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  • The Silencer Series Box Set Books 1-4

  • By: Mike Ryan
  • Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
  • Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (138 ratings)

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The Silencer Series Box Set Books 1-4

By: Mike Ryan
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
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Publisher's Summary

This set contains the first four books in The Silencer Series, including:

The Silencer

Fully Loaded

Hard Target

Blowback

The Silencer:

CIA Black Ops agent John Smith is on his latest assignment in London. Little does he know - it'll be his last. Barely surviving an attack on his life, Smith lays low for six months until he returns to the United States. His flight is strangely diverted to Philadelphia where he meets a mysterious stranger who knows all about his past and recruits him for a job.

Needing a new identity, Smith becomes Michael Recker. He then tries to prevent bad things happening to innocent people while also interacting with the city's different crime factions. All the while, Recker plans his revenge on the mysterious Agent 17, who committed an act so heinous that Recker will never forget it.

Fully Loaded:

After being ambushed, Recker goes missing for several days and is presumed dead. Once he returns, he seeks retribution on the men responsible and turns to an unlikely source to help him get his revenge. As he embarks on his plot for revenge, he must not only carefully navigate around Mia's growing feelings for him, but also his own feelings for her.

While still not forgetting his main goal of helping the innocent, Recker also further cements his relationship with Tyrell by helping him with a family problem. Though he still keeps Mia at a distance, they can't help but become closer as Recker investigates the disappearance of one of her closest friends.

As Recker embarks on his deadly rampage, Jones worries about The Silencer's growing reputation amongst the public and government agencies.

Hard Target:

Recker finally reaches his boiling point and confronts Jones about his lack of progress in finding Agent 17. The professor, feeling guilty about not locating him, admits to a secret he's been hiding. As Recker is trying to find Agent 17, Mia launches her own investigation into her friend's death, frustrated that the killer still hasn't been brought to justice. Her lack of experience causes a major mistake - one that may cost the life of both her and Jones. Recker must not only find Agent 17, but save the lives of his friends before it's too late.

Blowback:

After the circumstances of Agent 17's death, the CIA turns to a specialist to help track down the man they think is responsible - John Smith. Though Recker knows Centurion is coming, he doesn't change how he operates and winds up on police surveillance cameras. Feeling the walls closing in, Jones wants to pack up and move to a new city, though Recker has reservations about leaving. It all boils down to a final confrontation between Recker and his former employers - one he may not survive.

©2017 Mike Ryan (P)2020 Mike Ryan

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satisfactory

good book overall. frustrating at times and the ending was abrupt without much finality.

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very weak, but listenable

The story is almost a copy of the TV show "Person of Interest" - I actually checked to see if they where linked because they are so similar. The details wont stand up to any real scrutiny, and the character development is quite immature. that being said, the books did keep me engaged during my drive to work, which is why I purchased the book.

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Emotions matter

I really enjoyed this series, I just found the narration a little flat. A scene about the character eating dinner is delivered the same way as a shootout scene, it's difficult to really enjoy the suspense and drama if the narrator seems constantly bored.
His voices are good and they fit the characters,his pronunciation is spot on most of the time and he doesn't seem to miss read words, I just wish he would get excited about things sometimes.

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Reader's Voice

The reader's voice could have lightened up a little, but i guess the character is a very grief stricken,betrayed and angry man
I thought that the reader had a good, speaking voice though.,and i liked his portrayal of the characters, thanks

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not really Lee child

fun fast moving but the plots are bit to shallow for my liking - a few twists would help a lot

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two stars is probably too generous

I could not make it through to the end. the cringe was overwhelming.
The plot is weak and the characters poorly described and without depth.
The protagonist comes across as a murderous psychopath rather than a rough around the edges hero.
Some suspension of disbelief is required in this genre, but this series of stories throws all credibility out the window very early on.
The piece never builds tension, the action scenes described by someone obviously unfamiliar with the physicality and weapons, and much of the story focuses on feelings, so much so I believe that this is a ladies attempt to write in the voice of a man. There are many wonderful authors who can do this, maybe not so many in this genre, and definitely the author of this book is not one of them.

A real lowlight for me was at the "climax" of the third story where Wrecker instead of shooting at the bad guy just walks straight towards him as he fires a whole mag missing every shot so Wrecker can get up close to shoot him point blanc. "...he died instantly"
completely ridiculous.

The narrator does a fine job

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disappointing

im sorry but this is the first book i couldnt finnish on audible. it just didnt entertain me

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Yeesh

This is the the worst book I’ve ever (partially) listened to. I really like the genre and I know they have to be a bit cheesy. I persisted past the halfway point but couldn’t continue. I’ve seen better plots in pornos. It starts off OK (OK in a super greasy quadruple cheese burger kind of way) then it goes really down hill. This international man of mystery is doing odd jobs that just fall into his lap. I haven’t listened to the end but I bet he’s walking down the street when he sees two strong men threatening an old lady; he try’s to calm the men down but has to beat them up. If a twelve year old was tasked with writing the remake of Walker Texas Ranger this is what you would get.
(Also there are some sound quality issues.)
... I still might listen to the whole thing (sunk cost fallacy)

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