First Strike cover art

First Strike

Spider Shepherd, Book 21

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

First Strike

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £17.99

Buy Now for £17.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

MI5 officer David White was always a good father, so when his daughters want to go to a music festival in Israel, he agrees to take them. But his daughters are killed in the Hamas massacre that left 1,400 innocent civilians dead. White is taken hostage down in the tunnels under Gaza and Dan 'Spider' Shepherd and a crack SAS team are sent in to rescue him. Back in London, White is a changed man. He wants revenge for what happened to his family and wants to kill the men who planned and financed the Hamas attacks.

And as White embarks on a killing spree, Shepherd is the only man who can stop him.

©2024 Stephen Leather (P)2024 Isis Audio Espionage Genre Fiction Military Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Exciting Middle East

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Spider Shepherd: SAS cover art
The Sandpit cover art
Triggers cover art
The Solitary Man cover art
Rogue Warrior cover art
The Chinaman cover art
Nightfall cover art
The Hunting cover art
The Eyewitness cover art
The Bag Carrier cover art
The Bombmaker cover art
All stars
Most relevant
It’s a pretty good listen dealing with one of the major problems of our time, the Middle East and the question of Palestine and the state of Israel. The chapters that set the scene are nothing short of horrific and very well performed by Paul T. The sub plot regarding the Albanian gangsters was a bit on the thin side and could have done with some more details as it was left somewhat hanging. Not the best in the series but worth a listen.

politically charged

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A brilliant story expertly narrated as always.
Stephen tackles a difficult subject matter and uses the narrative to put across all sides of the story.
Brilliant! thanks Stephen!

Outstanding

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is so relevant to certain events in the recent past. The author’s observations are on point and I have recommended this book to friends.

Great book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I've listened to all of the Spider Shepherds books up to this one, and for me First Strike is the best one yet, thoroughly enjoyed the story which was edge of your seat stuff, great characters, great narrator and well worth a listen.

Brilliant listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved it from the beginning. Spider, Razor and Last man standing all together outstanding stuff

Outstanding

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews