The Man Who Saw Seconds

De: Alexander Boldizar

Narrado por: Tony Beltran

Preble Jefferson can see five seconds into the future.

Otherwise, he lives an ordinary life. But when a confrontation with a cop on a New York City subway goes tragically wrong, those seconds give Preble the chance to dodge a bullet, causing another man to die in his place.

Government agencies become aware of Preble's gift, a manhunt ensues, and their ambitions shift from law enforcement to military R&D. Preble will do whatever it takes to protect his family, but as events spiral out of control, he must weigh the cost of his gift against the loss of his humanity.

A breathless thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end, The Man Who Saw Seconds explores the nature of time, the brain as a prediction machine, and the tension between the individual and the systems we create. Alexander Boldizar provides an adrenaline-pumping listen that will leave you contemplating love, fear and the abyss.

©2024 Alexander Boldizar (P)2024 Alexander Boldizar

interesting story, disappointing narrator

The premise of this story is the sort of thing I love, but the voice talent sounded like an AI agent. It was very disappointing and distracted from the story.

Interesting subject matter

I love the calm sound of the narrator, unlike some narrators I’ve had to sit through recently.
Now getting on to the story - the whole premise is so far beyond reason as to be completely unbelievable. At some point this book deviated from logic and jumped into the realm of what appears to be 80s style arguments against the Mutual Assured Destruction mindset. It’s just completely dated and no longer plausible

Interesting story but reader wasn’t good

The story was enjoyable and I liked the premise. It was very difficult to listen to, however, as the reader seemed to be almost AI-like with almost no pauses or variance in the tone. Recommend reading this over listening.

Boring

A better name for this book would be “The Man Who Continually Made Bad Decisions and Never Learned From Them.” I thought the book would get interesting; I keep expecting something to reward me for reading on. I read to the last word. I was disappointed; with a little imagination, Preble Jefferson’s character could have been interesting. So much potential with this story line, but to no avail.

RUINOUS NARRATOR !!!

I wish I had read the reviews and not just the summary of this book. I haven’t finished and I am enjoying the story but my God the narrator is AWFUL. How does this happen? Was he related to somebody to get this job? Seriously it’s absolutely garbage. There’s so many good narrators and voice actors out there, no excuse for this.

Came back to add to this. I’m still listening but I have to repeat every word in my own head to try and counter the effects of the narrator. The tone and tenor of the voice work does not take the source material seriously; the effect is to turn a high intensity, dramatic story into a silly, farcical one. This book hasn’t even been published for a year. The author should get this audio recorded over again by someone else.

Only for John Wick fans

If you liked John Wick movies you may like this, perhaps. For me, I'm only engaged enough to want to get to the end. But it's a hard slog; now only half paying attention. Everyone in this novel has too much information about too many things. Everyone makes stupid choices all the time. It reads like a Marvel comic from childhood. NSA behavior is especially comical. Reader is good except he makes the child even more annoying. 'Nuff said.

Great Read and Recommendation.

I liked that it is an updated version of The Golden Man by Phillip K. Dick.

Unpredictably Predictable

Good story from a very simple beginning premise. The pacing of it was very solid and story is entertaining and intriguing. Solid performance by the narrator. Really enjoyed the book. Look forward to a follow-up, possibly, based on the epilogue.

Great concept but seemed rushed X please stop the ads I bought it

The amount of money that went into advertising this book online is why I bought it. I saw an ad on Twitter for it constantly so I figured I’d give it a try. The book starts off good but as it goes on the story seems rushed

Not Enough Time

Easily got wrapped up in this story. Plan was to listen while I worked. Then added the drive home. Then keept listening at home. Then I was staying up way too late to finish.

Part of me didn't want to like it because I had "fallen for" an ad that read like a social media post response. The type of thing that would typically get me to boycott your product reflexively. Saw it was an add after I made the purchase. Pleasantly surprised. Well worth the listen!