Hong Kong Black

A Nick Foley Thriller

By: Alex Ryan

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's Summary

Former Navy SEAL Nick Foley reluctantly agrees to help investigate when American CIA operative Peter Yu goes missing in China. But when Yu's mutilated body washes up on a beach near Hong Kong along with dozens of other victims, the case takes a macabre turn. Suddenly Nick finds himself embroiled in another bioterrorism investigation being conducted by China's elite Snow Leopard counterterrorism unit and the Chinese CDC, this time involving illegally harvested organs for an unknown and nefarious end.

But Nick's investigation does not go unnoticed, and soon he finds a target on his back. After thwarting an attempt on his life, he is forced to go off the grid and enlist the help of beautiful CDC microbiologist Dr. Dazhong "Dash" Chen to help unmask his would-be killer. On the run and looking for answers, their budding romance is tested at every turn.

With each step closer they take to unmasking the truth, Nick and Dash find themselves drawn deeper into a global conspiracy that began over 2,000 years ago with the first emperor of China and now threatens to upset the world order as they know it in Hong Kong Black, the heart-pounding sequel to Alex Ryan's Beijing Red.

©2017 Alex Ryan (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Looking Forward to next Nick Foley / Dash novel

This is the second book in this series. The first book Beijing Red was on of the best books I listened to last summer. This one is as good.

What I like about this book is it is not only a good suspense read, but the author has put together a cast of 5 recurring characters that he plays very well against each other. I'm looking forward to the next novel in this series.

I listen to 2-3 books a week from most of the best selling authors and after a while their plot lines get old. I think at this point Alex Ryan's two books are better than most of the best selling authors.

I would recommend reading Beijing Red first as the author builds on the relationships between the characters

Wow. Ryan elevates a genre to sublime heights.

Not only is this book a great thriller, with terrific pacing, riveting suspense, and moments of touching romance, it avoids clichés and takes on geopolitics in a profound way, never afraid of retaining it's integrity and treating it's readers with respect. It manages to deliver a guaranteed escapist genre read AND still take on bold, relevant intellectual topics that will expand both the compassion and understanding of it's readers. I am grateful when authors entertain us while still managing to help educate us to the real challenges in the world beyond our gatekeeping illusions and artificial social consensus.

awesome series needs a book 3

it has been a good two book series, i hope there will be a continuation to this series. looking forward to see what other trouble Nick can get himself into

like many others, but still different!

These are exciting books, well written and fleshed out. Despite revisiting a plot by Tess Gerritsen (Harvest), involving a weird genetic syndrome worthy of Jeffery Deaver, and sounding like many special ops tales, Hong Kong Black holds its own. We seem to love the theme of an ex-ranger, ex-seal, ex-black operator who keeps getting sucked back into the world he tries to leave. We love Langford, the bitchy, craggy CIA chief who causes Nick so much trouble. We also love Zhang, the Chinese SF guy, and Dash, the epidemiologist doctor who is really smart and tough. We love to hate the bad guy because he is just, oh, so bad. And I guess we love the world conspiracies because we keep reading them!

I would like to taste a little more Chinese flavor in the Hong Kong and Beijing scenes. I thought that setting his stories here meant that Alex Ryan really knows these places, but I'm not feeling it. It's too superficial, too like someone else filled in the locales and names. I want to see the laundry flapping, hear the hawkers, smell the street cart food, see the many faces. (I felt it more when Harry Bosch went there.) However, the Beijing underground city is awesome, although it's hard to tell how realistic it is since the official version is bound to differ from the criminal version. I look forward to more of Nick Foley (Is he Pat Foley's ((Tom Clancy)) son or nephew?) and anything from Alex Ryan.

MA's narrations are always good. His separation of voices is superb, and the voices he chooses match the characters' personalities. Here he does great Chinese accents without succumbing to cliche or stereotype. He did forget that one of the girls had studied in Ireland and had more Irish than Chinese pronunciation, but we can live with that. And his pronunciation of Chinese people's place names is near enough to perfect that it doesn't hurt the ears of those who know!

Hong Kong Black #1

Loved everything about the book. Narration was fantastic. Writing, leave out the bad words. WOW

Loved it

Couldn't stop listening, very well read with a fun and thrilling plot. I didn't know about the first book until I was listening to this one already but didn't feel like I needed to have read it. I'm def going back to it to find out how it started.

This redacted B.S.

The story is not really engaging. But after listening to a couple of these books because I forget how much I don’t like the series - I can say that the most annoying thing is the redacted BS. Here’s a note to the author. This is a fictional story which you created. We know it’s a fictional story because we got it in the fictional section. Which means you’re allowed to create your own names and locations for your real life agencies or buildings. We’re trying to get lost in a story. Not trying to figure out if you’re giving us fake names. Whenever you allow the editor to put in “Redacted” for real agencies or building - It takes “Fictional” out of the equation. We don’t need to be impressed by your knowledge of real things. Try focusing on a better story

Great Character Development, Plenty of Action

Lets just start by saying I can't wait for the next installment in this series - I am hooked completely! The depth of character development is great all the down to the kid with the Disney t-shirt. The villains are a bit cliche but that is ok. There is honor, humor, passion, suspense, intrigue surprises, plenty of action and twists - it is all here. There is enough detail that there is depth to the lead characters, scenes and action that we can feel it, but not too much that the pacing is slowed. Well done! Did I say I can't wait for the next book? Well worth a listen and a credit. Enjoy.

Excellent Continuation of Series!!

Great characters--can't wait for the next book! Perfect narration, too. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys international thrillers.

Best Well-written Characters Ever!

I love how all the characters were fleshed out, all everyone was the hero and the protagonist was not a Gary Stu!

Great story

love it looking for more,the main characters r brill,hope u all enjoy this book by this writer

A great follow on from Beijing red

A great listen with interesting twists! I can’t wait for the next one! I enjoyed Beijing Red and this was just as good and a great follow on.

Loved It!!

Brilliant book. The story was fantastic! Characters brought to life by superb narration. This book was included in my membership also another is too, so will definitely listen. I can say I would be more than happy to use my credit to listen to these books. Superb.

Exceptional

First time with this author & narrator, both excellent. Can't wait to read another

Good performance by Andrews with a fair story

An easy listening story, but for my tastes a little too gung-ho americanistic, I which begins to read like a Bollywood movie - I kept the pace and finished but so much testorone becomes sour after a while!

What a book

It had everything, action, romance, conspiracy. I was in the edge of seat. Highly recommend!

Brilliant and gripping

I really, really enjoyed this.
The narrator’s voice was incredibly easy to listen to and he had a range of accents which helped bring the characters to life.
Didn’t realise there was one before it to read, so off to listen to that now.
Would definitely recommend!

OMG!

I didn't know what to expect with this story, as I did not read the first installment.
Saying that I was totally surprised and hooked from chapter one. The characters, story line, narration was amazing and played a key role in how the story was told, I could not fault it at all.
As soon as I finished book 2 I looked to find book one. I was able to get a feel of what book 1 is about but due to how much I loved this book, I have to go back and hear the first.

Totally, totally loved this, not sure what else I can say.

Well narrated but improbable plot

The narration was very well done - he brought the various characters alive. But the plot was too implausible for me.

5 stars

A very good story line and well developed characters
A good book for the average listener who enjoys some believable action but not to gory never heard of Macleod Andrew’s before but I will look out for more from him