From Russia Without Love

[#2] A Special Operations Group Thriller

By: Stephen Templin

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

SEAL Team Six veteran Chris Paladin left the Navy to become a pastor, but CIA spook Hannah Andrade pulls him back into Special Operations Group to locate the White House Chief of Staff's kidnapped son-in-law before he is executed by Greek terrorists. Cantankerous Army Delta Force operator Sonny Cohen reunites with Chris and Hannah as they race the clock to save the hostage.

In Athens, Chris and his teammates discover that Russia is secretly behind the kidnapping, part of a murderous plan to attack the flow of natural gas in Europe. The Cold War has heated up again.

Chris and his crew's rescue quickly changes into a mission to capture or kill a Russian spy.

©2015 Stephen Templin (P)2015 Stephen Templin

Great author: will listen again

This was the first time for any Templin product. I'm very impressed with the story. The pace, action, and ideas. Highly recommended this book. The voices are done with amazing use for the story.

great story couldn't stop glistening

well written good plot twists. especially liked how Chris was prone to missing the shot struggled and not so perfect but determined.

SOG Thriller

Great continuation to the series! Can't wait to see what surprises the author has up his sleeve.

Super Fan!

Really well written. Hooked from the first chapter! Can't wait to start the next one!

B grade writing

It is kind of intriguing to have a minister go on spec-ops field trips as it allows the character to muse over what this sort of activity does to one's psyche or soul. It allows him to not kill in anger, and to be very careful about innocents. I guess it works.

What didn't work so well was the juvenile conversations and immature personality of the minister. He has an adolescent attraction to a beautiful woman who just happens to be the daughter of the #1 bad guy so he lets his guard down. When she eventually pulls a gun from under her skirt (didn't see that one coming, yeah right) he then describes her as "untrustworthy." That was a laughable line. I actually did laugh, and shake my head.

The actual take-down of said #1 bad guy was another head shaker. First our guy tracks him to a lonely cabin where an axe is seen on a chopping block. Our guy comments that this "really was a weapon of opportunity" but he doesn't take it! How stupid was he? Of course the bad guy does take it, but the axe is not the final weapon used. This ending could work out in real life I suppose, if the good guy is really, really lucky, but we usually expect our elite soldiers to win through skill and toughness. As a literary device, this scene didn't satisfy. This volume has ended my interest in the series.