Firefly

De: Henry Porter

Narrado por: Matt Addis

From the refugee camps of Greece to the mountains of Macedonia, a 13-year-old boy is making his way to Germany and to safety. Codenamed "Firefly", he holds vital intelligence: unparalleled insight into a vicious ISIS terror cell and details of their plans. But the terrorists are hot on his trail, determined he won't live to pass on the information.

When MI6 become aware of Firefly and what he knows, the race is on to find him. Luc Samson, ex-MI6 agent and now private eye, finds himself recruited to the cause. Fluent in Arabic thanks to his Lebanese heritage and himself the product of an earlier era of violent civil war, Samson's job is to find Firefly, win his trust, and get him to safety.

A devastatingly timely thriller following the refugee trail from Syria to Europe, Firefly is a sophisticated, breathtaking race against time from an author who brings a whole new level of urgency to the genre.

©2018 Henry Porter (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Engaging spy thriller

Lots of twists and turns in a story involving Arabic terrorists and criminals chasing an immigrant boy with incriminating information. He is aided by an off-the-books British spy and an attractive psychologist. Excellent narrator.

Espionage, current events, and rich characters

An exceptionally gifted narrator, telling a compelling story. The author brought current events into focus, while transporting readers to regions and people in the world that are living out these gruesome political realities on a daily basis.

Brilliant

I read so many thrillers that they can become a bit tedious. Firefly was a total and unexpected departure from the usual formula of this genre. The character development, the exploration of moral quandaries, the cat-and-mouse quality... many elements merge successfully here making it a delightful, rewarding read!

Memorized

loved this. couldn't stop listening. didn't want it to end.
highly recommend listening to this.

Better than the usual thriller

With its insight into the migrant experience and top-notch suspense, despite a few too many lost cell phones, this is a thriller worth reading. It avoids the formulaic feel that makes so many thrillers boring to all but die-hard fans, even though it does follow the accepted formula. The "OMG, how will they get out of this one" scene was especially fraught.

I object, however, to the comparisons with John Le Carre and Mick Herron. Firefly lacks the moral ambiguity and the questions that put those authors above the rest of the genre. Of course there's nothing morally ambiguous about a terrorist (and attempts to show their humanity through back-story usually fail), but this book doesn't address the systems that propel the situations found in the book the way Le Carre and Herron do. Herron is far superior, as well, at portraying female characters, i.e. making them seem like real humans.

Even though Firefly doesn't rise above the genre, as some claim, it's at the top of its class.