The Jericho Siege

A Jonathan Hunt Thriller, Book 1

By: Georgia Wagner, Scott Cook

Narrated by: Wesley Landry

They saw a quiet grape farmer in the Missouri Ozarks. They didn’t see the retired CIA assassin who was just waiting for a reason to let the monster out.

Million-selling author Georgia Wagner teams up with Mensa genius and Navy vet, Scott Cook, to create your next favorite thriller series.

The dirt under Jonathan’s fingernails used to be the dust of Kandahar and Caracas. As a former operator for the CIA’s Special Activities Division, Hunt was a "Gray Man"—a ghost trained to dismantle insurgencies and vanish without a trace. His specialty was asymmetrical warfare, until he faked his death two years ago.

He thought he was out. He thought he could replace the violence with the silence of the vines.

He was wrong.

When his boss gets entangled with local thugs, Hunt steps in to handle it the only way he knows how—quickly and brutally. But he unknowingly kicks a hornet's nest. The thugs aren't just low-level criminals; they are the foot soldiers for Vissarion, a sadistic cartel enforcer with big plans for the small town.

Vissarion isn't just moving drugs; he’s testing a terrifying new synthetic weapon, VX-9, on the American heartland.

Now, with his new family under siege, the time for being a simple farmer is over. The police can’t help. The government won’t help. But Jonathan Hunt doesn’t need help. He has a particular set of skills, a hidden cache of weapons, and a burning need for revenge.

The operative is back. And he’s about to turn the Ozarks into a war zone.

Perfect for fans of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, Mark Greaney’s The Gray Man, and the relentless pacing of John Wick with a dash of Mission Impossible.

©2026 Georgia Wagner (P)2026 Georgia Wagner

Good concept but unrealistic content

The book started out good but there were too many aspects of the book that were not believable.

Very Interesting Character

We listen to a lot of bad ass character books. This one grabs you pretty quickly I highly recommend Johnathon

It wanted to be good.

The story shows promise, and it was performed okay, but it falls short. It comes across as an action thriller written how a romance novelist thinks a thriller would be written. The main character is described as being bigger than life…and, at 6’-4” (if I recall correctly) and weighing “a quarter ton” (in his words), he would be quite large. His BMI would actually be around 52.3, which falls into the category of severe or extreme obesity; not exactly the image of health and peak fitness, regardless of his height. Very limited character building, and a story line that sounds like it comes straight from AI.

Very good book!

This book ran the gambit of all emotions. Action, excitement, anxiety, tenderness. It was well read, and it drew into the world of Jonathan Hunt. I can’t wait for the next installment

Not in the same league with Reacher or other similar

I thought the story line had legs but it was just written too unbelievably. If I hadn’t paid money for it, I probably would not have finished it. Reacher is unbelievable most of the time, this was just cartoonish.