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By the Mast Divided
- John Pearce, Book 1
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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London: 1793. Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on her way to war. In the first few days, Pearce discovers the Navy is a world in which he can prosper. And he is not alone; he is drawn to a group of men who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.
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Didn't work for me
- By Michael E on 07-23-08
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By the Mast Divided
- John Pearce, Book 1
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-02-07
- Language: English
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Droits of the Crown
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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John Pearce faces a court martial, but will a cowardly chief witness stand up to questioning? With the matter unresolved, HMS Hazard is put under the command of Horatio Nelson. In London, the government denies prize money for the cargo of silver Pearce took off the Santa Leocadia, claiming it as property of the Crown. Pearce’s prize agent seeks to fight this, only to be outmanoeuvred by devious Henry Dundas. From Elba, Pearce is sent on a mission to collect fleeing members of the Corsican government.
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Droits of the Crown
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Series: John Pearce, Book 18
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-01-23
- Language: English
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A Shot Rolling Ship
- John Pearce, Book 2
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Pressed into King George's Navy for the second time in a month, John Pearce finds himself working aboard HMS Griffin, sailing the Channel in search of the numerous French privateers preying on English merchant ships. Pearce, however, has other things on his mind. He must find a way off the ship in order to rescue his ailing father from the dangers of revolutionary Paris.
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Rollicking yarn
- By Jean on 11-24-14
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A Shot Rolling Ship
- John Pearce, Book 2
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-22-08
- Language: English
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An Awkward Commission
- John Pearce, Book 3
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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John Pearce's recent promotion means that he is finally free to follow his own wishes. But the same can't be said for his trio of closest friends, who are shipped off to the Mediterranean. Pearce vows to liberate them from the brutal tyrant they are serving under. His application to William Pitt finds him sailing off with secret dispatches for Admiral Lord Hood. But when Captain Ralph Barclay puts the lives of his crew at risk, Pearce must embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends.
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Engaging
- By Jean on 12-21-14
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An Awkward Commission
- John Pearce, Book 3
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 06-20-07
- Language: English
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Enemies at Every Turn
- John Pearce, Book 8
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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The year is 1794. Free from jail, John Pearce is not free from the smugglers whose boat he stole. While lying low, Pearce soon has other pressing concerns on his mind. Granted a commission by William Pitt, John Pearce evades his pursuers by undertaking a dangerous mission in France. As rebellious ambition turns to bloody disaster, Pearce must try to re-join Admiral Howe. Also serving with Howe is Ralph Barclay - who has somehow contrived to yet again press Pearce’s friends into his crew.
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A rebellion inside a rebellion
- By Jean on 05-20-15
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Enemies at Every Turn
- John Pearce, Book 8
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Series: John Pearce, Book 8
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-01-12
- Language: English
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HMS Hazard
- John Pearce, Book 16
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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1796. John Pearce is stuck with a difficult mission, a crew of Quota Men forced to enlist in the Royal Navy, four new midshipmen as well as Samuel Oliphant, companion cum spy, whom he finds a constant irritant. In his favour, he commands HMS Hazard, a speedy warship, a pair of competent officers and, of course, his trusty friends the Pelicans. Their mission is to head for the Mediterranean Fleet and warn Admiral Sir John Jervis of impending danger he will face, fighting a combined French/Spanish fleet.
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The. character of Pierce and his pelicans and his fast thinking.
- By David K. on 06-25-24
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HMS Hazard
- John Pearce, Book 16
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Series: John Pearce, Book 16
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 04-01-22
- Language: English
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A Close Run Thing
- John Pearce, Book 15
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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John Pearce is hiding in Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known to him as Oliphant. Although they find a crew willing to take them back to England, they learn on the journey that Pearce’s old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route and may have been responsible for the murder of Catherine Carruthers. Back in England their problems continue: Pearce must seek to mend fences with Emily Barclay, in a relationship in which nothing is simple.
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A Close Run Thing
- John Pearce, Book 15
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 15
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-01-18
- Language: English
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On a Particular Service
- John Pearce, Book 14
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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John Pearce is going home. But he has to avoid capture by an Algerine warship, having his Pelicans pressed into a British frigate, and that's before they are at risk of being hanged for desertion once home. Then there is the problem of Emily Barclay and their son, Adam. By cunning and bluff, he protects his friends but not his troubled love life. In a whirlwind of action, there are forged wills, devious trades, contrived murders and dangerous spy missions, with so much deceit that Pearce does not know whom to trust. All he can hope to do is survive.
