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The Cobra

By: Frederick Forsyth
Narrated by: John Chancer
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From international best-selling thriller writer Frederick Forsyth comes a chilling new mystery.

The cocaine industry is worth billions of dollars a year to the drug cartels who spread their evil across Western society, causing incalculable misery, poverty and death. Slowly, gradually, inexorably it is spreading and it is a blight which must be stopped.

One man, Paul Devereaux, intellectual, dedicated, utterly ruthless and ex-CIA special ops, is given what seems like an impossible task. At his disposal is anything he wants – men, resources, money. And he will not stop until he has completed his mission.

Up to now, the drugs trade has been accustomed to world governments attempting to curtail their criminal activities. But up to now, those governments have played by the rules. And that is about to change. The rules no longer apply. A dirty war is about to get a whole lot dirtier....

Frederick Forsyth is the author of 11 best-selling novels, including The Day of the Jackal, The Fourth Protocol, The Fist of God, Icon, Avenger and The Afghan.

A complete and unabridged reading by John Chancer.

©2010 Frederick Forsyth (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Espionage War

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Good narration of a story so fact based the actual story was lost. Just too much factual detail for me.

Very professional, perhaps too much so

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A reasonable book, not really a page turner and the value is in the mystery rather than the quality of the writing so it's not a book I'll listen to a second time. The Jack Reacher books for example I do listen to multiple times.

A reasonable book

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great expectations not fully met. good book but mr forsyth made us a bit fastidious :)

could be better

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I'm actually working my way through all of Forsyth's books, and didn't know this features a couple of previous characters (from the Avenger story), you can listen to it without having prior knowledge as i did.

Its well written as you would expect, however i felt that all the parts did not fit together as well as they have in some of his other stories. I would recommend The Devil's Alternative over this . its a better story and the David Rintoul is great as a story teller.

Good But not Brilliant

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A decent yarn, marred by some fudging of geopolitical situations and laws, and Forsyth's usual wince inducing blindspots around POCs. Mostly pretty rollicking as usual though.

Reader is pretty good, nice voice, but really needs to learn to pronounce non-English words if he's going to read stuff like this.

Not quite up to classic Forsyth

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This was my first book by Frederick Forsyth and what a book it was I'll be definitely be getting more in the future. But the motto is: If you live by the sword you die by it. Long live The Dons

Excellent listen

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I’m not particularly a Frederick Forsyth fan but did enjoy it. I found the story a little complicated to follow at times, kept having to go back because I lost concentration for a bit. It is very revealing about the drug trade & little gruesome but a good tale.

Interesting but not brilliant

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I only chose this book because it was on offer at 3 pounds! Not my usual type of book but found it very enjoyable. Amazing insight and info into cocaine, it's production, distribution and the fight against it. Some of the descriptions of the weaponry and military hardware were a bit beyond me but otherwise surprisingly interesting. plus the twist at the end made the drive to work more entertaining!

Try something new for a change!

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Once you start listening its hard to stop. Gripping from the start. Really enjoyed it.

Great read

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first class lot's of detail and plot

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