Overwatch, Matthew Betley
Overwatch, Matthew Betley
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Overwatch
A Thriller

Author: Matthew Betley

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2016


Synopsis

"A former Marine himself, Betley proves himself an able heir to the throne held by the likes of Brad Thor and the late, great Vince Flynn....Not to be missed" (The Providence Journal).

When Logan West impulsively answers a dead man's ringing phone, he triggers a global race against the clock to track down an unknown organization searching for an Iraqi artifact that is central to a planned attack in the Middle East—one that will draw the United States into a major conflict with Iran.

Logan, a former Marine officer, is quickly contracted as a "consultant" to assist the FBI as part of a special task force bent on stopping the shadowy operatives, whatever the cost. The battles are nonstop, from the plains of the Midwest, to mansions in northern Mexico, to the war-torn Al-Anbar province, pitting an international team against trained mercenaries employed by the world's largest private security contractor...whose owner has a personal vendetta against the US government. Meanwhile, Logan is battling his own demons, especially the trauma of the ambush that his Force Recon unit suffered at an insurgent torture compound in Fallujah in 2004, which threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

With high-stakes and fully-realized characters, Overwatch is a thriller unlike any you've read before: deftly plotted, up-to-the-minute, and impossible to put down.

About Matthew Betley

Matthew Betley is a former Marine officer of ten years. His experience includes deployments to Djibouti after September 11, and Iraq, prior to the surge. A New Jersey native who considers Cincinnati home, he graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a BA in psychology and minors in political science and sociology.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth

Overwatch, which came recommended from The Real Book Spy, is not what I've come to expect for a debut novel. The plot was clear and uncluttered, the characters were, for the most part, likable, the book was well-paced, and the story had a satisfying ending. I thought that other debut novel (Joshua......more

Goodreads review by Glen

When a PTSD inflicted marine wakes up from an alcohol induced blackout, he immediately gets into a knife fight. That's the beginning of this entertaining but predictable novel with the usual private contractor villain. The action scenes are great, even if the plot isn't, and there are a few too many......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

See this review and more at TheRealBookSpy.com Vince Flynn, Brad Thor… Matthew Betley? That’s the question fans are asking ever since Emily Bestler Books, an imprint of Atria Books at publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster, announced the release of Overwatch, the debut novel from former Marine Matthe......more