Total Blackout, Alex Shaw
Total Blackout, Alex Shaw
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Total Blackout

Author: Alex Shaw

Narrator: Leighton Pugh

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ Digital

Published: 11/26/2020


Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE The start of a gripping new crime thriller series introducing ex-SAS trooper Jack Tate! ‘Looking for breakneck pace and a relentless hero? Alex Shaw has you covered’ James Swallow  When the lights go out… You have to escape the past. You have to defeat the enemy. ‘Compelling and authentic. An explosive new series with an uncompromising hero’ Tom Wood ‘Jack Tate is a powerful character, a true Brit hero. A cracking start to a new series!’ Alan McDermott ‘Alex Shaw is a master of the action thriller. Grabbed me from the first page and never let go’ Michael Ridpath ‘Riveting thriller with an original plot and surprising twists. Tate is totally convincing as a classic Brit operative. Great drama and characterisation’ Duncan Falconer Don’t miss the explosive start to the Jack Tate series. Perfect for fans of James Deegan, Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney, this is an explosive action thriller you won’t be able to put down.

Reviews

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on September 24, 2020

Total Blackout is the first instalment in the Jack Tate SAS thriller series from bestseller Alex Shaw and the series begins in style with a high-octane, heart-pounding action sequence which sets off a thrilling and multilayered plot. While vacationing in Camden, Maine, former SAS trooper Jack Tate i......more

Goodreads review by Kashif on September 07, 2020

Total Blackout is a no-nonsense straight shooter action thriller with a fascinating plot, breakneck and brutal action, and a new highly capable SIS (MI6) operator protagonist who gets the job done in a badass fashion. Total Blackout features a secretive joint effort of Russian and Chinese entities wh......more

Goodreads review by Hanlie on October 28, 2020

A bit of a break. A tour through America and meeting up with his brother. What can go wrong........ Well, quite a lot if your name is Jack Tate!! A purple detonation above Washington, D.C.....the result....a total blackout all over America. Nothing electronic works. No phones, no cars; except ones f......more

Goodreads review by Humphrey on October 17, 2020

Alex Shaw produces the best tension of any thriller writer working today and, with Total Blackout, has shone a spotlight on a high concept threat of which we should all be more aware. Action moves swiftly between small-town America which brings to mind Lee Child and C. J. Box and the British embassy......more

Goodreads review by Nick on October 04, 2020

From a writer that has already delivered a good ex-SAS type trilogy, one that is well worth catching up on. So....one arrives at this book with certain expectations only to have them dashed almost straight away and in a GOOD way. So the traditional script goes that the bad guys are planning a “specta......more


Quotes

‘Looking for breakneck pace and a relentless hero? Alex Shaw has you covered’ James Swallow ‘Alex Shaw is one of the best thriller writers around! Fast paced, Total Blackout gripped from page one and didn’t let go … as fast as a Hollywood movie’ Stephen Leather ‘Compelling and authentic. An explosive new series with an uncompromising hero’ Tom Wood ‘A perfect mix of hi-tech, high-concept modern action thriller and old school, Cold War espionage where evil Russians are still plotting the downfall of the West and only one man can stop them’ Simon Toyne ‘Jack Tate is a powerful character, a true Brit hero. A cracking start to a new series!’ Alan McDermott ‘Alex Shaw is a master of the action thriller. Grabbed me from the first page and never let go’ Michael Ridpath ‘Riveting thriller with an original plot and surprising twists. Tate is totally convincing as a classic Brit operative. Great drama and characterisation’ Duncan Falconer Praise for Alex Shaw: ‘An ice-cold operative in a red-hot adventure’ Stephen Leather ‘Sizzles across the page like a flame on a short fuse!’ Matt Hilton ‘A perfect blend of spy fiction and political thriller’ Matt Lynn Readers love the Aidan Snow books: ‘A superb, pulse-racing read’ Online reviewer ‘Exciting and fast-paced’ Online reviewer ‘Immensely enjoyable and tightly written’ Online reviewer