The Shadow Patrol, Alex Berenson
The Shadow Patrol, Alex Berenson
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The Shadow Patrol

Author: Alex Berenson

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 11 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/21/2012

Synopsis

In 2009, the CIA's Kabul Station fell for a source who promised to lead it to Bin Laden, but instead he blew himself up, taking the station's most senior officers with him. Now, more than two years later, the station is still floundering, agents are dying, and at Langley the CIA's chiefs wonder if the unthinkable has happened, if somehow the Taliban has infiltrated the station.When they ask John Wells to investigate, he reluctantly agrees to return to the country where his career as an undercover operative began. But there, he finds a vipers' nest of hostility and mistrust-and clues that hint at a drug-trafficking operation involving the Agency, the military, and the Taliban. Americans are dying, and an American is responsible. And only John Wells stands in his way . . . for now.

About The Author

Alex Berenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the John Wells series, including The Faithful Spy, which won the 2007 Edgar Award for best first novel. As a reporter for The New York Times, Berenson covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq—where he was stationed for three months—to the flooding of New Orleans, to the world pharmaceutical industry, to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics, and lives in New York City.George Guidall is one of the foremost narrators in the audiobook industry, having recorded more than 800 unabridged novels. His 40-year career includes leading roles on- and off-Broadway and numerous appearances in film and television. He has won an Obie Award for best performance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on January 06, 2013

This book will probably be my last John Wells story for a while. Berenson is a good writer, and varies the stories as much as possible, but he is writing formula novels, and after a while, that genre inevitably catches up to you. In this way, Wells is like Gabriel Allon, Daniel Silva's creation: app......more

Goodreads review by Jacqui on February 05, 2012

Alex Berenson's latest novel "Shadow Patrol" is his sixth novel and I have read them all. The plot was not as far reaching or gripping as his previous novels; therefore in my opinion, it wasn't the can't-put-it-down page turner I have come to expect. Nonetheless, it is well crafted, tightly written......more

Goodreads review by Mike on October 14, 2018

Good spy story with Wells on the job in Afghanistan looking for a mole. He finds some bad apples in Special Forces, too.......more

Goodreads review by Mal on April 06, 2017

A thriller that delivers both excitement and insight about the war in Afghanistan The cottage industry in spy thrillers encompasses a wide range of quality, from those that offer up cheap thrills with one-dimensional characters facing off in unreal circumstances to those, many fewer, that rise into t......more

Goodreads review by David on June 14, 2016

This series just gets better and better. Real spy stuff taking place in a non-007 manner makes this series fun and the realism of this one (set in Afghanistan) defines the series. The story is so well developed and the realism only adds to the book's distinct flavor. Wells is an impressive hero and......more

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Praise for The Shadow Patrol

“Superbly paced action sequences and the kind of background that suggests a better-than-average understanding of what soldiers on the ground actually see in Afghanistan.”—Kirkus Reviews

“The book never lets up as it exposes the terrors and boredom of war on the front lines.”—Providence Journal

“This thriller pours on the blood and guts.”—Library Journal

More Praise for Alex Berenson

“Berenson rises above the thriller genre.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“The authenticity Berenson brings to his ripped-from-the-headlines stories makes them seem as vividly real and scary as nonfiction or the nightly news.”—Booklist
 
“Wells is a refreshing thriller hero, sort of the anti–Jack Bauer.”—St. Petersburg Times

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