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Extreme Hard Target
- Narrated by: Josh Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
Faster - Grittier - Darker - Deadlier
Former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner has fought the Regiment's deadliest enemies, in some of the most desolate places on earth. And he's always won. Now he's about to face his toughest challenge yet. After losing his hand whilst on a covert operation in Afghanistan, Gardner is forced to stand down from active duty. Now he lives off the grid. But trouble finds him in the shape of a phone call from an old friend. Ex-Regiment legend John Bald is trapped in a bullet-ridden favela in Rio de Janeiro and a violent gang is out to kill him. Unless Gardner helps, Bald is a dead man.
What begins as a simple rescue mission soon descends into a desperate struggle for survival as Gardner finds himself caught up in a conceit that stretches from the slums of Brazil to the frozen steppes of Siberia. Stalked by elusive MI6 agents and ruthless ex-Blades, Gardner must draw on all his training and instincts to hunt down the hardest target of all - before disaster strikes....
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- Rosemary White
- 31-01-12
Extreme covers it!
I don't quite know what I was thinking when I chose this book. It is full of gruesome descriptions of the affects of various calibre weapons and violent fisticuffs. Not my usual fare though I am not sqeamish by any means. This book has a gritty authenticity I can't help but admire. The story is totally gripping and races along carrying you with it relentlessly. Its one of those rare books that stays with you, fizzing in the back of your head. Having read it I really feel I have squinted through a window into the world of secret services, of military and ex-military personnel, of Rusian Mafia and other bad boys, and of "troubled" hotspots in our world. If you want a thought-provoking and engrossing story, this is for you. You have been warned!
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- Wayne Davies
- 25-07-16
Stupid sound erects ruined it!
Stupid sound erects ruined it! There was no need for them, there was plenty of action and suspense in the book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-04-12
Farcical and Cringe Worthy
I can usually suspend my disbelief and enjoy a far-fetched action novel, but Extreme Hard Target stretches credulity way beyond breaking point. Is this really Chris Ryan? The plot is farcical, and the narrative is cringe worthy in a number of places. Having stuck it out to the end I found that either the author ran out of story before the end of the tale, or there is some narrative missing just before you get to the “Audible hopes you…..” finish. Whichever is the case, I’m sure that I’ve not missed anything worth listening to.
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- Nicholas
- 05-02-12
Don't waste your money
This is by far his worst book. In fact it is the worst book of this type by any of the authors I have read and I usually love this genre. The only extreme thing in this book is how farcical the plot is. Not even worth 1 star.
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- Allan
- 11-01-12
Not his usual style
They say in life you only get what you pay for, I paid £3 for this and it wasn't even worth that. The tacky noises and background music just put you off from the start. It doesn't even sound like its Chris Ryan’s writing style the descriptive commentary is abysmal I stopped listening after half an hour.
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- Mr D Whybrow
- 19-07-15
One to avoid
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
To be hones, I like Chris Ryan's books. This book seems to have been written by someone else.
What will your next listen be?
Anything
Would you be willing to try another one of Josh Cohen’s performances?
Not really
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Not really
Any additional comments?
A real shame, but I will not be going back to Chris Ryan for a while
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- weardalelad
- 15-02-15
foolish story of a unbreakable man
Been a long time since I read such a poor tale.
This man fall 45ft is shot/ choked n gets up n walks away. tripe at its finest.....Ryan is scraping the barrel now
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- Chris&sally
- 21-08-20
Don’t waste your money
Wow can’t believe this has been penned by the same author that wrote the Danny black series. Very poorly written almost as if a 14 year old had handed it in for GCSE English project. Found myself wondering why I was still listening to it as it got more far fetched as it went on. Also john bald gets killed in this?? Then how come he is in future books??? Stay away is my advice it’s not worth your time as you will not get it back. Sorry Chris but very very poor
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- MR H .S. Rose
- 19-08-19
Expected better
Enjoyed previous Books by this author, but left bitterly disappointed by this book. Not up to standard.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-04-19
4 stories in one
I have had this book for a couple of years and really struggled to get into it, but restarted it last week and battled through.
The first story isn't too bad, but they get more and more stupid and far fetched as they go on to the point of a bionic hand controlling a car.
There is also far too much swearing outside of the dialogue - i generally don't have any issues with swearing by a character, especially in some kind of military role, but swearing from the author is just lazy and unnecessary in my opinion.
First part would be 3 stars, then 2.5, 2 and 1 (last one was shocking)
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