Nemesis

Preview

Failed to add items

Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.

Add to basket failed.

Please try again later

Add to wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Remove from wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Adding to library failed

Please try again

Follow podcast failed

Unfollow podcast failed

Try Premium Plus free

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.

Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts

Access exclusive sales and deals.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Nemesis

By: Anthony Riches

Narrated by: Richard Fox

Try Premium Plus free

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

Buy Now for £15.30

About this listen

They killed his sister. Now he'll kill them all.

Michael Bale is an elite close protection officer. That's why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point. And when Michael's life isn't on the line for his work, he's taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Michael is determined to take them down, one at a time. But will he get away with it - or will his colleagues in the force realise that the man on an underworld killing spree is one of their own?

Anthony RichesRichard FoxQUEST from W. F. Howes LtdMichael Bale

Political

Spies & Politics

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Espionage

Exciting

China

Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage Exciting China

Critic reviews

"Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more-assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word 'compelling' was coined." (Manda Scott)

Most relevant

I listen to a lot of audiobooks and have several in the "He was ex-SAS/Navy SEAL/Spook/Agent/Special forces/lone wolf blah blah" action style. And yes, we all like a bit of escapism etc but I often find the 'hero' is basically an unhinged psychopath that we only forgive and accept because of his (yawn) tragic back story. Now, I understand it is these things that make the story in some sense but I can all get a little formulaic, dare I say tedious. Especially when the author has clearly no experience of an actual fight or unarmed combat, let alone fired a gun and yet insists on over cooking the goose with long highly detailed (and unrealistic) fight scenes. I'm glad to say Anthony has taken a more thoughtful approach and stuck with a narrative and believable characters rather than all action and invincible but flawed psycho protagonists.

I found the story worked and didn't fluff around, and even managed a few setups where it didn't quite go where I thought it would. On the whole it was a refreshing 'page' turner and I couldn't wait to get into the next chapter. I'm looking forward to the next installment.

The only negative for me was the narrator. That (to be fair) is perhaps more me but I found the 'geyser' wide-boy 'East Londin' style distracting at first. However, I got used to it and I guess it was in context... And it wasn't as bad as some of the Americanised books with squeaky 'female' voices.

If you're into Andy McNab and similar you'll enjoy it. And if you've not read anything in this genre before it's a good benchmark of where these books should be...