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Ghost Target
- Ryan Drake, Book 6
- By: Will Jordan
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
Ryan Drake - once a decorated field operative - is wanted for treason. On the run from the corrupt CIA Deputy Director Marcus Cain, he has settled in a remote French safehouse. His uneasy peace is soon shattered by a startling force. Meanwhile, with the war in Afghanistan faltering, the ambitious Cain claims to have a plan to destroy al-Qaeda’s top commanders. And nobody will stand in his way. Backed into a corner, and suspecting Cain’s motives, Drake turns to the deadly but unpredictable Anya - once Cain’s protégé, now his most bitter enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Series
- By Lewis on 12-05-20
- Ghost Target
- Ryan Drake, Book 6
- By: Will Jordan
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
Fantastic Series
Reviewed: 12-05-20
If you are a fan of Vince Flynn novels (the ones he actually wrote), or of modern espionage action thrillers, you will like these. Buy them with confidence. Start at the beginning with Redemption (Book 1), because it's one long story. The plot is refreshingly entertaining and manages to avoid any of the tired motifs of the genre: World-domination/U.S.-destruction by a Russian-oligarch/Islamic-extremist. I found the series to be very entertaining and Jordan's story telling skills are excellent. I ran through the first 6 books in about a month and I'm looking forward to the rest of the story.
I do have to make one complaint though, and it's with Sam Devereaux's narration. He is actually very good except for his portrayal of one specific character to whom he has given the most bizarre accent. It's like a cross between a Boston Kennedy from the 1960s and someone born and raised Brooklyn. For example, she says Mah-cus instead of Marcus, Fow-wuh instead of "for," and Raw-eyan instead of Ryan. It's so distracting that every time the character says anything, which is often, it snaps me out of the story and all I can think about is how irritating the accent is. I don't have anything against the real world Brooklyn accents mind you, but Deveraux's version is terrible, and he never backs off on it. Also, the character is supposed to be a career Army officer. I can't believe that anyone that has ever set foot outside of NYC has an accent this thick. The audiobook would have been so much better if this character had been given a plain American accent. It didn't quite ruin the story for me - it's just one of several main characters - but man it came close. Maybe I'm in the minority here, and it won't bother you, but I figure it's worth mentioning.
The other thing to note is that as far as the audiobooks go, this might be it for a while. In spite of the fact that Books 7 & 8 have been out for years now, they're not yet available on audio. Ghost Target apparently only came out in September of 2020 in spite of being originally published in 2016, so it looks like we might be waiting a while for the rest of the series in Audible. If they do get released here though, I'll be picking them up for sure.
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