Radiant Angel

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Prescient and chilling, DeMille's #1 New York Times bestselling novel takes us into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs.

After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, John Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force and returned home to New York City, taking a job with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Although Corey's new assignment with the DSG-surveilling Russian diplomats working at the U.N. Mission-is thought to be "a quiet end," he is more than happy to be out from under the thumb of the FBI and free from the bureaucracy of office life.

But Corey realizes something the U.S. government doesn't: The all-too-real threat of a newly resurgent Russia.

When Vasily Petrov, a colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service posing as a diplomat with the Russian U.N. Mission, mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch's party in Southampton, it's up to Corey to track him down. What are the Russians up to and why? Is there a possible nuclear threat, a so-called radiant angel? Will Corey find Petrov and put a stop to whatever he has planned before it's too late? Or will Corey finally be outrun and outsmarted, with America facing the prospect of a crippling attack unlike anything it's ever seen before?

Although shorter good continuation of series

I like this books for the main character, John Corey. This book follows the Panther in the series The dialogue is always good and the suspense fast past. This one involves a terrorist attack on NYC by the Russians versus Arabs, the later getting to be a slightly tired theme. As usual John Corey breaks all the rules, always has a wisecrack, and gets into big trouble even though he saves 10 million people. His wife as a main character is missing from this book, and he picks up a new female partner. There is good tension between the two.

If you like the series you will like this, and only be disappointed by the length of the book. If you have not read any in this series start with another one since they all good in this genre.
I liked the Panther and The Lions Game. Those average close to 20 hours each so you get more for your Audible credit.

As usual, Scott Brick is an excellent narrator.

Not up to Demille's usually high standard

Small. It's a small story. I've read many of DeMille's books and I've enjoyed the sarcastic wit of his main character through those books. Compared to the rich plots and complexity of the rest of the series, this one feels like a novella. The big bad plan from the bad guys is cliche and overused, the scope of the story is short in both duration and area. This whole books, from any other author, would feel like a transitional middle book in a mediocre series as the author decided to take things in a new direction. All that aside, John Corey is still the same sarcastic but otherwise perfect cop that he's always been. The prose is skilled, and the narration is, of course, top notch as is always the case with Scott Brick.

Couldn't stop listening!

Wow, what a book. Once I got into it I couldn't stop listening. Good old John was his typical self throughout the story. With his attitude on life, I expect every woman he comes across would try to shoot him.

Scott Brick was his usual flawless narrator. He has always been able to change his personalities for each of the people in that portion of the story. He could make a tech instruction manual enjoyable.

It's a good thing it was a shorter story. My wife was about to kill me spending all my time on the book. Now she's into it so it all works out.

Tedious in execution

Good idea for plot, but tedious in execution (pun intended). DeMille is losing his touch.

Luv John Corey.

this narrator happens to be my favorite. he makes John Corey feel so real that I feel know him so well. can't wait til the next 1. can't say I missed Kate Mayfield at all but am of course looking forward to the follow-up on that storyline too.