Oil tankers, pirates, bioweapons, sex slaves

Todd Haberkorn does a wonderful job with all the voices and accents, (American, British, Irish, Russian, German, Somali, etc) very believable. He does mispronounce a few words ("stuart" for "steward"), but you know what, I'm giving him a pass on that. Very well done.

What's nice about Dugan is that he isn't a superman. He makes mistakes, gets there too late, gets beat up and captured, he isn't all that good with guns. But he is strong, relentless, loyal, and quick thinking. He is helped by having contacts in the CIA, MI6, and wealthy corporate land. And then he meets Borgdonov and things get even better! Lots of sleazy bad guy to take out, intrigue, conspiracy, kidnapping, torture, bombing, and good old steadfast boots on the ground. There's also the probability of more sequels!

Russians are the really bad guys here, but also the best to have on your six.

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I wasn't more

McDermott is an excellent story teller and to anyone who's read his other works shouldn't find it surprising that this one involves ships and boats and ordinary people thrust into extraordinary events.

I liked the narration and accents and voices used to differentiate the different characters. while it's not a deal breaker, it is annoying sometimes when all the characters are voiced the same way

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all 3 great stories

Sometimes the box sets aren't worth it. This is not one of those times. If you're looking for some good action stories, these are great.

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hard to follow narrator

a lot is lost in narration. several actors in tge story share the same voice and cadence

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really good story

really good book. definitely was able to really get into this series and was kinda sad for it to end.

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great covert series,

the story is outstanding, the tie ine between between books flows flawlessly, looking forward to more

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Awsome story

love the story the narrator what's really good just a couple small screw-ups in the book

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Terrorism, Piracy and Sex Trafficking

I started listening to R.E. McDermott with his post-apocalyptic series, the "Complete Disruption Series" narrated by Kevin Pierce, rightfully known as the voice of apocalyptic fiction. I'd never heard an apocalyptic storyline from a merchant Marine's viewpoint, so it was fresh, exciting and very informative. I decided to continue with the Tom Dugan Omnibus.

Todd Haberkorn's narration of these exciting, action-filled stories definitely did not disappoint!! He handled accents from America, Britain, Japan, Russian and Somalia with ease. Great Job!!

Starting with "Deadly Straits" we meet Tom Dugan, a wealthy American ex-pat shipping magnate with CIA connections and his beleaguered, equally wealthy British best friend Alex Kairouz. Alex's young daughter Cassie is being used to force Kairouz into letting his shipping business be used as a front for terrorism. Dugan's determination to help his friend brings him into a relationship with MI5's Anna Walsh. The second in the series is "Deadly Coast" involving Somali piracy and chemical warfare. The finale is "Deadly Crossing" about sex trafficking, Russian mobsters and family-style relationship with former Spetznaz soldiers Borgdanov and Denosovitch.

In each story, Dugan's extensive knowledge and experience in shipping, heart to help and acquisition of friends willing to work together as a team is the framework. Dugan's seemingly blind trust in law enforcement and willingness to let Anna run things in spite of clear Corruption within her colleagues is by turns endearing and extremely frustrating. By the end of the second story it's clear that Dugan should have engaged in some kind of arms training, but he didn't. Nor has he stepped up to the plate in his relationship with Anna, as someone who knows he's always willing to get personally involved should have done. Thankfully Borgdanov calls him on it! I'd like to see the story branch off with Borgdanov and Denosovitch as lead characters while still calling on Dugan to help them. Nigel, Cassie and Karina could also be further developed in any further branching of the story. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Gasping for air: narrates…. : sucks air in : nfw I’m doing the remaining 20 hrs if torture

Narrator is constantly<suck air> gasping for air. I have no idea what the story is about. <suck air >
Dick balls, ~< gasp for air, I almost died from lack of air <double gasp in a gasp comment > another gasp> ffs…
and I can’t get a refund…

An unexpected delight!

I had just finished listening to and enjoying R.E. McDermott Disruption Trilogy, which I enjoyed and thought I'd give this a try. I was surprised and delighted to find a new very enjoyable series!! Great charachters and exciting storyline. I hope there are more books in the series!!