On Wings of Eagles

De: Ken Follett

Narrado por: Marcia Hyde, Larry Robinson, Ralph Williams, Joan Tuit, R. Ted Andriese

When two of his American employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: American businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared.

©1983 Ken Follett (P)1984 Brilliance Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A marvelous, rare, terrific read...as exciting as a novel." ( USA Today)
"Superb....Ken Follett's fans may be reluctant to see him return to fiction." ( The New York Times Book Review)

Amazing story

I remember reading this book when it was first released. It was the first time I heard the name Ross Perot or EDS Systems. I stayed up all night and read it all the way through. Listening to the book, I had a little trouble with some of the Iranian names and finally wrote the key ones down. That could be because I'm a visual learner. After that, the story was as enthralling as I remembered. It is an amazing tale of the president and top management of a US software company who go through commando training (abbreviated training) and travel to Iran to rescue other company executives being held by the iranian government. I mean, how unbelievable is that??? I sure can't imagine that happening today. No matter what you think of Mr. Perot's politics, you have to admire his resolve to take care of his employees. You won't be sorry if you get this book.

great story

read too fast. should be slightly slower as we can easily speed up but can only half the speed, distorting it.

Enjoyable with 0.75 speed

Speed needed to be slowed down, otherwise it is impossible to follow the story. Not sure why they edited 4 different readers together. Story overall interesting, but less heroic than I expected.

Americans to the core

Fantastic book. Need more people in world like Perot. True Christian kept his word always

A fantastic story well told

Lovely and inspiring true story of humanity and US at it best. One of Ken Follets best books

loyalty

loyalty between employees and extreme loyalty by the leader of the company to the employees. No one left behind.

Amazing Book!!!!

This was an amazing story I had never known of before. A book that everyone should take the time to enjoy.

Bad audio

Poorly done narrating. Seemed AI generated. Over all store a lot like his other books. Like Jackdaws, Triple, lie down with lions. If the audio is overhauled over I’d give the book all four stars.

terror and hold your breath for more

this was a book that was so real and horrifying and that every snentence held my attnetion.

Worst narrator I have ever heard

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I have downloaded almost three hundred books from Audible and this was the first that I found impossible to listen to. The narrator seems to be on a mission to make a tewnty-hour read into a ten-hour one. I gave up after two chapters!

What didn’t you like about the narrators’s performance?

He read like he had to go and pick the kids up from school and he was already late.

Was On Wings of Eagles worth the listening time?

No because of the narrator