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Black 13
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
An exiled agent out for revenge.
A hidden enemy stoking hate.
A clandestine war with no rules.
The world is in turmoil and nothing is as it seems. Radical extremists are on the rise, using new threats and new technologies to divide and disrupt. With governments, the military and intelligence agencies being outmanoeuvred at every step, borders are breaking down and the old espionage rules are obsolete. To fight this war a new doctrine is needed and one man will make the difference.
Meet Ex-MI6 agent Scott Pearce.
Off-grid and off the books, Pearce is forced into the fight when he learns of the brutal murder of an old friend. Determined to avenge his death, Pearce assembles a team of trusted ex-colleagues.
It’s time to burn the espionage rulebook and take the war to those responsible. . .
Critic reviews
"A terrific thriller." (James Patterson)
"Excellent...packed with relentless pace and hard-edged thrills." (James Swallow)
"A new benchmark for the modern spy thriller." (Peter James)
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- Leigh
- 06-02-20
Wrong narrator for the title
Don’t get me wrong Jot Davies is a great narrator but in this instance I don’t think it worked.
I find his voice too relaxed for this type of book and kept losing track of the story
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- Peter Odukwe
- 06-04-20
A Must Listen Story
This is a very very good book. Its underlying premises are very relevant to our daily lives. I am very much looking forward to what comes next. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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- Jonah
- 07-02-20
Black 13
Best book of it’s genre I can remember listening to.
It has a relentless pace whilst not over cooking the storyline, I found it very difficult to put down at night and ended up listening into the wee hours, finishing it in two days. Jot Davies was as good as ever. This was the first book I have listened to by this author but it certainly won’t be the last. I am going to search for more by him now, and can’t wait for the next book in the Scott Pierce story.
For a fictional novel it carries a very real message, backed up by the authors note at the end of the book. Well done Adam Hamdy 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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- Mr
- 01-12-20
Had to Read it myself
Read the reviews and the general opinion was that the performance was poor.
- It really was. I stuck it out for a long time and tried to ignore my frustration with the reading, but couldn't stick it out. I ended up buying the book and reading it myself. The story itself has a lot to offer.
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- Paul
- 26-03-21
Sorry
Really struggled to keep going with this narrator. it made me want to sleep. after about 10 chapters there was a reference to honey and I realised this guy should be reading big-time Winnie the pooh stories. Very poor.
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- DAVID S.
- 25-02-21
Narrator by great
Having probably listened to hundreds of books this is the first one where the narrator detracted from the story. His volume kept fluctuating as if he was getting closer and further away from the microphone and his niche so slow and unexciting. Opposite to what the book wanted. Got to chapter 25 and returned it. Not a bad story but lost in the narration
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- Wil
- 10-08-20
Needs a better narrator
Not a bad story. I never felt that the characters had been properly fleshed out. The narration wasn't great unfortunately
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- Gill
- 11-02-24
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This book was not for me, it was dark and foreboding, I also found the narration dark and sorrowful, saw it through to the end but very good
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- David
- 07-10-23
Not all down to the narrator
Many reviews have criticised the narrator but although he’s not the best narrator I’ve got in my Audible library, I think the text he’s been asked to read must take its share of the blame.
Any work of fiction mustn’t move too far away from reality to be believable but during this story Scott Pearce sustained enough injuries to kill a whole battalion of SAS soldiers and yet still came out on top every time. That was just from beatings. He must have had hundreds, if not thousands, of bullets fired at him by professional assassins none of which killed him but I didn’t keep a count of how many people he shot dead or killed with his bare hands.
I like a bit more balance in my thrillers. A bit more cerebral and a bit less crash bang wallop. I stuck it out until the end but I won’t be following Mr Pearce’s progress in the subsequent volumes.
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- Bob
- 16-01-23
Pure propaganda
The story was interesting enough at first, but lost me when it degenerated into a self indulgent airing of the authors political hobby horse. He seems to think anybody left of Jeremy Corbin is a raging fascist. Amateurish.
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