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Predator

By: Wilbur Smith, Tom Cain
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
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Summary

LET THE HUNT BEGIN.

HECTOR CROSS, ex-SAS officer, private security expert, widower. His wife was taken much too soon, by a cruel man with evil intentions.

JOHNNY CONGO, psychopath, extortionist, terrorist, the man who murdered Hector’s wife. Cross wants him dead. So does the US government.

Congo is locked up on Death Row in the most secure prison in the free world, counting down the days until his execution. He’s got two weeks. He wants out. He’s escaped before and knows he can again.

Cross, still licking his wounds from his last bruising encounter with Congo, is back and ready for work. In the middle of the rough Atlantic stands oil supertanker Bannock A. Terrorist activity in the area has triggered panic and there’s only one person they can trust to protect her.

What is promised as a cakewalk turns out to be much more, a mission that will test Cross to his emotional and physical limits. But a life spent in the SAS and private security has left Cross hard-wired for pain and as he is thrown into the fire once more, he will not stop until he has snared his prey.

Hector Cross is Predator.

©2015 Wilbur Smith (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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"Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared." (The Times)

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Usual Smith

I felt the accents were a bit ropey and inconsistent at times, and the plot had a few deus ex machina bits that it could have done without

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Cut short completely ruined the story

Wilbur isn't what he used to be is he. This book was unfortunately predictable, blatantly cut short just when plots were reaching their crescendo and written with no military knoweldge at all. most of the facts were literally word for word from wikipedia. Load of old tosh and a waste of a credit.

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Such a shame ...

..that one of the best adventure story writers has come to this. I gave up after chapter 5. The plot was weak, the language unhelpful and sometimes offensive and the narration.... I couldn't bear the ridiculous accents and voices which were distracting and, indeed, some of which were completely incomprehensible to me. I would prefer the narrator to just read the book without the 'acting'. I'm going to return it.

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VERY DISAPPOINTING

THE VOICES USED BY THE READER I FOUND BOTH ANNOYING AND DISTRACTING. THE STORY NOT A PATCH ON ANY OF THE PREVIOUS WILBUR SMITH BOOKS I HAVE READ. VERY DISAPPOINTING. I GAVE UP AT CHAPTER 13.

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GRAHAM WALKER

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Doesn't rate along side the previous 2 in series

This book starts so slowly and recapping areas that happened in the previous two books. Not interestingly either - the first hour or two just provide detail that you will pretty much will have guessed.

Parts of the book make you doubt Wilbur Smith's involvement in the detail, it's more like a 2nd rate adventure novel.

Towards the middle of the book the story improves somewhat but with several glaring stereotypes and plot lines.

The end... predictable and dull.

Well read by Ben Onwukwe, lots of accents and characters to provide and he does so in an excellent manner.

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Wilbur Smith? Really?

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Plot was a bit plodding, not much more than an overplayed manhunt

What could Wilbur Smith and Tom Cain have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Be aware when the plot becomes excessively one dimensional

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Early scenes were ok, showed promise before a downhill descent.

Do you think Predator needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Not really, needs a more interesting and engaging plot

Any additional comments?

How much of this book was down to Wilbur Smith I wonder

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Nice finish to the trilogy. Excellent

The majority of it was superb and I thought bits were complicated but in the end. I would definitely recommend A1

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Another great book

Loved the narration of this book. It went hand in glove with the plot. The best HEctor CRoss yet.

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Good listen

Wilbur smith is always worth a rad and I personally think the cross series is the best so it was good to have this third book. If you want a good adventure then give this a go.

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Fun

Great listen only took 3 days it's a fun no brainer with LOTS of action great listen!!!!!

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