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First to Kill

By: Andrew Peterson
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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Summary

When you're the best at what you do, it's not always easy to walk away. Nathan McBride was retired. The trained Marine sniper and covert CIA operative had put the violence of his former life behind him. But not anymore. A deep-cover FBI agent has disappeared along with one ton of powerful Semtex explosive, enough to unleash a disaster of international proportions.

The U.S. government has no choice but to coax Nathan out of retirement. He's the only man with the skills necessary to get the job done. But almost as soon as Nathan reluctantly accepts the assignment, he finds himself caught in the middle. On the one side is a ruthless adversary with a blood-chilling plan - and on the other are agents who will stop at nothing to see their own brand of justice done.

©2008 Andrew Peterson (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Espionage
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"A high-powered thrilled from a magnum-force writer." (David Dun, author of The Black Silent)
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I wasn't expecting a lot from this book, as my experience of first in a series books hasn't been great recently. However, I pleasantly surprised with this audio book.
It started a little differently than some books in this genre, in that it introduces us to the main character, Nathan McBride, not as a "bad-ass" who will destroy anyone who hurts him or his friends, but as a "bad-ass" who will teach you a lesson(in this case, beating a man who is causing some trouble for a client), and then if you are willing, give you a second chance. In other words, Nathan McBride has a heart, even though he is an expert marksman and overall operator, and he will do what needs to be done. His business partner and long time friend Harvey Fontana, is as loyal to Nathan as Nathan is to him, and Andrew Peterson does a great job of showing just how deep their friendship is.
Overall, I found this book to have both depth when it needed to, and action when it needed to. The backstory for Nathan McBride is certainly interesting and makes you like him even more once you have seen what he's been through.
The narrator, Dick Hill, is well known and liked, and with this book he does another excellent job. He is definitely on my list of top three narrators. He has this ability to bring characters to life that few can match.
As a first in a series book, this exceeded my expectations, and it made be want to keep going with the series. If I had anything negative to say about it, it would be that there was a little too much dialogue in places, and that there might have been too many explanations of what things were, but that is a very small complaint in a very enjoyable listen.

A Very Good First Outing for Andrew Peterson.

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Great fun, Nathan Mcbride novel.Good story slightly marred by the fact that the narrator sounded so out of breath for most of the book (he sounded like an old man on his deathbed), maybe he had a chest infection................

Very exciting story spoiled by narration

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narater makes a war hardened hero sound like a 70yr old chain smoking alcoholic..
he can hardly get the words out and slurs most of them..poor choice..sorry
good story ruined

DAM SHAME

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I'm sorry to say that men do a pretty bad job when they put on a female voice. This always spoils the story for me. It would have been better to use a female reader to do the female voices.

Not really one of the best.

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Another entry into a very crowded market of ex-military protagonists who fight evil. The heavily scarred Nathan Mcbride (from capture and torture in Nicaragua) is called in to "babysit" a raid on three brothers who have got hold of far too much semtex. The action sequences in this book are excellent but the detail provided for every aspect of military life, while very well researched is lengthy and quite unnecessary. It was listenable particularly if you have a specific interest in the cold long distance fighting of rival snipers but there is nothing here to recommend it above the many others in this genre.

Super tough sniper seeks similar

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