Hard Road

A Jon Reznick Thriller, Book 1

By: J. B. Turner

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Jon Reznick is a “ghost”: a black-ops specialist who takes his orders from shadowy handlers, and his salary from the US government. Still mourning the loss of his beloved wife on 9/11, he’s dispatched to carry out a high-level hit. Reznick knows only that it must look like suicide. It’s textbook.

But the target is not the man Reznick expected. The whole setup is wrong. In an instant the operation is compromised, and Reznick is on the run with the man he was sent to kill. A man wanted by the FBI, and by a mysterious terrorist organization hell-bent on bringing the United States to its knees. FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein is determined to track him down, and to intercept whatever it is Reznick was sent to do.

When Reznick’s young daughter becomes a pawn in the game, he has to use more than his military training to stay one step ahead of those responsible. Meanwhile, he is the only person who knows the true extent of the threat to national security—and has the stealth and determination to stop it.

Revised edition: This edition of Hard Road includes editorial revisions.

©2016 J. B. Turner. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Great Series Starter

Can't wait for the next book - kept me on the edge of my seat right up to the last seconds.

Intriguing

Hard Road, book one in the series "A Jon Reznick Thriller," was my first by author J. B. Turner and I was impressed. This thriller kept me entertained from start to finish, and I look forward to the next book in this series. The narrator, Jeffrey Kafer, was perfect for this genre.

Fast pace

Fast pace, lots of twists and turns. Can’t wait to read the second book in series.

Terrific and Timely

Turner creates characters with depth and admirable character qualities which engage readers in caring what happens to them. Hard Road is another of Turner’s well-written action thrillers with a strong contemporary plot which keeps reader/listener interest and engagement throughout. Like sooo many current secular thriller writers, however, Turner joins those who feel it necessary to have characters fling curses into the narrative on every page. Usually I find that practice to be a substitute for effective written expression among mediocre writers; but Turner’s writing is otherwise so very good that he does not need to fall back on that current secular sine quality non, and I DO wish he would consider knocking it off ;). I’m no evangelical Christian, and having had two, count em, military husbands, turn-the-air-blue swearing bothers me not at all; but I AM a quiet non-evangelical Christian, and it hurts to see (or hear) JC! And GD! pouring out of character’s mouths on every page. Just sayin.

Action Thriller

Family, duty, and patriotism are themes throughout this great book.

spoiler: Covid 19 echoes as the final story line has Resnet preventing a stronger strain than the Spanish flu from being released.