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    One Rough Man
    One Rough Man
    One Rough Man
    Audiobook15 hours

    One Rough Man

    Written by Brad Taylor

    Narrated by JD Jackson and Neil Kaplan

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A former Delta Force commander, Brad Taylor proves with this breathtaking debut thriller that Vince Flynn and Brad Thor have company. A collection of top operatives, the Taskforce was commissioned by the highest levels of government, kept secret from the media and even Congress. The best of the Taskforce bunch, Pike Logan knows the greatest threat to American security is one or two idealogues. Unfortunately for them, they've just crossed Pike's path.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 17, 2011
    ISBN9781449866525
    One Rough Man
    Author

    Brad Taylor

    Brad Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), is a twenty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces, includ­ing eight years with Delta Force. Taylor retired in 2010 after serving more than two decades and participating in Oper­ation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has written seventeen New York Times bestsellers and is a security consultant on asymmetric threats for various agencies. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and two daughters.

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    • 3/5
      Decent storyline and writing. The narration of the audiobook was not the best.

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    • 3/5
      Ok. I did not like the voice narrator. Thankfully his newer books have a different person doing the narration.
    • 3/5
      It was okay. I did not like the voice he was using for the female. It was waaay too whiney. I think I will read another one hopefully it will be without this male voiceover.
    • 5/5
      Damn good story. Bravo Brad Taylor. Who doesn’t like Pike Logan.
    • 3/5
      Very well put together book about an agent who was "outs" with the government special operations unit, when his wife and child are killed when he was not home to protect them. Guilt cause him to go into a deep depression. When a woman inadvertently need his help in the special ops he gives his all;probably to compensate for when his wife and child died and he was not there to help. Good action and story line.
    • 4/5
      It was a good story, but I felt like I was listening to Vin Diesel telling the story. That was the only problem I had with it.
    • 4/5
      This is a new author for me & I really enjoyed this 1st book. The author reminds me alot of Brad Thor & David Hagberg, as his main character, Pike Logan, reminds me of Thor's Scott Harvath and Hagberg's Kirk McGarvey. All 3 are ex-military men that have that "take no crap from anyone" attitude. The storyline has lots of page-turning action. Taylor also introduces a female character, Jennifer Cahill, that , I think, will become a regular in future books. There is also a hook on the very last page that leads the reader to think this will be the start of the next Pike Logan book. I am looking forward to reading it.
    • 4/5
      This is a very good first entry in a new series by a new writer. Taylor is one of those been-there done-that types who is now translating that experience into writing. I found the book to be nicely paced with very little drag and little time off topic. I do have a minor issue with the plotting, however. There are some tropes that show up regularly in this type of thriller, and in his freshman effort Taylor uses some very familiar ones. In this book the major ones used are: One Last Mission Cost Him (Her) So Much, A Man Betrayed By His Country Must Prove His Innocence While On The Run, The High-Level Government Power Broker Gone Bad, The Assassin Sent To Kill The Man On The Run By The High-Level Government Power Broker Gone Bad, The President Is In On It (in this case, the "It" is a covert ops team of questionable legality), and The Covert Ops Team Of Questionable Legality. Also, there is a love interest. But the love interest isn't bad. In fact, the love interest is, uh, interesting, and well written. Her escape strategy is particularly amusing. Taylor's use of the tropes I mentioned (and a couple others) don't hurt the story with their familiarity. In fact, for the most part he keeps them pretty fresh. We've just read or seen a variation of them before in a book or movie, and Taylor doesn't dwell all that long on them. My favorite trope here is The Irrationally Violent And Vicious South American Drug Lord which Taylor uses to set up the first major action piece (which is excellent), the out come of which I really enjoyed (a terrific "Do you know who I am?" rebuttal).As far as the writing goes, I found the prose smooth and engaging, the action clear, and the major characters well defined. The secondary and incidental characters are recognizable individuals. The dialog is natural and generally flows nicely. The story is told in both first person and third person. Taylor switches p.o.v.s smoothly, and never left me confused about who was being written about.Okay, so, I think it's a good start to a series. Pike Logan is actually interesting, and his tragic story of loss and redemption is well told. Logan's badassery is a lot of fun and very honest and human. I think there are characters and relationships that could have been fleshed out, but ultimately those things don't impact the enjoyability of the story. As we see more installments in the series, I think we'll see Taylor improve as a writer. I just hope he can keep his stories fresh and original, rising above a field crowded with writers who are indistinguishable from one another.I look forward to the next book in the series.
    • 4/5
      Fast paced and very good! Good characters and interesting plot. Worth recommending!