• Only the Dead

  • A Thriller (Terminal List, Book 6)
  • By: Jack Carr
  • Narrated by: Ray Porter
  • Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (6,827 ratings)

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Only the Dead  By  cover art

Only the Dead

By: Jack Carr
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $22.49

Buy for $22.49

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Long-buried secrets. A devastating global conspiracy. And only one man who can stop it: Navy SEAL James Reece. From the “seriously good” (Lee Child) #1 New York Times bestselling author, Jack Carr.

In 1980, a freshman congressman was gunned down in Rhode Island, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating over four decades later.

Now, with the world on the brink of war and a weakened United States facing rampant inflation, political division, and shocking assassinations, a secret cabal of global elites is ready to assume control. And with the world’s most dangerous man locked in solitary confinement, the conspirators believe the final obstacle to complete domination has been eliminated. They’re wrong.

From the firms of Wall Street to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and Moscow, secrets from the past have the uncanny ability to rise to the surface in the present.

With the odds stacked against him, James Reece is on a mission generations in the making. Unfortunately for his enemies, the former SEAL is not concerned with odds. He is on the warpath. And when James Reece picks up his tomahawk and sniper rifle, no one is out of range.

From “a master novelist” (Ballistic Magazine), “quintessential hero James Reece is exactly what’s needed in today’s chaotic political milieu” (K.J. Howe, author of Skyjack).

©2023 Jack Carr, LLC. All rights reserved. (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

What listeners say about Only the Dead

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6,205
  • 4 Stars
    403
  • 3 Stars
    109
  • 2 Stars
    60
  • 1 Stars
    50
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6,041
  • 4 Stars
    225
  • 3 Stars
    42
  • 2 Stars
    15
  • 1 Stars
    14
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5,701
  • 4 Stars
    387
  • 3 Stars
    113
  • 2 Stars
    67
  • 1 Stars
    58

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

UNPUTDOWNABLE!!!!

This is the 6th book on the James Reece series. I would highly suggest listening to the other books before this to get a feel for the characters and his development over the years. He has not changed his moral/ethical code since the beginning however this character has been put through the mill and then some.
The book begins vwith Reece in solitary confinement after the assassination of the president. He doesn’t know where he’s being held. All he knows is that he’s being fed once a day.
Once his close friends get him out and fill him in on current issues and events and of course he finds out that he’s the scapegoat. Reese is now on a mission, he knows this has something to do with his father who discovered corruption many years ago during the Viet Nam era. It appears that the same people who killed Reece’s father and made it look like an accident are involved in some kind of conspiracy today. They want the files his father left him in a safe deposit box. First he’s taken by Russians, he frees himself and takes a Russian for questioning, that man doesn’t free himself. Reece is kidnapped once again and held hostage on a boat with a nuclear weapon set on a timer to detonate. It looks like it might be curtains for our hero, but this is Reece so… there wouldn’t be any more books if he can’t figure out a way out in time.
This book is fast paced and action packed from beginning to end. It is worthy of your time and credit. Jack Carr is certainly up there with the better authors in this genre.
Ray Porter deserves an award for his stellar performance. I always enjoy listening to him.
This book is VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
If you found this review helpful please indicate so.
Thank You.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

46 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Boring

The book was honestly hard to get through. It reads less like a James Reese story and more like a podcast rant about politics over and over. The world's a mess, we all get it. Fiction to me is a way of escaping it but that's all this book was. it's maybe 20% story and 80% preaching.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

33 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Political rant podcast with fictional characters

Jack Carr is a talented writer and delivered an amazing universe with his prior works. The first three hours of this book is like listening to Tucker Carlson rant and get distracted by a superhero story. Not his best work. Very disappointed with this one and hopefully we will get more world building and story in the next installment.

Ray porter never disappoints. Fantastic actor and narrator.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

26 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

The Worst

Oh, brother. What a load of puerile, derivative garbage. Listening to this book was like listening to fingernails on a blackboard, with its tedious and repetitive prose, cookie cutter characters, right wing politics, and tired macho characterizations. This book has all the subtlety of a jackhammer and feels like it was written by a Community College Creative Writing dropout. No thanks.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

23 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

A little too MAGA for me

I love the series but hate having to listen to the author promote his personal right wing MAGA like BS, he found a way to work in every kooky conspiracy and far right paranoid belief. It’s too bad because the stories are cool. Why does everyone feel the need to promote their political beliefs?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

21 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Just awful

I have no problem putting up with a thriller author’s take on geopolitics , and I’ve been ok with his previous books. But this one is beyond the pale. Every second chapter is an author’s rant coming through the mouth or mind of an enemy of the US about how stupid we are, how easily our enemies exploit our stupidity, and how the only ones who benefit are our enemies and American defense contractors — who apparently are FAR more evil than Russians or Arab terrorists on their worst days. One rant was ok, a second run through was a little exasperating — OK, OK, we get it! — but the third time through it became clear that this is a boring polemic that Carr has tried to dress up as thriller so people will sit through his rants. Enough, already — I couldn’t get through it. Too bad, because the plot was promising, but I just couldn’t sit through any more of Carr’s lectures about US policy run through the mouth of a Russian or Arab official. It has nothing to do with whether one agrees or disagrees (for the record I agree on some points and not on others); it’s about not wanting to be bludgeoned by repetitive rants from the author when I just wanted an action thriller. A total waste of a credit.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

20 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Incredible Book

I am a believer and Jack Carr speaks truth and, although through a fictional story, should prick the conscience of every American. Thank You Mr Carr!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

12 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Sad transformation

it’s clear the author only watches Fox News and believes everything Tucker Carlson says. Sad his politics destroyed a great character and series

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

I had high hopes! Sigh..

Man, I really really was looking forward to this book! Unfortunately, I would like the others, as it was a diatribe on political views, etc. There was some action and some plot but not much. It was more like a history lesson and opinion, politics, I was really just here for the story, and I was disappointed.

Also, I would say at least 30 to 45 minutes of narration are literally just overly detailed specifications on various weapons. Interesting the first time but it gets a little old after a while. And then of course all of the shameless, plugging of small businesses etc. etc. etc. It was more like an advertisement Than any actual story. Maybe he’s been getting too popular and everyone just wants to plug their gear through his books now?

All of the specifications are interesting, but isn’t that something more that you would look up if you were actually trying to purchase some thing & not just listen to a supposedly fictional story? Wish I could get my money back on this one …. More so wish he would stick to the storytelling in the books and leave the plugging of his opinions and supporting his friends small businesses on his personal page.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Too much of author’s political opinions!

I personally don’t care for the author’s personal commentary which is very political. The story on its own carried the author’s political opinions without his personal views being aired— but it is his choice to do so and we are ALL fortunate to live in a country that can exercise this right!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful