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Invasion
- Narrated by: Frank Gardner
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The world is on high alert.
Across the Strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?
Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership – an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A ‘collector’ is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China’s infamous state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?
As geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.
Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan – a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it’s there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .
Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.
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- Will
- 22-06-24
Lightweight plot & poor delivery
An interesting idea completely let down by lightweight plot, almost laughably bad scenes and above all a stilted and distracting delivery by the author.
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- Pat McKenna
- 14-06-24
Brilliant book - BUT - the ending?
I enjoy the writers books immensely and the plot to this one is excellent. However, if there is a second follow-up book then I say, great. If not then the ending to this book is at best, incomplete. I do very much hope that there is a follow up that rounds off the story in a more complete fashion.
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- Scrinson
- 31-05-24
Good book, ruined by narration.
The story is fine but the narration is terrible. The author reads this like he is giving a brief to a BBC Anchor. I have the utmost respect for his talents and journalistic skills and indeed I relish hearing his take on world affairs. Sadly however, he is not a narrator of audio books. Hopefully his previous narrator will return for the next book.
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- Katherine Holland
- 02-08-24
Plausibility backed by foundation of core knowledge of MOD
Disappointed to not have previous narrator. Much shorter than previous novels. Enjoyed the viewpoints of different characters and the different locations for each chapter.
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- TJF
- 18-06-24
Exciting and infuriating
I agree with the other reviewers, Frank does a good job of narrating his own story.
like all the defence detail that you know is accurate given the author. but not sure about the Chinese super soldiers.
also you just want to punch MI6 legal, HR and ethics people.
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- Julian
- 07-07-24
A gripping story and potentially a real scenario in our currently unstable world.
I enjoyed the narration of this compelling story. The portrayal of the characters was good and the story moved rapidly and coherently.
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- Coolnoggins
- 11-07-24
Terrific read
Fast moving, exciting, plausible, wonderful piece of escapism. Shall be listening to more Frank Gardners books.
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- Ejfanjo
- 25-07-24
Very current story
Frank Gardner is a great correspondent with excellent insight into world politics and operational tactics. I’ve read all of his fictional books and they are great. Unfortunately his skills as a narrator are not quite great. The story was up to the minute on world politics and technology but it was told without any great inflections. I think one of the previous narrators might have been a better choice. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the book, although (spoiler alert! ) I felt the ending was a bit rushed. Still, it does leave a big hole for another sequel to fill and I’ll be glad when it does.
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- Larry Leadfoot
- 27-06-24
Great story, terrible performance
Please Frank, for the next book, ask a professional narrator to read the text. Your performance (I guess for obvious reasons) was that of a news reader. No emotion. It was like listening to a robot
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- Helen L. Lewis
- 02-06-24
Great pace
I enjoyed the plot twists and the setting in Taiwan. Cliffhanger at the end was interesting
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