The Threat, David Poyer
The Threat, David Poyer
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The Threat

Author: David Poyer

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

Assigned to White House duty, Navy commander Dan Lenson battles threats against the president and the nation in this gripping adventure by the author of The Command and Black Storm. Working with a team to analyze and defeat external threats to US security, Dan must deal with a terrorist plot to smuggle in dirty-bomb material using the established drug-cartel methods. In the meantime, there's an internal threat from disgruntled military elements involving an attempt on the president's life using the "football"—the mysterious suitcase that accompanies the president at all times, containing the codes and protocols to launch a nuclear strike. Only Dan can stop a plot that would engineer a coup against the president.

About David Poyer

David Poyer graduated from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1971 and later received a master’s degree in political science from George Washington University. His naval service included sea duty in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific and shore duty at the Pentagon, Surface Warfare Development Group, Joint Forces Command, and in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. He retired in 2001 and lives with his wife and daughter on Virginia’s eastern shore.

About Ray Porter

Ray Porter is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator and fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Almost Famous, ER, and Frasier.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on December 28, 2019

I just finished reading "The Threat," the ninth book in David Poyer's Dan Lenson series. In this outing, Dan is assigned to duty at the White House, initially to direct a multiservice team tasked with combating the flow of drugs from Latin America. His actions result in some government agency feathe......more

Goodreads review by Richard on July 07, 2024

David Poyer is a gifted writer who captures the realism of USN life and combat. We now find him working in the White House with an assignation under foot. What's particularly unique is Poyer's ability to make his main character Dan Lenson real; a career officer who has fails as well as succeeds, a m......more

Goodreads review by David on December 29, 2018

This guy Lenson just can't catch a break and never gets any credit. Good story though except for the extensive use of office squabbles that were used to show how ineffective the security apparatus of the USA was. The second half was more interesting than the first half but I still give The Threat fo......more

Goodreads review by Paul J. Petersen on December 26, 2018

Shore duty, Washington D.C. and the west wing Dan Lenson gets a series of assignments attached to Washington D.C. in another twisting story. Interesting plot but I personally missed the naval action.......more

Goodreads review by David on May 15, 2021

The story just keeps getting better! I have read and enjoyed all the previous Dan Lenson novels but this was very different than the others and I think it's the best so far. Dan was in a very dark place for much of the novel but there was never a dull moment. Just a great read!......more

Quotes

“There’s a lot more to this plot, and the narrator’s performance, than first meets the ear…there’s an edge to Lenson, played to the hilt by Ray Porter, that doesn’t materialize until you’re halfway through this thriller…Porter conveys every emotional instant without missing a beat.” AudioFile

“Poyer remains the most thoughtful of the military-thriller set and a master of authentic detail.”  Kirkus Reviews

“Poyer’s more interested in story and character than in slam-bang action, and that’s a good thing because when the action does kick in, we care enough about the characters to follow them into danger.”  Booklist

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