Outriders

By: Jay Posey

Narrated by: James Lindgren

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

A daring hostage rescue leads to the discovery of an imminent terrorist attack. Thanks to the Outriders, thousands of lives are saved. Until they aren't. Despite the intelligence and the warnings provided by the unit, the terrorist attack goes off unhindered.

What was supposed to be a triumph becomes a tragedy, and a 'mission completed' completely unravels. And when they learn the reasons why, the Outriders find themselves tasked with stopping a war before it can ever start. A dangerously cunning woman who most assuredly should be dead has seemingly returned. And her plans aren't just devastating; they might be unstoppable. How do you defeat a hidden enemy when you can't let them know they've been discovered?

©2016 Jay Posey (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

Uninspired reading

Really really liked the storyline. I can only imagine how much more I would have enjoyed the book if the narrator had read with conviction. There are many places in the book where the listener is hard pressed to tell whether the narrator is reading narration or dialogue. If he is reading dialogue the only indication of which character is speaking is when he says Lincoln or Wright or Thumper said.

The blurb for the book is pretty much what you get

This is somewhat difficult to review, I really enjoyed the story, the characters the mission the Outriders went on…….but it was not an “Oh My God….You Have To Read This!!!!” type story that has you on the edge of your seat.  It is slow going in the building of the world and what is happening, but it is well told, the narrator was excellent and I liked listening.  I guess what I am trying to say without trying to be harsh is that there is not really anything special about this story, again I did like it, enjoyed listening but there was not really anything about it that made it stand out as a “MUST READ”, just your standard military sci-fi

The blurb for the book is pretty much what you get.  Captain Lincoln Suh was a character I liked, and the rest of his team as well, although I have to say Thumper was my next favorite character and even though a secondary character I really liked YaYa (not sure if that is correct but auidobooks don’t provide how names are spelled).

I did like how the story was broken up in to Lincoln and his teams POV, the dangerously cunning woman and her team’s POV and Pipper’s POV (she was a very interesting character).  I do wish we could have had more back story on all the main characters we are involved with throughout the story, I would have like to know more about Vector’s past before he became entangled with the dangerously cunning woman.

The narrator James Lindgren is a new to me narrator (but his voice sounds so familiar to me), he did a great job telling the story and giving voice to the characters.

If there is a second book I will plan on listening but that will be a “make it or break it” book for me.

Audiobook was purchased for review by ABR.

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Monotone reading

I havent checked to see how far I am into this book but I may not finish it. The plot us picking up some but the Narrator is so bland it is hard to keep interest.

All the characters are sighing, and kind of bored calm even though some of the situations presented should be tense or funny. These people are professionals and military but there is no crisp snap to their answers or emotion at all.

It really breaks the immersion and tension of this book when there is zero characterization on the part of the narrator.

I think this book would be better with someone else to bring it alive.

Excellent story, not so great narrator

I really enjoyed the book. The writer tells an excellent story with awesome imagery. The narrator, on the other hand, could've used some improvement. If you ever listened to William Dufris (Old Mans War narrator) or Luke Daniels (Terms of Enlistment narrator) they give awesome life and justice to the characters in the story. James Lindgren may have a great voice, but he gives NO life to the story. He basically reads you a book and that's it. I normally don't review these things but this merited notation.

AWSOME

I couldn’t put this down. I am really looking forward to the next one. Read Posey you won’t regret it.

Try to stay awake

This would probably be a good read if I had time to read. But trying to listen to James Lindgren read this is very mind numbing and dull. Im not trying to knock this guy but I don't think he should be reading this genre of book.

Good story with a not so good narrator.

For me, the story was good. not what I expected but good. I really didn't like the narrator. To me he was slow, boring and had a very lifeless voice. All characters sounded exactly the same, which is a plus if you like just a narrator approach. However, in this case, he used half sighs and long drawn out sentences. It seemed to be an attempt to emote but ended up ripping the life out of every sentence for me. I quit listening and switched to my kindle oasis. It was a lot better after that. As a point of reference, my favorite narrator is Luke Daniels.

Good book. Ok narrator

Fans of Tom Clancy will enjoy this. Some scenes are action packed and the science behind the world is neat.

The narrator is ok but not great. He doesn't change his voice for any of the characters so it can be confusing when multiple people are taking at points. You get used to it after awhile. Sadly while I enjoyed listening to this I recommend picking up a physical or digital version. The narrator although doing a good read, doesn't do a good enough job.

I did finish this book but only because the story was so gripping.

Fresh taste, and orginial

Any additional comments?

COME ON PEOPLE, you yourselves decide if the narrator is acceptable before you purchase the book; the preview button is right there for your opinion.

FUN story under 14hrs.

Love this cast of dynamic characters, with the main character finding himself being place into an unknown/undeclared field intelligence team. The author does excellent job making all the characters feel real, and emotional relatable having morality questions put into play. Several twist occurring throughout the book keeping the story dynamic.

The environment is what unique makes this story the best. Having two major power house military's within a cold war. Equipment used is described on functional level but left to you image how looks, and advancements in understanding the human biological system leaving you to question some moral decisions made. The author maintains a consistent theme throughout the book, and allows it to fun & simple.

Enjoyable, team-centric story

I'm giving 4 stars overall for the sake of the story, but the narration was only 3 stars at best. He's got a nice voice, but he reads everything in the same calm, even tone with very little stretching for inflection, no differentiation between characters, and absolutely no excitement. I liked the story, but I'm sure I would have liked it more if I'd read the paper version. I hope they get a more dynamic narrator for future books.