The Toymaker
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The Toymaker
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Narrateur(s):
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Scott Brick
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Auteur(s):
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Chuck Barrett
À propos de cet audio
Former NTSB Investigator Jake Pendleton faces a dilemma as the line blurs between right and wrong. After his judgment comes into question, Jake is entrusted to his new mentor, an eccentric old man who sees beyond Jake’s flaws. A man who makes ‘toys for spies.’ A man known as The Toymaker.
Jake’s first assignment reunites him with Gregg Kaplan in a daredevil mission to rescue a fellow agent held captive in Yemen. He risks his life to stop the first attack of an al Qaeda mastermind. But now, with no one to trust but himself, can Jake stop the terrorist from destroying what is most precious to the free world? Unfortunately, more trouble comes his way as a killer from his past threatens something more important to Jake than his own life, leaving him to make the hardest decision any man ever has to make—Who to sacrifice.
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Barrett's interpretation is passable.
You need to suspend disbelief to buy the plot.. but that's nothing new. The author's vocabulary/prose is capable, his plotting is imaginative, and his description skills are creditable.. but I found his characters 2-dimensional (particularly IRA assassins, Al Qaeda zealots, and lib-tard politicians interfering with doing what's "right"). In addition, I couldn't get past the typecast "hero" character motivations. Jake Pendleton and Gregg Kaplan volunteer for missions - I'm not kidding - mostly to save pretty girls with whom they're falling in love.
[e.g. At one point they find out that Islamists are carrying out an attack on Paris tourist attractions that will likely kill thousands.. and Jake's reaction is "..but Kylie is there with a tour group! We have to stop this!!".. so his buddy/mentor/former commanding officer - the CIA Director - assigns teams of Air Force pilots/arranges mid-air refuelling over the Mediterranean/coordinates co-operation with French authorities/etc so Jake can save a girl that he wants to bang.. Oh and stop WWIII at the same time, I guess. My eyes rolled HARD].
As to presentation: Scott Brick is typically excellent (as always, set playback speed at 1.15X to best enjoy the man's performance).
Altogether, 'The Toymaker' is a fun, moderately stoopid book worth 5/10-stars. For free, it was a reasonable distraction to have running in the background while doing other stuff.. but spend your Credit on something else if they ask for one.
A Little Too Cookie-cutter
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