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enjoyable book, good narrator, bad accents

Revisado: 01-08-19

enjoyable as a Clancy novel can be. narrator was engaging and his Russian and japanese accents were forgivable but domestic accents such as Boston for Portigee or Trent were awful ! if you're bad at an accent, what's the point of memorializing it in a book on tape ? I don't get it.

still recommend this edition of the book. best way to read Clancy

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good story but poor production value, narrator

Revisado: 12-12-18

very much enjoyed the book but the narrator is bland and monotone. there seems to be a lack of attention to detail as 54 minutes in we can hear him read "formerly known as zhongzhang province *loud exhale into microphone* zhonhzhang plaza" which was not edited out as it would have in a professional production.

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really really well executed !

Revisado: 09-29-18

great first installment in the Steele Saga -- the plot keeps you on your toes and the action is presented in a way that doesn't require the total suspension of disbelief of some other novels centered around singleton and SOF operators. the author kept the book mostly apolitical which I appreciate in a genre that can dip in to ideological soap-box rants of the author's own politics which can be a real turn off as someone who enjoys these books for the way they take a Jason Bourne or a James Bond and add layers to the character (and supporting characters too) deepening the reader's relationship with the cast and adding a their own research and (in Parnell's case) experience to make the technical tactical aspects flow with the more realistic representation of how special operations forces operate and communicate/shoot the shit with each other -- especially when it comes to the role that strategy, tactics, and careful planning must play in executing a operation -- elements that are often washed over.

I really feel as though Parnell could have done a better job at setting the scene and painting a picture of the environment in which the characters are operating (Greany with Cort Gentry and even Ted Bell w/ Alex Hawkeye are a great example of how painting that picture with words can really help the reader visualize and understand both the challenges our main characters are facing and also understand what the author's vision of the "way-point(s)" or the compound in Malaga, or Boudin's airfield, or the terrain and features of the battlefield are supposed to look like in my mind's eye.

I think this was a great first fiction book and I'm looking forward to the continuation of the series (I tore though this one in a day). I know book 2 has already been submitted for editing and I hope you were able to expand a bit on the exposition and "scene-setting" which I believe are the only elements keeping Eric Steele from joining the "Alpha Program" elite of this genre.

keep it up !! I really enjoyed your interview on SpyCast and downloaded the book immediately after you got the Vince Houghton seal of approval (and Vince is - understandably - a rough critic of the genre considering how many of the books that cross his desk are a bad on the technical elements (the "reality" and plausibility of people's behaviors in a combat environment) or are just shitty writing.

lyour novel nails both of these elements, and with little tweaks to the exposition and scene-setting-- well this might be my new favorite series !!

thank you for this and keep keeping these books where they belong -- as action thrillers steeped in spycraft and house of cards-*lite* politics. the political intrigue is fun just please keep this series fun and engaging without making the same mistake as other great authors of this genre who lost sight of what made this genre so funny to read and so captivating by taking her focus away from what we love about the book : action, "realness," engaging characters (both good guys and bad) who aren't 2D, and a sprinkle of house of cards-esque conspiracy.

solid work

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perfect !!!

Revisado: 08-07-18

excellent book and David Tennant is a master narrator. highly recommend to any fan of both Flemming and Tennant's work

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excellent

Revisado: 05-01-18

anotger winner by Morgan. engaging and wellpaced -- more thought-provikig than book 1 definitely worth the purchase. best played at 1.1-1.2x

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excellent realistic spy novel

Revisado: 11-08-17

liked it very much. well researched with relevant cultural references. highly recommended for espionage enthusiasts

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great story, so-so narrator

Revisado: 10-26-17

Sean mcfate knows what he is talking about and his story is captivating. I wish the producers hadn't chosen a narrator who felt compelled to breathily-growl every line. it detracts from the quality of the writing.

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