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The Shadow Patrol

By: Alex Berenson
Narrated by: George Guidall
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 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.

 Espionage Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Iran

Critic Reviews

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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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Sure

Would you recommend The Shadow Patrol to your friends? Why or why not?

I came in at 12 Days, which was more mature, denser, more engaging. This feels a bit thin by comparison.

Have you listened to any of George Guidall’s other performances? How does this one compare?

George is great.

Any additional comments?

Good but not great. Maybe start at 12 Days and follow with The Wolves

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