The Night Trade

A Livia Lone Novel, Book 2

By: Barry Eisler

Narrated by: Barry Eisler

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

From New York Times bestselling author Barry Eisler...Livia Lone is back.

For sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, a position with a government anti-trafficking task force is a chance to return to Thailand to ferret out Rithisak Sorm, the kingpin behind her own childhood ordeal.

But after a planned takedown in a nightclub goes violently awry, Livia discovers that she's not the only one hunting Sorm. Former marine sniper Dox has a score to settle, too, and working together is the only way to take Sorm out.

Livia and Dox couldn't be less alike. But they share a single-minded creed: the law has to serve justice. And if it doesn't, justice has to be served another way.

What they don't know is that in threatening Sorm, they're also threatening a far-reaching conspiracy - one involving the highest levels of America's own intelligence apparatus. It turns out that killing Sorm just might be the easy part. The real challenge will be payback from his protectors.

©2018 by Barry Eisler. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Book is Great...

Southern accent needs work! But book was fantastic. Love the meshing of characters, I missed Dox

Some people just need killing

The day this book was released, I was like, "Is it my birthday already? Yes, yes, yes!"

Forget that I'm middle aged, because I am oh-so-much the giddy fangirl for author Barry Eisler, I couldn't wait even a minute to buy both the Kindle and Audible versions of The Night Trade . And now I can tell you, it was absolutely money well spent. Eisler proves yet again he is a true master of characterization, action and dialogue. And for the audio version, I hope he never tires of narrating his own works, because he rocks it every time.

In keeping with the tone of the first in the series, Livia Lone, The Night Trade is a powerful and truly dark action thriller. Emotionally flawed BADASS Livia Lone is back to continue her life-long commitment to righting the wrongs of her childhood. How we love to see this vigilante in action!

Especially thrilling in this entry into the Livia Lone series was the world-merging with Eisler's John Rain novels. (If Stephen King can do it with Castle Rock, why not Barry Eisler?) Who doesn't love John Rain's Marine sniper buddy, good old boy Dox (short for Unorthodox)? His jaunty Texan personality always makes my day, so I was thrilled to see him teamed up with Livia to kick ass in some fairly brutal and intense action together. Dox may ooze country charm when he needs to, but he has a side almost as dark and skilled as Livia. They make a solid pair, and I hope he makes an appearance in Livia #3.

Oh please, let there be a #3, a #4, and more!

Despite my obvious exuberance over this book, The Night Trade was a deeply serious novel and the story revealed, yet again, the sickening reality of human trafficking in our world, but it did offer up a bit of tension-releasing humor. Dox's words of wisdom were always just a bit quirky, but still right on the money. I laughed the hardest at "a turtle doesn't get up on a bookshelf by itself."

My favorite Doxism, however, was actually the theme of the book: "Some people just need killing." And oh, how they got what they needed.

Both Thrilling and Educational

Fiction can tell so much truth. Eisler's groundbreaking character not only delivers passion, thrills, action, and emotion, but this book teaches the truth of human trafficking.

awesome

This has got o be a new favorite of mine, even though I think that every time Barry writes another book.

Continuation of Livia Lone!

The story of Livia Lone continues, and this novel is just as good as the first one! That is saying a lot because ht first book was unreal. But this really does just feel like a continuation of the first. I thought that the introduction of Dox was a perfect addition. He is a great character, and serves to broaden and deepen the character of Livia. Adds a lot of dimension. Can't wit for the next one!

Two of Eisler's best characters meet!

Dox and Livia. what could be better? Add to that a perfect revenge story and you have a fantastic book.

Another outstanding book.

Another outstanding book by Barry Eisler this when does an excellent job of tying in Dox with Livia alone. While the concept of the story line is a difficult one to hear, Barry did an excellent job of bringing it to the forefront of my consciousness. Looking forward to more with these characters.

EXCELLENT NARRATION!!

GREAT Story!! Barry Eilser is a wonderful writer and even better narrator. The story itself is fast paced and holds interest. If your looking for a binge worthy series with great spin-offs, you’ve definitely found it. Definitely worth the credit!

Thank you Barry!

Such a powerful, important, and poignant series... hopefully it inspires REAL action and change in the horror or human trafficking; but somehow I think that this aspect of the human (inhumane) wolf-like psyche is unchangeable.
Perhaps and hopefully there will be a trilogy of "movies" that can shift awareness and resources in that direction, given the visceral power of that medium and the ever-shortening attention span of the general sheep-like populace...thank you for being one of the sheepdogs!!!

Liked it

A bit rough, lots of characters, perfect for a sequel, but entertaining. The author/narrator is surprising good