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Hard Landing
- Spider Shepherd Thrillers, Book 1
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Series: Spider Shepherd Thrillers, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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- Mr. Duncan W. Ross
- 18-10-20
Great book
Multiple stories neatly woven together in one compelling book. The whole series is well written and performed.
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- carl green
- 24-03-22
Great book
Been listening to Andy McNab books for a while and needed something as gripping and I’ve found them. First in the series and can’t wait to listen to the rest of them.
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- Gordon Macleod
- 12-03-22
Hard Landing
Engaging storyline throughout. But narration, while clear, was hard to listen too. Slow paced. Gaps at the end of each sentence. Monotone. I almost gave up on the book due to narration. But great story despite this.
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- Jeffrey Terzza
- 19-02-22
Absolutely superb
Although I’ve read many books of this type, this is the first one by this author and I’ve got to say this is probably by far the best. It doesn’t take long for the tension to start to grow and then throbs along at an amazing pace, hardly letting up at all. This book was my introduction to Stephen Leather and Spider Shepard, but the next book in the series is downloading from my wish list as we speak. The narration was tremendous, and the paused style of reading only lent to heighten the tension. A fantastic job by all involved. 5 stars every day of the week, can’t wait for the next.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-02-22
Good premise, but got a bit mental
Loved the idea and the lead character. The way the action was written was very good. However feel people picking up this title were intrested in a story set inside a prison enviroment.
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- Andy
- 06-02-22
Great story - interesting editing!!
Great book, but the editor may want to revisit 12 hrs and 30 seconds in!!
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- George
- 02-02-22
Another great Leather/Thornley production
Gripping production however a small recording error at chapter 14 11:09 in. Love Stephen leather books.
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- Ellen James
- 20-01-22
Full of pace and punch
Good story. Lots of detail and it certainly felt accurate. Couldn't quite get a handle on the time at which this was set - talking about reading the latest Harry Potter, but still using Walkmans? Narrator had a very distinctive style - great with accents, when he remembers to do them. Needed greater care with the editing - only book I've listened to where the narrator messes up a section and rereads, and it has been left in... Still worth listening however - I'll find the next Spider in the series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-22
Excellent story and well narrated
I originally read this story when it was first released, only to realise that I had a terrible attention span and read the same page, over and over again. I have just finished the latest Spider Shepherd book and wanted to start from the beginning. The audio story captured the drama and action so much better than when I was reading it. Paul Thornley is an amazing storyteller along with Jeff Harding. I liked that Spider got revenge on the guy who tried to take what was most precious from him. I'm looking forward to hearing the next book which is in my library. Thanks Mr Leather for your creative writing and your fascinating experience.
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- Steve
- 12-12-21
Great book
So far this book series is a great to have while driving .. Have brought the rest of the series to have while driving.
Paul's narration is very good which keeps you wanting more .
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-21
loved it
perfect blend of action and suspense. Paul Thornley makes listening a pleasure. on to the next book.
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- MichaelM
- 13-02-21
Happy when it was over.
Sorry, but I found it tedious. Narration was excellent. My main problem was that 90% of the book took place in a very limited...background. I don’t want to say much more as it will spoil the story. A couple very exciting “scenes” but otherwise, I just did not enjoy this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-10-20
really good writing
I'm glad they made The Chinaman into a great movie from an even better book. it led me to this writer. well written, engaging, and exciting. hope the next one is too!