J.A. Greenleaf

That’s it?

Revisado: 02-22-25

Buildup didn’t really carry through to the story. When it was done, I was still expecting more.

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The story seems believable

Revisado: 01-24-25

Quite a good story. If there is one thing I found disconcerting, it was the narrator’s mispronunciation of “helo,” military slang for a helicopter. When I was in the military, it was always pronounced as, “hee-lo,” while the otherwise great narrator always said, “hello.” The book is terrific, and I just bought another.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 11-29-23

You have to suspend belief to listen to this story.
While there are some interesting characters and exciting parts, to get to them, you have to slog through some very boring backstories.
The Commodore was over the top. I doubt he would have been given the command of anything, much less an amphibious task force.
Spoiler alert; the main character b*** s****s his way onto a Navy helo to fly to Syria to rescue his wife and daughter, deserting his ship in wartime, arriving unarmed, and kills the PLO terrorist leader with a piece of rebar. If I hadn’t been driving, I’d have hit stop.
Save your money.

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Episodic; multiple subplots

Revisado: 08-04-23

I didn’t realize I had to buy more books after this one to hear the story. This one ended abruptly. Cliff hanger.
A decent story, but the subplots were distracting. There are the special forces in captivity and their adventures; the wife back home and her high-flying career… I wouldn’t miss them.
The narrator did a decent job but mispronounced some terms—unnoticed by the narrator, editor, proofreader (proof listener?), and the author. Samples: “boatswain” is so spelled, but it isn’t pronounced as such. The correct pronunciation is “bos’n,” bowline is pronounced “bow-lin,” corpsman is “cor-man,” not “corsman.” The author describes a “double loop” as “pi.” Pi’s symbol looks like a square-cornered “n.” The author is thinking of the infinity symbol: an 8 on its side. And so it goes.

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A decent story but some things lacking

Revisado: 09-14-20

I liked it, but can't say I loved it. Things were sometimes distracting: the narrator pronounced Bakelite as "bake light," rather than "Bake a light."
The author wrote about "compressed water." Water cannot be compressed.

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What a terrific book!

Revisado: 08-14-20

This is the best audio book I have ever listened to, narrated by the best.

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