Eye for an Eye

A Dewey Andreas Novel, Book 4

By: Ben Coes

Narrated by: Peter Hermann

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

In Ben Coes' latest, Eye for an Eye, Dewey Andreas faces the toughest odds of his life as one of China's most powerful men has decided to do whatever he must to take down Dewey—and inflicts a horrifying loss.

When Dewey uncovers the identity of a mole embedded at a high level in Israel's Mossad, it triggers a larger, more dangerous plot. The mole was the most important asset of Chinese Intelligence, and Fao Bhang, head of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), responds to the discovery and brutal elimination of the mole, by immediately placing a kill order on the man responsible—Dewey Andreas.

Dewey is tracked to Argentina, where he is on vacation with his fiancée, Jessica Tanzer, a U.S. National Security Advisor. A top-level kill team is sent in quickly and quietly, but their attack fails to take out Dewey. The collateral damage, however, is both horrifying and deeply personal. With nothing left to lose, Andreas is determined to have his revenge. Once he learns who is probably behind the attack—and why they are after him—Dewey goes rogue, using all of his assets and skills to launch a counterattack. Andreas must now face the full weight and might of the MSS, Chinese Intelligence, and the formidable Fao Bhang, if he's to achieve his one last goal: revenge on a biblical scale, no matter the odds or the armies that he will have to fight his way through. Andreas—former Army Ranger and Delta—is a man of great skills and cunning. His opponent, Fao Bhang, is ruthless, determined, and with no limit to the assets at his disposal.

In this conflict, there are only two possible outcomes. And only one Dewey Andreas.

©2013 Ben Coes (P)2013 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“An exceptional American hero story.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Coes delivers his best effort to date...full-throttle action.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Exhilarating...You will want to take a stress test before reading Eye for an Eye. There are any number of suspenseful scenes between the covers.” —Bookreporter.com

Totally Predictable...

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Not at all.

Any additional comments?

I like this genre, and the series... But really! Totally predictable plot! So Sophomoric!

Great book, didn't want to stop listening

What was one of the most memorable moments of Eye for an Eye?

The most memorable moment of the book was the battle on the German highway. It was fast, engaging, heroic and quite unbelievable. But it was still a blast to listen to largely because it was easy to visualize it as in a movie.

Any additional comments?

Some reviewers have praised this series as a new replacement for the Mitch Rapp series with the passing of author Vince Flynn. Ben Coes' character Dewey Andreas is compelling, but quite different. One challenge is that a core element of this story is very similar to one from a Flynn book, but not as effective or executed as well in the story. It was also completely predictable (that element). Good book and definitely worth reading, though.

Very good listen

Well worth listening to. Exciting sorry that has well timed action sequences. Well narrated also

One of Coes best

If you could sum up Eye for an Eye in three words, what would they be?

Exciting, Outrageous, Engaging

Which scene was your favorite?

When the nephew outfoxes the Chinese agent

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reactions but a solid adventure story that kept me fully engaged.

Any additional comments?

The reader, Peter Hermann is absolutely outstanding and brings the story to life. His range of character inflection and animation made the book come alive!

God Bless Our Troops

Loved it! The men and women of the US armed forces are the finest in the world!

Dewey at his best

What did you love best about Eye for an Eye?

I could not stop listening to this one.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dewey and the rest of the gang were great. All the characters were believable.

Have you listened to any of Peter Hermann’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

The narration was great.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES

Great Coes Thriller

Big Vince Flynn fan. And also enjoy Child, Thor, Silva. And now Ben Coes. Love his Dewey Andreas series. This one may be my favorite to date. Great storyline and development of the Andreas character. And the narration was superb.

FABULOUS story

Excellent book and another reason (besides Brad Thor) that I am frequently seen with earbuds firmly implanted. When Ben Coes and Brad Thor come out with books on the same day...???? Well, that's just not spreading the wealth out over time !!

In this fourth installment of the Dewey Andreas series, Mr. Coes wraps intrigue, Chinese politics, romance and Dewey's take-no-prisoners approach into one excellent package. I'm doing my usual "no spoiler" review, but Dewey goes on some serious rampages in this novel: well justified and no holds barred. My only critique is with the narrator that read me the novel -- I'm almost ready to put Coes on the list of books (James Rollins too) that must be physically read because the narration was really bad. When Dewey is speaking to himself to keep his morale high, the narrator groaned and grunted like.... Well, it wasn't a good narration. It was bad enough that I took away a star from the novel as a whole -- which I LOVED.

The story never stops moving. As events unfold, they do so with logical purpose and credibility. Some thrillers leave me saying "that's not even remotely possible," but Coes's writing is step-by-step, country-by-country, event-to-event. And all at a non-stop pace that leads to me being very anti-social for the 14 hours or so when I was listening. Great novel. Read the first three books first !!

As always... Excellent!

As usual this book contains the excitement, intrigue, and thrill that is the hallmark of Coes books! Can't wait to listen to the next one!!

Way better than the last one!

Goes got it right this time. I burned through this one in record time. Hope I have credits so I can start the next one today!