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This is my first audio book I L Davis I give it 5 out of 5 and the narrated S.W. Salesman is all ways 100%

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When good guys go bad!

What happens when the good guys are worst then the bad ones makes for an enjoyable if terrifying thriller which keeps you guessing right to the end of the story.
I received this Audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.

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Welcome to the Red Zone.

New CIA agent, Emma Locke, is called to a secret military outpost in Nevada's Area 51. She had been chosen to gain the confidence of a prisoner there, one believed by the world to be dead, the infamous mad murderer, Jonas Blackheart. But she had been his, Jonas's, choice, not that of the CIA: her mission was really too important to hand to a rookie - the fate of the world in her hands. Because Blackheart had been part of an experiment in telekinesis, could read minds and his help was needed to discover the location of a virulent world threatening virus, recently stolen by a terrorist group and for which there was no antedote.. Everything hinged on Jonas discovering, and revealing, where it had been hidden.

The story is about the attempt to reaquire the stolen virus, but this takes second stage to the relationship between Locke and Blackheart and the recovery of her lost memories of the past as she begins to suspect that he was implicated in the deaths of her family years before, 'the day that changed her life forever'. Cleverly constructed to give the reader memory flashbacks alongside those of Emma, herself, the action-filled search for the virus carries everything forward with exciting, sometimes unexpected, revelations along the way. Complex, but easy to follow, a whole slice of world both past and present is revealed.

Narration is by S.W.Salzman whose slightly gruff voice, rather like a full, loud whisper, is of pleasant timbre and he gives good individual voicings to each of the protagonists. However, his downbeat presentation becomes hypnotic with time, distracting from the words spoken and giving a monotonous listening experience which lulled this reader into non attention, requiring a section to be back tracked and repeated on several occasions.

My thanks to the rights holder of Jonas Blackheart, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. Not having read an earlier book, The 7th Jackal, I had no real idea of what to expect and was very pleasantly surprised, impressed. So much so that I have already purchased that audio book to read (Narrator in this case, J.Scott Bennett). Despite certain reservations about the narration, this is a book I will be recommending to friends who enjoy well characterized thrillers with a background mystery.

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Good second book in series

This is the 2nd book in what I'm guessing will be a trilogy. I did enjoy these stories, they are quite dark and have an intriguing story line. The story keeps a good pace and I will definitelylisten to the 3rd book which I think will bring togetherall the elements of the first 2 books. Narration is excellent.

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