The Orpheus Deception

By: David Stone

Narrated by: Erik Davies

CIA cleaner Micah Dalton returns for another go-round of the international espionage, government cover-ups, and high-intensity pursuit that have cemented this series in the best of spy fiction.©2008 David Stone; (P)2008 Penguin

Almost as good

Almost as good as The Echelon Vendetta which was a six star book. I found that changing the narrator took away from this book. But this narrator was not bad, I liked the narrator for Echelon better.
David Stone is a quality writer he just needs to write more.
Vince Flynn has competition!
Stone, if you read this, get busy!

Just as intense as reading a recipe for soup.

The plot is good. The style of writing kept moving from location to location which kept my attention.

The story does NOT involve the reader enough to really care about the characters or the love interests.
Emotionally I was neutral towards both the heros and the villians...

Many better espionage/thrillers books to listen to on Audible before choosing this one.

Try the following authors: (un-ordered list)

Vince Flynn
Lee Child
Nelson DeMille
Daniel Silva
Robert Littell
David Baldacci
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

If you are looking for a 6 star (book on a 5 star scale) gripping story about a couple of soldiers which is very intense. Read Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay.

Publisher's description of Brother Fish is vague, and the title of the book is not exciting but give this book a try!

The Orpheus Deception

Let me get start by saying...The book was great! The Echelon Vendetta (an excellent novel) had the listner on the edge throughout the book, you only knew as much as Micah did on his quest. Orpheus was a tad bit leading and rehearsed, except for a brilliant beginning. I perfered the first narriator Bamji, he had more range than Davies who warmed up towards the middle of the book. I want to see more of Captain Dalton.

...Shriek Only Audible to Nancy Pelosi's Hearing

What did you like best about The Orpheus Deception? What did you like least?

Sigh. Another one of these books wherein a conservative author shouts his politics at you. There were so many of these cheap shots (don't get between Al Gore and a ham sandwich, harder to find than Michael Moore's neck, etc.) that it really got tedious and completely distracting. FWIW, at least he's not yet gone the full Michael Crichton (State of Fear) and turn a "novel" into nothing more than an Atlas Shrugged-type of political manifesto (Vince Flynn has came close in Extreme Measures).

Anyway, there is a story buried in here and it's actually not that bad though somewhat overly convuluted, anticlimatic and lacking in action (compared to the first Dalton), but still not a bad listen or a complete waste of time.

Another gripping plot by David Stone

I wish he would write more Micah Dalton sequels.
Narration wonderful too. I have to confess I enjoy them the second time around as well.