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Total Power
- A Mitch Rapp Novel, Book 19
- By: Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,241
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,480
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,457
When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS’s top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America’s power grid. Rapp is determined to eliminate this shadowy figure, but the CIA’s trap fails. The Agency is still trying to determine what went wrong when ISIS operatives help this cyber terrorist do what he said he could — plunge the country into darkness. With no concept of how this unprecedented act was accomplished, the task of getting the power back on could take months. Perhaps even years.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Stop letting George Guidall ruin Mitch
- By PAUL INMAN on 09-18-20
- Total Power
- A Mitch Rapp Novel, Book 19
- By: Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Why are these books getting shorter?
Reviewed: 10-23-21
I’ve noticed that Flynn is going shorter and shorter with each book; new one is like 8 hours.
This author is not telling full stories and fans want books to be longer. It’s very difficult for Kyle Mills to to tell a story at 9 hours or with newest book at 8hours. I’m shocked by the new book. It’s time for the writer to accept that we want more content. Will the next book be 7, then the next six? It’s like reading an abridged version!!
I wish there was more I could do to change the mind of author.,
The books are extremely disappointing and completely unsatisfying.
Vince had books that were 15 hours. I loved those. But I don’t know how to get their skulls around the fact that we feel cheated. Several friends and other fans feel the same as I do!!
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The First Commandment
- By: Brad Thor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,348
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,919
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,894
When the president of the United States is blackmailed into releasing five detainees from Guantanamo Bay, a sadistic assassin with a vendetta years in the making is reactivated. Suddenly, the people closest to counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath are being targeted and he realizes that somehow, somewhere he has left the wrong person alive. With his life plunged into absolute peril, and the president ordering him to stay out of the investigation, Harvath must mount his own covert plan for revenge.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better Brad Thor listen
- By Derek on 09-13-11
- The First Commandment
- By: Brad Thor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
One of the best of this series.
Reviewed: 08-18-21
I have never been so taken with a Scot Harveth book yet. Granted they have been 5 star novels all along with a few exceptions. But this one really blew me away. Love everything about it! Pissed off at POTUS for sure.
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The Forgotten Soldier
- By: Brad Taylor
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier, Rich Orlow
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,506
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,350
For years the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce has worked in the shadows, anticipating and preventing attacks around the globe. Created to deal with a terrorist threat that shuns the civilized rule of law, it abandoned the same, operating outside of the US Constitution. Though wildly successful, it was rooted in a fear that the cure could be worse than the disease. And now that fear has come home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Each Logan/Cahill book is better than the last
- By shelley on 01-01-16
- The Forgotten Soldier
- By: Brad Taylor
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier, Rich Orlow
This series seems to get better each time.
Reviewed: 08-03-21
I didn’t understand the obsession with Pike at first. But I had been reading other fantastic books when I started these.
Now I’m seeing that these are some of the best, yet there are only 5-6 books left, I’m flying thru. One book a day. Maybe day and a half.
Now I’m wondering if the books got better, or if it was always so good, and I just missed it. Maybe I’ll listen to some again.
These are so well written and have action throughout plus humor and tons of character development in the best way. The narration is perfect. Pike has his own narrator in 1st person, and another narrator telling all the stories the connect to pikes journeys. It’s very well done.
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Kill for Me
- Victor the Assassin Series, Book 8
- By: Tom Wood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,277
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,168
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,161
Victor is the killer who always delivers...for the right price. And Heloise Salvatierra, patron of Guatemala's largest cartel, is ready and willing to pay him just that to eliminate the competition: her sister. Heloise has been battling Maria for control of the cartel in an endless and bloody war. Now, Victor decides who survives. An easy job if it weren't for the sudden target on his back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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CAPTIVATING!! Victor is amazing in this one!
- By shelley on 11-29-18
- Kill for Me
- Victor the Assassin Series, Book 8
- By: Tom Wood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
I fell in love with Victor.
Reviewed: 07-22-21
Victor is one of my favorite. My top reads in the genre have been Reacher, Mitch Rapp, Dewey Andreas, Greyman, and a few others.
I think Victor is a refreshing change to these characters. (He does have a conscience btw) I read his books So quickly, that I’m annoyed to have finished all of them.
I think this is up there in top 4 of all the bad-boys. Next I’ll try Pike Logan, then all I have left is Scot Harveth. I’ve sadly read as much good as bad from Thor’s reviewers. His writing style sounds like it will annoy me greatly. Running out of these types of books. Not sure what I’ll listen to next, when all the bad ass books are read. I guess I should try David Baldacci's series.
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The Killer
- Victor the Assassin Series, Book 1
- By: Tom Wood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,961
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,600
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,594
Meet Victor. He's an assassin - a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He's given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He's The Killer. Victor arrives in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency - only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good start, not so good end
- By brendanstallard on 09-21-13
- The Killer
- Victor the Assassin Series, Book 1
- By: Tom Wood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Impressed by this one.
Reviewed: 07-15-21
This was really well done. I didn’t hold out much hope bc just listened to all of Grayman, but this turned out to be a solid, very well written story. Especially btw assassin and the ppl he got help from.
