The Last Protector

Clayton White, Book 1

By: Simon Gervais

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

From the acclaimed author of the Pierce Hunt series comes a thrilling novel featuring a Secret Service agent who takes on a ruthless foe to protect the country he serves and the woman he loves.

Former air force combat rescue officer Special Agent Clayton White now works for the Secret Service performing routine escort missions for politicians. These missions may not be quite as exciting as his time in the military, but Clayton’s okay with that. It gives him more time to see his girlfriend, Veronica Hammond—an archaeologist who also happens to be the vice president elect’s daughter.

But Clayton’s seemingly manageable new routine takes a startling turn when South African mercenaries target Veronica at an awards gala celebrating her work. After this attempt on Veronica’s life, Clayton enters a complicated web of lies, betrayal, and dangerous government secrets.

As Clayton gets closer to the truth, he encounters unexpected foes pitted against questionable allies. With enemies at every turn, the only constant Clayton can rely on is Veronica. But when the threat against her turns on him, too, he faces an impossible choice: love or country.

©2021 by Simon Gervais. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Gervais’s brisk series kickoff, which jumps around the world, is built on the tension underlying the tenuous alliances among the sort of power-hungry villains who will stop at nothing. Well-modulated action scenes alternate with showdowns that reposition the pawns.”—Kirkus Reviews

“[A] solid thriller from Gervais…”—Publishers Weekly

“A thrill ride from the first page to the last! Simon Gervais is coming in hot with The Last Protector. Looking for action, intrigue, and suspense? This is your novel! Move it to the top of your list!”—Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil’s Hand

Ok

This didn’t work for me as well as Gervais’ Simon Hunt series. It sounds odd - but I didn’t connect with the antagonists very well. Their motivations didn’t really work for me and the fact that Gervais used them to fill in backstory kind of messed up the pacing.

That said, I liked Clay & Veronica. Both have strong personalities that worked well here. The action parts were fun when they happened.

While a full & complete story, it ends with a bit of a open-the-series kind of cliffhanger. I will check out the next one when it’s released.

Narration:
Jeffrey Kafer is a good choice for action/thriller type books with male protagonists. I like his voices for the various characters and timing/energy for action scenes.

Poor story line

Weak characters and weak plot. All the characters lacked belief.
Predictability in story line -lacked creative plot and character development.

Solid 4.5 suspense suspenseful book

This was a well written and very well researched book. I deducted half a star secondary to slight dragging during the middle. Once that part was over it turned into the page turner that it was. There is a very small plot line of romance in the story.

Great performance by Jeffrey Kafer

I wish I had read this book sooner. It is that good. It is a very intriguing story that has it all, espionage, politics, corruption, sacrifice and a bit of romance. The main character finds himself as an unwitting pawn in an attempt to cover-up a multinational crime involving the top players in the espionage world. The Audible performance by Jeffrey Kafer is excellent and keeps the action going when you are unable to just read.

Good book bad narration..

Great story, centering around Clay, who was in the Secret Service, and the Vice President; who was a killer. Clay didn't want to believe it because, among other things, he was the father of the woman Clay loves. However, Veronica was already suspicious of her Dad.

Lots of bad-guys and lots of killing.

No romance worth talking about and the F-bomb was used 23 times.

As for the narration: Jeffrey Kafer has a nice reading voice, and that's just about all he does, read. When he, or any character, is in hiding and the bad guys are only a few feet from you, you DO NOT talk in your regular voice. You WHISPER! Is that so hard to figure out? That's the reason I usually avoid books narrated by him. I guess he hasn't figured that out, yet. But, I have.

Well written and narrated!

Found a great book to listen to!!!
Would look forward to another!
Will be looking forward to it!

Gripping!

Secret Service Agent, Clayton White’s assignment is to protect the daughter of the Vice President elect…she also happens to be his gf. When that assignment goes FUBAR, Clayton agrees to a mission to South Africa to apprehend the master mind behind the attack. Clayton doesn’t count on betrayal. This action packed story takes us around the world with lots of bad guys and political intrigue. Looking forward to the next book.

Another Undercover Adventure

The protector is a Secret Service officer who gets involved with the Vice President elect’s daughter, who he is protecting. Then just as he is proposing, a group attacks, trying to kill her.

This is the start of the book. The action never wanes.

A five stars entertaining, fast paced thriller

I Love this thriller. I couldn’t stop listening. The book is so good that I want to listen to it again. I have found a new author I will love. I hope this is a series because I love the characters and would like to read more about the next chapters in their lives.

Really entertaining story.

Really like the story and characters and I'm looking forward to more. But as I finished it on 1-21-22 to hear the lead character say he knows the Secret Service agents are uncorruptible minutes after the Service itself hires criminal defense lawyers to deal with the aftermath of January 6 is a reminder that no group of people are uncorruptible!