The Brink

An Awakened Novel

By: James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth

Narrated by: James S. Murray

“Murray and Wearmouth’s latest THE BRINK is a white-knuckled rollercoaster. This novel is chocked full of everything I love: strange creatures, a world teetering on the edge, and heroes who I’d want at my side during any firefight. This isn’t just a story hopped on steroids - but one injected with nitrous and blazing on all cylinders. Give me more!” (James Rollins, number one New York Times best seller of Crucible)

The sequel to the international best seller (including number one Sunday Times best seller)

Awakened, by one of the stars of TruTV’s Impractical Jokers and a best-selling science fiction author.

Former NYC Mayor Tom Cafferty has been haunted by the horror of a single day. The opening of the brand new Z-train subway line beneath the Hudson River - the supposed shining moment of his tenure. But the ribbon-cutting ceremony turned deadly when the train carrying Cafferty’s wife and other citizens was attacked by a horde of hyper intelligent, bloodthirsty creatures previously unknown to humanity.

Everything changed for Cafferty, ex-NYPD officer Sarah Bowcut, and tech-expert Diego Munoz that day. They had uncovered the deadly truth: The attack was no accident. And now the creatures that wreaked havoc underneath New York have spread worldwide, and with a massive cover-up - and a secret organization holding nations hostage with the knowledge of how to kill them - Cafferty’s team must fight against impossible odds to save the entire planet from an apocalyptic scale disaster.

An explosive and thrilling international adventure, the stakes are even higher in the latest book from best-selling duo James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth!

©2019 James S. Murray (P)2019 HarperAudio

The brink

The most scariest book I read before Awakened .!! I love these books.!!!! What a thiller

Amazing storytelling and an all around amazing book

Murray and Darren have did it again and wrote this amazing masterpiece The Brink!!! It’s an amazing book just like Awakened and Murray is an amazing narrator making the audio book that much more enjoyable!!! Horror and non horror fans alike can enjoy this fast paced thriller and you won’t be disappointed!!!

Not as good as the first book

Entertaining but not as good as the first book and kind of goes in an awkward direction

A Political Horror Thriller

I’ve been sitting on this one… with no good reason. I enjoyed Awakened (I believe I called it a candidate for the best of 2018). I think I was worried that The Brink was going to let me down. In comparison to the title I gave Awakened – it did, but not really. The Brink was less of a horror novel and more of a political thriller with some horror elements thrown in. I’ll explain…

The Brink tells the story of Albert Van Ness and his shadow organization. I have to tip my hat to Murray and Wearmouth – I honestly cannot think of a villain in another story that I disliked more than Van Ness. He was hateable in every single way. His organization is doing things that are awful and he’s trying to extort major governments for massive amounts of money in the process.

Part revenge story and part political thriller – The Brink was still an well told story. I flew through it and couldn’t wait to see what was next. The opening (alternate history) was fascinating and told me right out of the gate that The Brink was going to be different.

A good book for those who like political thrillers and horror books. If you read Awakened – you’ll enjoy The Brink as well.

Masterful

Incredible story and captivating characters and James S Murray does an absolutely incredible job at performing in this audiobook. His voices bring the characters to life and make it that much more captivating.

such a turn over

got into the book series good. the way both good and evil seen with conservatives.

Murr is my favorite joker

I felt the villain was a little to over the top, I mean nazi in a wheelchair is a bit much. The other problem I have is I know Murray and his voice too well and I actually had a problem listening to him as a narrator because I really just saw an anthropomorphic ferret in a robe reading to me. All that aside I enjoy the story and James is not a bad narrator. Murray is one of the top influential people in my list of inspiring individuals. Based on what the others said he is the main reason that Impractical Jokers exists, Sal has called him one of the most driven individuals he knows. I know that Murr is often the butt of the show but when I look at James S Murray I see an inspiration! I enjoyed the first two books and want to hear the third one soon hopefully. Keep it up Murray you effing rock!

What happened?

I really enjoyed the first book, but this one leaves much to be desired. Too much gawking and freezing from the “heroes?” How could they be surprised at this point? Why aren’t they ready for anything? They keep getting caught in totality predictable situations. Still a decent story, but a far cry from the fist book. None of the heroes have learned to be decisive or ruthless like the villain, and the lack of intestinal fortitude bothers me to no end.

I really like monster tales and this one is just passible. I hope the next book is better.

What's Next!

This is just a fabulous read and follow up of Awakened. Scary, Chilling, Suspenseful and will have you wondering what is next. The narrating is just amazing to listen to, providing a great visual in your mind. Very excited to learn what's next!

A beautiful sequel chilling and thrilling

I have to admit as a fan of the jokers, come across the first novel in the awakens series I was pleasantly surprised. So after waiting an entire year, I was pretty excited to read the second book. Listening to the audiobook really suck you into the story. Growing with the character development and on the edge of my seat much of a time finding out which twist interns the story would take. While I am sad to have to wait a few more months for the third novel, excited for more great things to come