Depth Charge
(Caine: Rapid Fire Book 2)
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Depth Charge
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Narrated by:
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Chris Abell
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The Hai Long is 110 meters long, and glides silently beneath the waves at incredible speeds. It is the most lethal nuclear submarine in China’s naval arsenal. And only one woman knows how to find it.
CIA Paramilitary officer Thomas Caine is assigned to bring in a terrified Chinese defector who claims she can track the stealthy submarine’s movements. But he soon uncovers an unholy alliance between the commander of the deadly vessel and a sadistic organized crime cartel.
Caine and his allies must battle Chinese assassins, Colombian killers, and nature’s savage fury, as they struggle to crush an international criminal conspiracy. But when his enemies strike at the person he cares for most, the CIA’s deadliest killer takes on a new mission: Revenge.
©2018 Andrew Warren (P)2019 Andrew WarrenNot only is this thriller, crossing several countries from China, South America and to the U.S.A, well written with brief descriptions conjuring up atmosphere and place, the characters emerge fully fleshed as real, living people. There is action aplenty, of course, but none of it feels misplaced or even improbable. People get hurt. They are fit, they are trained, they are resourceful - but they are also human, not superman.
Great story, too, with separate, related missions merging finally into one. But more than all of this, Depth Charge has an unusual plus for a spy-cum-assassin thriller - it has emotion. The protagonists try to hide it, or course, but it seeps out of the pages, drawing the readers ever closer into the story by making them care, and fear, and hurt when things (inevitably) go horribly wrong. Narrator Chris Abell's performance matches the book in speed and delivery: fast, clinically precise and with voicing for each protagonist. Very good.
Written to precede Devil's Due in the Caine chronology, when he was still an officer in the C.I.A's Special Operations, this book helps to reveal the man he is to become.
Excellent book, exciting and emotionally gripping and even better in Audio than one the written page.
Highly recommended.
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