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Operative 66
- Agent. Assassin. Traitor?
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Series: Alex Reeve, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
Former special ops soldier Alex Reeve is Operative 66.
One of the UK's deadliest weapons, he is part of the mysterious C6 - an elite and top-secret security service with a remit to neutralise the country's most dangerous enemies.
But now Reeve is in the firing line. Framed as a traitor, Reeve is forced to flee as every operative is instructed to kill the 'rogue asset'. On the run from his own government, alone and under the radar, Reeve must survive off grid with fearsome assassins on his trail.
He doesn't know why he's a target. Or who betrayed him. But if one man has the skills necessary to uncover the truth...it is Operative 66.
From the international best seller comes an explosive, action-packed new thriller series - the perfect pulse-racing listen for fans of Lee Child, David Baldacci and Gregg Huwitz.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-07-20
amazing grown up stuff
I have loved every book . this is next level
the narrator was excellent. Eddie and nina are great stories. this is real
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- Coffeeholic
- 28-11-20
Like modern super cars are too fast for normal roads - this book has too much action
No one likes an action story as much as me, but I do like to breathe! This book is great, but a bit of down time on the journal wouldn’t go amiss - I mean, it’s NOT for bedtime reading - you’d never sleep! Great but less might be more! Never thought I’d write that about a book of this genre!
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- Anonymous User
- 16-10-20
English Jack Reacher in the making.
A good listen, look forward to a 2nd one from him. Hope it comes out soon, would like to hear what there next adventure is.
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- Glenn
- 20-01-21
completely unbelievable
I stopped within an hour. the dialogue was completely unbelievable. no-one trying for this allegedly elite unit would 'blush with hearing the praise' or ask repeatedly whether or not they had made the grade. I'm going to send this back for the first time in a long time
3 people found this helpful
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- toad46
- 07-01-21
well worth a listen.
Narrator is very good, accents are decent and you can tell who is who straight away. Storyline is ok though can be predictable at times. All in all a decent listen wont keep you on edge of your seat but you wont want to turn off either
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- NP
- 27-12-20
Excellent companion for running
Great book with plenty of twists and turns and not overly predictable. Very fast paced so I like these kinds of books as I listen to them whilst running. So, for that, it hit the spot!
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-10-20
Yet another gung-ho hero story.
Lots of people die or get badly hurt but you can guess what happens to oerative 66!
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Thoroughly enjoyed.
Excellent narration kept the visuals flowing in this absorbing story. I'll be looking for more.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-03-22
review opp 66
was narrated well enjoyed the read , the story was a little predictable .
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- Richard OJ.
- 28-02-22
Great story!!
Fast moving from start to finish, narration was excellent. I found that I spent as much time as possible enjoying the story.
Am looking forward to the next audio book in the series.
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- Richard S. Swol
- 21-07-20
Andy McDermott produces yet another great book
This is, at present at least, a stand alone novel. I'm okay with that as it has a beginning, middle, and an ending. It does leave a couple key story threads dangling on the chance that the author might want to revisit this world. Do they NEED to be resolved? Maybe, maybe not. I'm okay either way. The story works well by itself or as the start of a series.
This novel is much closer to the author's previous effort, The Persona Protocol than to the Eddie Chase/Nina Wilde books. Those tend to be, despite the violence, much more light hearted. This book on the other hand is straight up action. In fact, you are about a quarter of the way through the story before you can take a breath and the protagonist asks himself, "What is going on and does everyone want to kill me".
Expect considerable mayhem on an Andy McDermott scale. ( Okay, not destroying whole cities or national landmarks, but big on a more realistic scale).
I enjoyed this book and had trouble putting it down. Highly recommended to action adventure fans.
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- itinerant
- 29-11-20
hero fantasy
This starts out with plenty of action and firepower and narrow escapes and car chases and highly unlikely motivation, and rapidly descends into bathos, or whatever the word is for a knight-errant fantasy wish fulfillment tale is. Wherever our intrepid hero goes, the weak are being molested by the venal yet strong, and he manages to rescue numerous damsels in distress daily, sometimes before breakfast. Yt he remains humble, while hinting of a bad upbringing that he's now dedicated to ensuring doesn't happen to anyone else, at least not without intervention by some strong, silent type. He is of course adopted by one of the aforementioned damsels . . .
In short, this goes from the silly to the inane to the just plain stupid fairly quickly. If you're looking for Jack Reacher, he took the last train elsewhere . . .
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- Beeb
- 22-04-21
Not Much of a Story
I would call this a collection of events rather than a story. This is supposed to be a spy novel but the spy is basically a fighter without mind or plan. I did enjoy the first few chapters and I finished the book (although skipping parts of pure predictable boredom.) more out of disbelief than wanting to finish. Hence the 2 stars. Not recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-08-20
Poor knockoff of the poor Bourne Identity movie
Poor knockoff of the poor Bourne Identity movie. Skip this one for something hopefully better.
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- TNman
- 13-04-22
Action Packed
Fast-paced action. The only negative for me was the heavy thick Britsh language and terminology.
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- Mary Margaret Ahern-Snyder
- 15-01-22
Interesting
It was a little bit slow at the beginning but it definitely picked up as you got into the story very enjoyable
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- Eric Saucedo
- 26-01-21
great listen
Andy has done it again, get twists and turns the whole way. amazing character development.
definitely recommend!
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- J. Townsend
- 16-09-20
Andy McDermott does it again!
I have not read/heard a novel by this author that I haven't loved. Excellent story, really sucks you in, gets super intense...a great talent for making you really love the protagonist (s) and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Narrator was excellent as well. My only complaint is that I've finished all of McDermott's novels and now I have to wait for whatever he comes out with next!