The Second Horseman

De: Kyle Mills

Narrado por: David LeDoux

From Kyle Mills, New York Times bestselling author of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novels, comes a story of a professional thief whose latest job could save the world.

Brandon Vale is a career thief---the best there is. Or at least he was before he was thrown in prison for a jewel heist gone bad. And even more embarrassing, he had nothing to do with it. His time inside is going fairly quietly until the night he's broken out against his will by Richard Scanlon, the now-retired FBI agent who framed him in the first place.

Scanlon, who still has ties to the United States intelligence community, has discovered that a Ukrainian crime organization is auctioning twelve nuclear warheads to the highest bidder, but he can't convince the government that the sale isn't a hoax. The only way he can get his hands on the $200 million necessary to take the warheads off the market is to do something that goes against everything he stands for: steal it.

The choice Brandon is given is simple: help Scanlon and hope to live through it, or turn himself in and face the repercussions of his "escape."

Suddenly, Brandon finds himself with only weeks to plan a Las Vegas heist that that he's been dreaming about for years, but has always thought was probably impossible. And to make matters worse, Scanlon insists on choosing his team personally. Led by the relentlessly intelligent and undeniably beautiful Catherine Juarez, not a single one of the former government operatives he picks has so much as shoplifted a pack of gum in their lives.

As the day of the heist approaches, Brandon's carefully constructed plans begin to break down and he suspects that the elaborate double-cross he's devised to save himself could cost millions of lives. He finally has to ask himself just how far he's willing to be dragged into a game that he can only lose.

With The Second Horseman, the heart-stopping, all-too-real novel, Kyle Mills proves once again that he is one of the freshest and most original thriller writers working today.

©2006 Kyle Mills (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrink Publishers, LLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Mills entertains, but he's also capable of keeping readers awake at night contemplating the terrifying vagaries of an increasingly dangerous world." (Booklist)

Seems like a good story.

Storytelling seemed like it would have been ok. but the audiobook was abridged I guess. It made the story very generic with lots of gaps.

Misunderstood

Hard to follow storyline.
Not always believable, or made sense. A simpler storyline would be easier to follow.

Love the humor!

Finally a serious story line with lots of humor in twined in the story. This novel moved quickly which I appreciate. Keep them coming Kyle Mills!!!

Corny, a letdown after Fade.

More like a Clive Cuddler read.Kyle has taken a step back it seems. Duped!

Kyle Mills is The Best!

This book is so much fun! I would love a series with Brandon and Katherine. I began listening to Kyle Mills through the Mitch Rapp series! I had always loved Mitch Rapp but actually felt the writing get even better once Kyle took over so I began reading his first bokks prior to Mitch.
He showed his tremendous ability even as a young man. This book doesn't have the excellent quality that Kyle Mills produces now but is so much fun to read/listen to that I found I didn't mind. If you want a feel good book with plenty of action and fun narrating, give "The Second Horseman" a try.

Fabulous Book & Narrator

I have an older, unabridged recording of this book, but David LeDoux’s narration is so much better, I went with this version. Unabridged would’ve delivered more punch, but it’s still a great book. I’ve no idea why I keep seeing it mentioned as the second in the Fade series. They’re unrelated.