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One Rough Man

By: Brad Taylor
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson, Neil Kaplan
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Publisher's summary

A former Delta Force commander, Brad Taylor proves with this breathtaking debut thriller that Vince Flynn and Brad Thor have company.

A collection of top operatives, the Taskforce was commissioned by the highest levels of government, kept secret from the media and even Congress. The best of the Taskforce bunch, Pike Logan, knows the greatest threat to American security is one or two idealogues. Unfortunately for them, they’ve just crossed Pike’s path.

©2011 Brad Taylor (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

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Good enough.

Would be a fun movie to watch. I like the showdown near the end.

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  • jo
  • 06-22-15

love books

loved the story, the reader was excellent . the book moved at a great pace.

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Good story but narration wasn't good

The story was compelling but the narrator wasn't very good. Glad I stuck with it because there are different narrators for the rest of the books in the series.

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really great book

I agree with Mark Greaney this is a great read by a really good author. can't wait to read the rest of them.

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The story kept me tuned in

What did you like best about One Rough Man? What did you like least?

Thank goodness I gave the story some time to develop because with that narration, I was ready to chuck this book within minutes. Man, that was painful to listen to.

What did you like best about this story?

Self-redemption

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of J. D. Jackson and Neil Kaplan ?

I'm partial to George Guidall, but it gets tough hearing the same voice across multiple authors/characters. However, my eight year old son could have done better and he has a tutor.

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Like a few others, I'm looking for a new author. Several reviews have indicated the series gets better, so I'm going to try one more Brad Taylor book with different narration.

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Better than excepted

As with most books I got this one on sale. Always a hit and miss proposition. I was pleasantly surprised. The story has some 'oh come on' moments where suspension of disbelief is high but I found myself drawn into the story regardless. There are actually two male narrators. One handles all but the lead character Pike. Some level of cliche going on but a good yarn with a few sweet twists. I also appreciate the lack of stupid love interest stuff (sorry for the spoiler) but I get annoyed at stories that plunge into that territory for the sake of titilating readers. It wasn't necessary for this story and I'm glad the author avoided it.

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better than expected

Really good fun story to listen to. narrators were very good for this story. lot of action, almost non stop. And lot of treacherous bad guys. Getting book 2 started next.

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Very engaging

Simply said, after a slow start this was a very engaging listen. I didn't want it to end. Highly recommended

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Top of the class

I read a lot of spy/special forces/political thrillers. John wells, Jack Reacher, Mitch Rapp, Clancy, jeff Abbott, etc. This was one of my favorites. more complex story than normal. The narration was a little overly gruff for Pike and overly whiny sounding for the female lead tho.

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  • 04-17-20

Reversal!

The debut novel for Pike Logan. I see from my own 2012-2014 reviews of Pike Logan that he didn't exactly "rock my world". On the contrary, it appears I didn't like it much at all. Strange. Jump to present day 2016 and I find I liked book #1, One Rough Man. It introduced Pike, gave some background, and explained why Pike's attitude was the way it was. I'm sure that would have helped with the next couple of books when I was complaining about Pike and didn't much care for his character. Go figure. A good introduction to the series.

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