The Unknown

Jonathan Quinn, Book 14

By: Brett Battles

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

“The best word I can use to describe Battles's writing is addictive.” (James Rollins, New York Times best-selling author)

From USA Today best-selling author Brett Battles comes a new electrifying adventure in his award winning Jonathan Quinn thriller series.

A snowy night. A train making its way through the mountains of Austria.

Asleep in one of the private compartments is a very important passenger, a scientist who has created something others desperately want.

Precautions have been taken to ensure the man’s safe passage, but even with a highly skilled bodyguard onboard, the trip does not go as planned.

When the scientist vanishes, Jonathan Quinn and his team are sent in to locate him before the secrets in the man’s head can be extracted. Because if that happens, the world would change forever.

©2019 Brett Battles (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

More Than A Cleaner Now

This series has progressed from Quinn and Nate being just cleaners to Quinn running operations and tracking down the bad guys. I always enjoyed Quinn as a cleaner since I thought that was a unique role for a protagonist in this genre. Sadly, I suspect we're going to see less of him and Nate as cleaners.

The book is written like the previous books in this series - no surprises, straight forward and well-paced. This book does dabble in AI which is not typical for the Quinn series. It will be interesting to see where things go from here. It's not a memorable book, but it was enjoyable.

I did think Brick got overly excited in a few places. Not a big distraction but I had to deduct a star for the narration.

Reminds me of one of my favorite shows of all time

I wouldn't even name the show, as it would be a major spoiler. All I can say is I throughly enjoyed this one! I really like the characters and their development in this series too!

There's no stopping a great series

14 books in and this series continues to impress. If anything, the supporting cast is so strong that Quinn gets less and less page time. Even so, it's another compelling story that includes old favorite characters and some new and interesting ones. Bring on book #15!

still loving this series

this series continues to be gripping. it keeps me wondering how the good guys will get out of it this time. wonderful narration by Scott.

Finally available in audio!

I read the Kindle ebook version of THE UNKNOWN three months ago and loved it. The novel is even better with Scott Brick narrating. Although the publisher's summary provides only minimal information about The Unknown I plan to add very little to it other than a few teases. The novel is almost 100% located in Europe. Quinn's entire team is called in to help and all come to Europe. There is a strong element of science fiction in The Unknown which is unusual in the Jonathan Quinn series. Oh, Nate is back. The Quinn series began with The Cleaner in 2007. The Unknown, Book 14, is a great addiction to the series.

The audio version of The Unknown pairs one of the very best action thriller authors with probably the best male narrator. One cannot ask for better! The novel has my HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION.

I just checked my Audible library and find that it includes 35 novels by Brett Battlles which is more than any other author. All 35 earn 5 stars.
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Edit: First I want to make a correction. The novel occurs in Europe and the landlocked central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.

My intent is not to give away the plot but to add to items of interest for Brett Battles fans. What Audible listener Shelley calls Siri on steroids, the sci-fi aspect of the novel, is named Danara. Think of Siri times 100 billion. Danara and her inverter are central to the plot.

A young Thai woman with serious computer skills, incredible courage, and an abrasive personality named Jar is now a full member of Quinn's team. It seems she will likely replace Quinn's now dead sister Liz as Nate's love interest. There is also a new character named Kincaid, an American, who may of may not became a member of Quinn's team. The current members are Quinn, Nate, Orlando, Daeng, and Jar.

Book 14 was every bit as good as the 13 others..

Well, book 14 and I don’t know if there will be more. It was a really good story, too. All about an Artificial Intelligence that took over all of Orlando and Jar’s computers and cell phones and led Quinn and his team through an underground bunker, that was as big as a small town, in order to save the scientist who created the AI, but had been kidnapped by the Russians.

No romance and the F-bomb wasn’t used in this story.

As to the narration: Scott Brick! No one better!!!

Always a favorite, never disappoints.

keep them coming Brett, EXCOMS next I am waiting. Good stories and plenty of action.

I hang out for Brett's books

I tend to check Audible regularly for new stuff from my favourite authors. Brett Battles is one of those. I have never been disappointed by any of his novels and this one was not different. What was different was that this book introduced 2 new characters to the Quinn team that I hope Brett can explore in future novels. I am not introducing the characters here as I don't want to give anything away. As I write this I have just been advised that Brett's next book is already out in book form so I have already started The Wait until it comes out on Audible.
Keep up the excellent work mate.

Glad to see Hate back in the fold

Slow start but good book and glad the team is back together. Enjoyed addition of Kincaid.

Brick and Battles - Two of my Favorites!!!!

This is such a fun book! As Wayne (Matthews, NC) stated in his review, this book has a little sci-fi mixed in with the story. I hope this won’t spoil the book for anyone but think Siri on steroids.
I look forward to all of Brett Battles books and have never been disappointed. This series keeps getting better with each new release. I would suggest listening to all of the books on order but each can be listened to as a stand alone.
Scott Brick is an amazing narrator. It’s always a treat to get a favorite narrator with a favorite author.
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
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