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The Vets

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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Hong Kong: The British administration is preparing to hand the capitalist colony back to communist China with the minimum of fuss. But Colonel Joel Tyler has other plans for the British Colony, plans which involve four Vietnam War veterans and a spectacular mission, making use of their unique skills. Vietnam was the one thing the four men had in common before Tyler moulded them into a team capable of pulling off a sensational robbery. But while the vets are preparing to take Hong Kong by storm, their paymaster, Anthony Chung, puts the final touches on an audacious betrayal. At stake is the future of Hong Kong….

©1993 Stephen Leather (P)2012 Isis Publishing Ltd Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Military War

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As always an entertaining listen with one proviso: it is way too long unnecessarily so. A good editor could and would have made this a much better proposition.

Entertaining but...

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somewhat predictable, but I still enjoyed the story.
I do enjoy Thornleys narrative, only suggestion is he work on more distinctive accents as I did sometimes have difficulty in working out who was who .

enjoyed this listen

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I'm a Stephen Leather fan. Always have been, and after listening to this novel, always will be!



You read the synopsis and think you have a fair idea about what the novel will be about. You're wrong. You wont get it until Leather wants you to, which is right at the end.



Narrated really well by the usual narrator, whom I also love. You will too.

Unputdownable!

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This morning s a very long book and to be honest not a prude but the sex scene seems a little gratuitous and could be abbreviated I actually was glad when it finished . I usually think Leather is a great read , listen no matter if supernatural , spider or his others works but tempted to just pack in with this one a real shame .

Not his best dual standard

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a decent story. Paul Thornley is superb again and personally I could listen to him read the Chinese telephone directory. I’ve listened to nearly all Stephen Leather’s books and this won’t be among my favourites even though it’s a clever plot.

A Tad long but.....

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Great story, good content and many twists. Great book, well read too. Highly recommended

Yet again, Stephen Leather writes an awesome book

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An enjoyable book with many players who do eventually come together in a surprising climax which is as good as any other Stephen Leather book. It is a throwback to pre Chinese rule in Hong Kong which is a period of history I knew little about. Well worth sticking with, it is somewhat longer than I've come across before on Audible. Once again super narration by Paul Thornley.

A long book

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This is a most exciting book the best book I have read in a long time fabulous narrator thank you Stephen leather

Leather at his best

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loved it especially the intertwining stories. great narration. Good characters insightful twists to pull off the plot

a stephen leather saga

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It was easy to get in to loved the. grip the book seem to have on me.

fantastic

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