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    Collision
    Collision
    Collision
    Audiobook11 hours

    Collision

    Written by Jeff Abbott

    Narrated by Phil Gigante

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    About this audiobook

    Already an international sensation, with his books translated into fifteen languages—in the UK alone, Panic has more than 400,000 copies in print—Jeff Abbott is a master of the action-packed thriller. Now, with Collision, he delivers a meaty, twisty, white-knuckle ride designed to propel him onto the bestseller lists in his home country.

    Collision is the story of two men living very different lives—one, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as “Pilgrim,” whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn’t trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they’ve been framed in an elaborate setup. Unsure who to trust and who may just be trying to draw them into the open, the unlikely partners have no choice but to work together. But with everything at stake, Ben has no idea that Pilgrim is harboring some shocking secrets of his own—secrets that will soon force Ben to confront just how blurred the line has become between best friends and bitter enemies.

    Praise for Collision

    “Collision is the best evidence yet that Jeff Abbott is one of the finest thriller writers working today. Electric with action and lightning-paced, I literally could not put it down. Don’t miss it.” —Harlan Coben

    “Jeff Abbott has been my favorite new thriller writer since Panic, but Collision rockets into the suspense stratosphere alongside the best works of Harlan Coben and Lee Child. Relentless, smart, and heartbreaking, Collision is the thriller to read this year.” —Joseph Finder

    “Collision is a powerhouse tale of good bad guys, bad good guys, and every shade in between. Jeff Abbott delivers a frenzy of action in this race-against-the-clock thriller about an ordinary guy arrested for murder whose only hope lies in trusting the very man who framed him.” —Lisa Gardner

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 17, 2008
    ISBN9781423362203
    Collision
    Author

    Jeff Abbott

    Jeff Abbott is the acclaimed author of nine novels, including Fear, Panic, and A Kiss Gone Bad. Nominated for three Edgar and two Anthony Awards, he lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.

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    • 5/5
      Wow. Nothing less than great. What a story! Great characters and twists!!!
    • 5/5
      This is the 4th Abbott book I've read so far. (I've finished the Whit Moseley series.) IMO it's miles better than the others I've read. The mall chase was done perfectly, and that's saying a lot because action can easily be overdone and hard to visualize. There wasn't a heavy handed theme that I've encountered in 2 of his other books. The end was great. The twist was not what I expected and Abbott got some tears out of me. I enjoyed the ride!
    • 5/5
      Absolutely loved it! Edge of your seat heart pounding suspense! Just read/listen to it and enjoy!
    • 5/5
      Great! Lots of suspense and action. I was guessing from beginning to end. Loved it.
    • 5/5
      Kept my interest throughout! My quest to learn more through each descriptive chapter was a whole new experience in my audio listening journey. Terrific, intense thriller!
    • 3/5
      It was just ok. Had trouble with the characters. Had to start over about twenty minutes in and really pay attention.
    • 2/5
      Frenetic chase scenes, some requiring total suspension of belief, bewildering accumulation of characters with Bondian skills and luck, a good book to listen to while doing chores because you can easily concentrate on something else and then come back to the chase without having missed a whole lot. Think Bullitt but with an amateur instead of Steve McQueen. Will undoubtedly be made into a movie with Tom Cruise. Fasten your seatbelts.
    • 3/5
      Collision starts off with a bang when Ben Forsberg is on his honeymoon with his wife in Hawaii when a supposedly random shot through the window kills her. This is the prelude to an assassination attempt gone bad when Pilgrim, a member of the Cellar, an off the books dirty ops offshoot of the CIA, survives an attempt on his life in what is a plot to uproot the Cellar and get them to work for the evil government contractor, Sam Hector, who Ben Forsberg works for. Pilgrim then links up with Forsberg to find out who is behind this plot.There is a good bit to like about this novel. For one thing, it moves at a fast pace. The story is loaded with action. The writing is also quite competent. There are a couple of big flaws in this novel. The first is that the author has an obvious political agenda and an axe to grind. The malevolent defense contractor has become tired and cliché in the world of thriller fiction and Hollywood. The other thing is that the villain in the story, Sam Hector, is not remotely believable. He is evil to the core, more of a caricature than a real person. Those things stop this from being a great novel instead of a decent novel. Still it is entertaining and worth reading.Carl Alves - author of Blood Street
    • 5/5
      Jeff Abbott is the king of thrillers, and they are non-stop in this novel of action and intrigue. almost as good as 'Adrenaline'.
    • 1/5
      Definitely not a favorite. He seems to be interested now in spectacular car chases, and fights where the hero is so injured that in real life he'd not be able to lift his head off the floor but manages to out run, out fight and out think his opponents.
    • 4/5
      A hit goes amiss in Austin TX. Nicky Lynch was assigned to assassinate two men. He kills Adam Reynolds but the other escapes, finds Nicky and kills him.Later that day, two agents from Homeland Security ask Ben Forsberg why his card was in the pocket of Nicky Lynch, a freelance assassin. The men tell Ben that Reynolds worked for the government and Ben's name was found on his cell phone and appointment calendar.Sam Hector, owns a security firm, Global Security. He is the man setting up Pilgrim and Ben. There is a backup team of assassins. This team is made up of Arabs. Along with Nicky Lynch's brother Jackie, they go after the other man who was a target, he goes by the name Pilgrim, actual name Randall Choate. They capture Pilgrim's boss, a woman called Teach but Pilgrim kills the Arabs and only Nicky Lynch's brother, Jackie survives. He brings Teach to Sam Hector.As this is occuring, there is a team of terrorists in New Orleans planning for their "...moment of glory."When Pilgrim killed the other team of assassins, he rescued Ben from the Homeland Security captors.They realize that they are being set up and work together.They make a connection with Sam Hector and determine that it is he who is manipulating events. Pilgrim had found a book of matches in the pocket of one of the terrorists and goes to that bar. He finds that the ownership is connected to Sam Hector and sees Hector's photo on a computer screen, however he remembers Hector from the past. Pilgrim tells Ben that Hector was undercover and ruined Pilgrim's life ten years ago. Hector must realize that Pilgrim would recognize him and that's why he wants to get rid of him.It is a complex plot without much character development. However, if the reader is after an action adventure novel, this fits the bill. The pace is fast, the action is wild and the reading fun.
    • 4/5
      Very interesting thriller about what happens when right hand does not know what left hand is doing. Ben Forsberg, freelance corporate consultant working on PMC contracts, gets himself in whole lot of trouble after an unknown (but highly rated and feared) assassin is found shot dead with Ben's calling card on him.[return][return]Soon he is hunted by one clandestine agency after another - all thinking him to be a mastermind behind a possible massive terrorist attack and all working without knowing for one another or considering others (on the basis of classified and "reliable" data) to be enemies.[return][return]Very good view of what can happen when everything is compartmentalized and everything lies in the hand of the few - as they say "Quis custodiet ipso custodes" - and what is worse than having those few running their own agendas (most notably profits).[return][return]Recommended.