A Shadow Government Thriller
4.5 out of 5 stars
Honestly, I saw this in one of the monthly previews from Brilliance and I had to have it based on the image and the narrator. Anything with Jeffrey Kafer is usually pretty darn good, but when you throw him into a thriller like this it becomes great. He added a lot to this story and really took it from good to great. After that, I read the synopsis to make sure I wasn’t crazy for thinking it looked good and it sounded good too.
I had not read any of the other Reznick books before this one, but I may have to go back now. Turner is able to write a character that felt real without sacrificing anything. Reznick was one of those people that just made you want to keep reading. You wanted to know what his next move was going to be. What he was going to get into or who he was going to run into.
The story itself, quoting the synopsis a bit: “A friend in danger. A shadowy psych ward. A conspiracy beyond Reznick’s worst nightmares. When an old Delta Force buddy comes to Jon Reznick for help, paranoid and fearing for his life, Reznick feels duty-bound to protect him. As a black-ops specialist, loyalty to his brothers in arms comes before everything—even the law.” It follows a former Delta operator as he tries to help an old friend who seems to have gone through the depths of hell and back.
Having just lost my best friend to cancer, the camaraderie and friendship shown here were awesome. I would definitely do something like this for a friend in need (though I’m not trained in any way like Reznick). I thought that the story itself (along with the goings on in the psych ward) felt really plausible. The shadowy government aspect takes a lot of the conspiracy theories that feel real.
I thought the combination of action, intel gathering, and just great character writing made Hard Fall a really enjoyable book, which is a nice break since the last few books I’ve read have been middle of the line duds. If you like thrillers about political intrigue, shadow governments, and Delta operators — Hard Fall should be right up your alley.
Book Description:
Hard Fall by J.B. Turner
Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer
Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
Series: Jon Reznick #5
Published by Brilliance Audio on February 8th 2018
Genres: Terrorism, Thriller
Pages: 312
Format: Audiobook
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A friend in danger. A shadowy psych ward. A conspiracy beyond Reznick’s worst nightmares.
When an old Delta Force buddy comes to Jon Reznick for help, paranoid and fearing for his life, Reznick feels duty-bound to protect him. As a black-ops specialist, loyalty to his brothers in arms comes before everything—even the law.
But Jerry White proves difficult to protect. A runaway from a top-security psychiatric facility in upstate New York, he’s considered a danger to himself and others, and Reznick is powerless to stop shadowy senior hospital managers taking Jerry back by force. When FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein warns him off, Reznick ignores her advice, suspecting the Wittenden Institute is not what it seems.
Digging deeper into the hospital’s background—and that of its esteemed manager, Dr. Robert Gittinger—Reznick begins to unravel a sinister plot that will bring warzone black ops to American soil. And when his own life comes under threat, he discovers that Jerry is trapped in a web of high-level conspiracies more terrifying than anything he has ever encountered…
I received this book for free. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Also by this author: Rogue, Reckoning, Requiem, Hard HitAlso in this series: Hard Hit, Hard Shot, Hard Target, Hard Vengeance