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Agent in Place
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,618
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,399
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,330
Fresh off his first mission back with the CIA, Court Gentry secures what seems like a cut-and-dried contract job: A group of expats in Paris hires him to kidnap the mistress of Syrian dictator Ahmed Azzam to get intel that could destabilize Azzam's regime. Court delivers Bianca Medina to the rebels, but his job doesn't end there. She soon reveals that she has given birth to a son, the only heir to Azzam's rule - and a potent threat to the Syrian president's powerful wife. Now, to get Bianca's cooperation, Court must bring her son out of Syria alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Court Gentry, baby & diaper bag hmmmm...
- By shelley on 02-21-18
- Agent in Place
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
One of the best! Best Narrator ever.
Reviewed: 07-10-21
Heartbreaking plot, I really wanted these missions to be successful. And truly enjoyed the ending. Love the first scene. Greaney messes with your head with that opening. I can’t really say much bc I won’t spoil anything!
I feel like I haven’t noticed the narrator on other books before, but he is by far the best narrator for books like this. I can imagine him doing well in Rapp, Reacher, Andreas, and all the other books like these I’ve been listening to. He is truly a class act. I actually selected GreyMan series after starting 2 other awesome similarly-rated series, but hating the narrators. This was the third book I was tried and I haven’t stopped since. This is book 7 I believe, and I’m already started in 8.
I gave up on Orphan X- Nowhere man, bc it was too ridiculous. I read quite a lot 4-5 of them and just stopped. The books were shockingly childish emotionally. One note and same issues come up every single time. Very ‘YA. Seriously Stunted in the character growth.
No stupid issues like that here. It’s all business, with a tiny bit of Very Interesting character development as you read on. By 5 you’ll start to see the character shift in his ways. Then things get si much better.
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Back Blast
- A Gray Man Novel
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,402
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,660
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18,581
From the number-one New York Times best-selling coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels comes an all-new explosive thriller featuring the lethal assassin known as the Gray Man.... Court Gentry was the CIA's best agent. Until the day the agency turned against him and put out a kill-on-sight order. That's when the enigmatic international assassin called the Gray Man was born - and Court has been working for himself ever since.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent GRAY MAN book - I can't wait for more...
- By shelley on 02-17-16
- Back Blast
- A Gray Man Novel
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Great book/ exceptional narrator!
Reviewed: 07-07-21
I love these books. They def get better as we get to know the main character each time.
I like these better as we get acquainted with Gentry. He is amazing. I enjoyed this, but it’s Bour time for this character to find love soon!
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Prodigal Son
- An Orphan X Novel
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,003
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,387
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,364
As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name - The Nowhere Man - and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW!!Absolutely fantastic!!!!
- By shelley on 01-27-21
- Prodigal Son
- An Orphan X Novel
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Pitiful.
Reviewed: 07-01-21
What was worse? This one or the the previous? Maybe equally poorly done. The writer repeats the dumbest “tough” line in all novels.
“ ask yourself? Do I look scared?” He complains all of this book about childish things that he’s been already complaining about for ages. Is he special or just lucky? Is he an immoral killer or someone who helps those in dire need, in other words? Is he good or bad? Will he ever have a normal life? What would it be like to be with Mia. Can I really be a normal person again? Now add is my mother proud or horrified? And it goes on and on.
The reason that his mom was didn’t keep him is woefully lame and horrible. I didn’t think he should hang around with a woman who gave him up for such selfish reasons. Much less let her Judge Evan.
I got sick of this writing quickly. I won’t be reading this anymore. Moved on to gray man series.
Scott brick got a little over the top in this one!
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Orphan X
- Evan Smoak, Book 1
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,032
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22,930
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,862
Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X - until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Excellent Distraction
- By A. Musser on 06-03-16
- Orphan X
- Evan Smoak, Book 1
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Really great!
Reviewed: 06-25-21
I’m a big fan of Reacher, Rapp, and lately I’ve been listening to series like Dewey Andreas and Terminal List. I like this book more than Jack Carr so far.
I really love the backstory and the premise of this. It reminds me a bit of Reacher. But it’s obviously different and it’s own story! Loved this book. Hoping the rest of series is just as good.
Scott Brick has evolved for sure. He’s amazing as narrator here!
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Savage Son
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27,517
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24,639
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Story5 out of 5 stars 24,511
Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets - a man intent on killing her. A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Carr earns a place with the best in this genre!!!!
- By shelley on 04-15-20
- Savage Son
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
A book truly worthy of review!
Reviewed: 06-23-21
No spoilers! I liked the first 2 books in this series. But this 3rd book was by far the very best. It’s a true masterpiece!
I’m no fan of the short story that inspired this novel, but this was extremely well done. I thought I knew what would happen, but I was wrong- and the ending was utterly satisfying.
I’m excited to hear the next book, and only wish there were more available.
FYI: I read this after listening to Rapp, Dewey Andreas, and Jack Reacher. (My top 3 favorites).
I was looking for something special, and found it in this book. But don’t start here. Start with 1st book and read in order. It’s well worth it.
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