The Hunted

By: James Phelan

Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney

Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's Summary

When the hunters become the hunted, ex-CIA agent Jed Walker is the man you need.

In 2011, Seal Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden. Now, four years later, someone is eliminating Team Six - one by one they are turning up dead. Jed Walker, ex-CIA, is an outsider back in the game. He's been chasing down a sinister group code-named Zodiac that the big guns - MI5, CIA, the Pentagon - have failed to eradicate. But as Walker follows the trail of bodies, uncovering secrets and making connections he's not supposed to make, he finds the answers are closer to home than he ever imagined. Revenge is the obvious motive, but nothing is ever that simple in love or in war. Can Walker find who's responsible before the body count grows higher? Can he stop another terror attack before more innocent bystanders suffer?

When the line between the good and the bad becomes blurred, when the hunters become the hunted, only one man can save us all.

The Hunted is the second Jed Walker novel - a white-knuckled roller coaster of action suspense.

James Phelan is the best-selling and award-winning author of 28 novels and one work of nonfiction. From his teens he wanted to be a novelist but first tried his hand at a real job, studying and working in architecture before turning to English literature, spending five years at a newspaper and obtaining an MA and a PhD in literature. For Hachette Australia, James has written five titles in the Lachlan Fox thriller series and the Alone trilogy of young adult postapocalyptic novels.

The ex-CIA character of Jed Walker was first introduced in The Spy, which was followed by The Hunted, Kill Switch and Dark Heart. James has also written a 14-book adventure series for Scholastic, titled The Last Thirteen. He has been a full-time novelist since the age of 25 and spends his time writing thrilling stories and travelling the world to talk about them.

©2015 James Phelan (P)2016 Hachette Australia Pty Ltd

Critic Reviews

"A terse, tense brand of hard-boiled action suspense...addictive." ( The Age)
"Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror." (Lee Child)
"Hard-boiled action suspense...addictive." ( The Age on Kill Switch)
"Walker's so tough he's got muscles in his spit...eminently enjoyable." ( West Australian on The Hunted)
"Vivid and suspenseful." ( Sydney Morning Herald on The Spy)

Good series

Don’t expect reality, it’s an action book and it’s pretty good. My only comment would be to agree with the other reviewer who mentioned narration. The diction is different and words are pronounced differently than typical, but that’s kinda fun too. This does not take away anything form the story and in fact at times makes me pay more attention. Overall well worth the credit (IMHO)

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Jed has become the man!

Jed was a greenie in Book 1, and only saved by 3 contacts who happened to be around. Now it is 10 years later, he has graduated even from the CIA, so his skills are now top notch and he needs nobody's help. This story is exciting and well done.

I understand that the audio for this book is done in Australia, but it is still weird to have an Aussie narrate a so very American tale. He pronounces Ft. Detrick with a short e, as in debt, but I always heard the Army folk call it Deetrick. They could be wrong.

There are more than 4 editing errors, where the narrator mispronounced some word and it was re-recorded, but we get to hear both the correct and the wrong, so Audible Australia needs to up its professionalism.

Despite this accent disconnect, Jed has matured and honed his skills to the point where we will continue to follow his exploits!

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best yet

Author is getting better and better in detail and plot. A Mulraney does a fantastic job of narration.

US characters & story but keeps using Aussie terms

US has parking lots, not carparks, car trunks, not boots, imperial measurements, not metric, mashed potatoes, not mashers, etc. Really annoying that the author is unable/unwilling to make an effort to adapt his terminology to the nationality of the main character and where key events are occurring. Also, this recording kept repeating the same chapters exactly several times for some reason. Otherwise, stories are ok if you can swallow the massive conspiracy theories involving high level US officials over and over and over and over. I am starting to think that the author has a real personal grudge against America.

may be better than the first.

Good follow up to the spy with a compelling story and new heroes. Jed keeps up being a kick bu** hero.

Great Series!!

This series is a tight, suspenseful, and has a more balanced political perspective than this genre usually provides. It avoids the black/white, good guys vs. bad guys set up that gets old after awhile.

Good story, but again, poor performance

I went ahead and got this second book because I enjoyed the first story and wanted to see where he took the Zodiac attacks. Again, the performance left much to be desired. Story was interesting and thrilling in parts.

interesting and exciting

overall the book is a good thriller however, some of the scenarios are simple and predictable

Walker REALLY IS "like Reacher"

It's 2018 and every solitary spec ops rogue agent has to be touted as "like Jack Reacher". At my last count there are 126 "like Reachers" floating around the Audible cloud. Jed Walker REALLY IS "like Reacher". This is the 2nd and my 2nd book in this series. I will be reading the rest.

I am familiar with Missouri so I knew where the action was talking place... AND I figured out the final target with three hours to go ... but it was still a hair-raising mano a mano duel to the death.

It is a cliche with characters like Jed Walker that if the odds are 5 bad guys with big knives and Walker has a jelly doughnut... Advantage Walker. Yes he is jut a tad SuperHuman but thats OK. I REALLY like this series!

Outstanding

Our hero is believable and so capable. Series keeps you coming back for more again and again.