Hunting Season

When college kids hiking near an abandoned military industrial complex in West Virginia mysteriously disappear, special agent Janet Carter - earnest, honest, and fed up with the stifling chauvinistic environment at the Roanoke FBI headquarters - is called in to investigate. Unfortunately, there are no leads - it's as if the three just vanished into thin air.

The authorities at the FBI are quick to write off the case as teenage runaways, and order Janet off the case - but not before she has the chance to speak with the father of one of the missing, Edwin Kriess.

Kriess is an ex-"sweeper", a member of an elite CIA task force trained to track down and bring in rogue agents. To be a sweeper means to be expertly trained in the art of hunting and killing, and Kriess was not only a sweeper himself, but the agent in charge of training and leading the entire program. Only something went wrong - an assignment to track down an agent involved in a Chinese espionage plot ended in a bloody massacre, and threatened to reveal a monumental government cover-up. Kriess was quietly sacrificed to the scandal, and has since lived in solitude.

But now his daughter is missing, and he knows that she didn't run away - and he will do anything to find her and bring her abductors to justice. His search brings him back to the abandoned industrial complex, where two right-wing religious fanatics - tied to the Waco disaster and inspired by the Oklahoma City bombing - are building a hydrogen bomb.

When the FBI learns of Kriess' independent investigations, they fear the worst: he knows too many secrets already, and if his search efforts are successful, a scandal of epic proportions would unfold. They decide they need a plant, someone who has access to Kriess, and can win his trust. Someone who will report back what he knows, and what he finds - and that person is Janet Carter.

©2005 P. T. Deutermann (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Deutermann's latest blast at the FBI/ CIA establishment [is] read with muscular intelligence by Hill." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A solid read from an author whose own tradecraft is every bit as good as that of his characters." ( Booklist)

Buckle Your Seat!! Hunting Season's On!!

Hunting Season doesn't take long to reel you in and then you need your seat belt on. It's filled with twists and turns that keep you guessing until the very end. The contrast of Southwest Virginia characters with the intrigue of secret government agencies make for a realistic story. The narrator handled the accents and variety of characters masterfully.

Hunting Season

This was my first P.T. Deutermann book. I found myself looking up his bibliography before I was too far into the story. Excellent writer. Well paced suspenseful story. I'm always surprised when I read reviewers not liking Dick Hill. I find him to be one of the best at what he does. His voice brings me into lesser stories---so when it is as well written as this one---I was glad I'd made the purchase.

Good Story

Great beginning!

I read the one-star ratings and they’re wrong. This is an exciting story, well told. The plot is complex, literate. The reader is fine, too. To say otherwise is to be way too fussy.

Dialogue is very realistic. One drawback was the final action scene (where our hero confronts his nemesis): In my view, it was too fantastical. Oh well, it was still a good story.

Accurate descriptions of bureaucratic politics among the FBI, ATF and local Sheriff’s office. Descriptions of stress scenes of his protagonists are very well done. One wonders why a movie producer has not yet picked up on Deutermann’s novels.

Awesome

This book deserves at least a 6. It's a great thriller that you'll love.

great story, but not for children

Where does Hunting Season rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was in the top 50%. I really don't care for a ton of swearing. I think the English language is a beautiful thing and only those who don't know how to use it, revert to the "F" bomb all the time. It could have been written without the vulgarity.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Lots of twists and turns. Loved that. Lots of people didn't like the FBI agent and said she was stupid. Actually I liked her and she was one character that was really real. She was an academic not a field officer. She caught a lot of breaks. . . but that is sometimes how life is. Sometimes things actually go your way even if you didn't make them happen.

Any additional comments?

This is not a read for the soccer mom. Try Baldacci or Brandon Sanderson for books you can listen to with kids that are also great stories.