at all costs. He now trains his team to have the same mindset. He has created a calloused group of warriors who will walk into hell together, side by side - but at what cost?
More from the same
Narrator
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars10
-
4 Stars2
-
3 Stars3
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars1
Performance
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars7
-
4 Stars1
-
3 Stars2
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars2
Story
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars9
-
4 Stars2
-
3 Stars0
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars1
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- NT
- 05-29-19
Familiar
Great familiar stories. Amazing how all of the stories are so similar in this business.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- David
- 02-02-19
Great Book
I am a newer operator our Sheriff departments SWAT team. This book is great, the entire book.
Wish there were more books written from the view of being on the team.
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Jake
- 07-19-18
Don’t buy this on audible
Who ever read this puts way to much effort into this. The only way I could listen to this was to set it to 2x speed. It was not worth the money!