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needs refreshing.
- By theodore vawter on 01-28-18
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On a Particular Service
- John Pearce, Book 14
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 14
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-01-17
- Language: English
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Blown Off Course
- John Pearce, Book 7
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Lieutenant John Pearce is in London seeking protection for his friends, the Pelicans, from a reluctant Admiralty. Sitting in the tavern where they were first press ganged, Pearce considers his future. Lacking the evidence of perjury he once had to bring Captain Ralph Barclay to justice, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s young wife, Emily, is refusing to live under the same roof as him and she has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea.
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A cross channel escapade
- By Jean on 04-06-15
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Blown Off Course
- John Pearce, Book 7
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: John Pearce, Book 7
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-26-12
- Language: English
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A Treacherous Coast
- John Pearce, Book 13
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Winter 1795. Lieutenant John Pearce, reckoning to have finally ditched his old enemy, Admiral Hotham, has found a new one in Henry Digby, previously a friend. Meanwhile, Pearce's pregnant and recently widowed lover is adamant they cannot be seen together for the sake of their unborn child as she seeks respectability in society. Aboard HMS Flirt as part of the squadron led by Horatio Nelson, Pearce and his Pelicans soon join them on a reconnaissance which results in the destruction of a key French battery.
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Recaps
- By bluefin on 11-17-23
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A Treacherous Coast
- John Pearce, Book 13
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 13
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-12-17
- Language: English
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A Sea of Troubles
- John Pearce, Book 9
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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1794. In the wake of the Glorious First of June, Lieutenant John Pearce has pressing matters to attend to. He must undertake an urgent commission from Lord Hood, track down midshipman Toby Burns, and placate Emily Barclay. Meanwhile smugglers whose ship Pearce inadvertently stole, are on his tail. And it is not only John Pearce who has his fair share of trouble. The triumphant Channel Fleet returns, but the battle is already the subject of controversy –and Ralph Barclay is accused of holding back from the action.
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The Pelicans are reunited
- By Jean on 06-17-15
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A Sea of Troubles
- John Pearce, Book 9
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 9
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-01-13
- Language: English
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A Troubled Course
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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John Pearce discovers that Madrid plans to desert the British-led coalition and join the enemy. In company with Lord Langholm, he has taken a Spanish treasure ship but is forced into a deep bay overlooked by Spaniards who have a cannon aimed at the entrance. Pearce must take the lead and find a way to get Langholm's frigate and the damaged Santa Leocadia through the bottleneck. His orders take him via Gibraltar, then to Admiral Jervis to warn of Spanish duplicity.
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Worst narration ever! I could not finish book or even get interested. Am so disappointed
- By Paul Leppert on 11-22-23
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A Troubled Course
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Series: John Pearce, Book 17
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-01-23
- Language: English
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A Divided Command
- John Pearce, Book 10
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Unbeknown to John Pearce, the private letter he is delivering on behalf of the prime minister carries the dismissal of the very man he is sailing to see. The need for a government majority to pursue the war with France means John Pearce must step down as Britain’s best sailor, regretfully relinquishing the position to the incompetent Admiral Hotham. Hotham is equally less than pleased about John Pearce, as he is the one person who knows the truth about his dishonest naval career.
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Rehashing
- By Jean on 07-16-15
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A Divided Command
- John Pearce, Book 10
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-13-14
- Language: English
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A Flag of Truce
- John Pearce, Book 4
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Firebrand John Pearce has been promoted to lieutenant and is in a position of command on board HMS Faron when he returns to Toulon from his successful mission in Corsica.
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A Rollicking Tale
- By Jean on 01-31-15
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A Flag of Truce
- John Pearce, Book 4
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 4
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-04-08
- Language: English
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On a Making Tide
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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On a Making Tide chronicles the fascinating early years of Horatio Nelson and Emma Lyon. Both determined to rise from obscurity, they set about making their ways through the world with corresponding recklessness and precocious ambition. Nelson enters the Royal Navy at the ae of twelve and is made a post captain at the age of 20 – his reputation as a daring yet benevolent officer secured in the American War of Independence.
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On a Making Tide
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: Nelson and Emma, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-05-12
- Language: English
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The Admirals' Game
- John Pearce, Book 5
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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1794. Lieutenant John Pearce is caught between a feuding trio of admirals. One puts him in a position of danger while another asks him to undertake a hazardous commission in order to protect his friends, the Pelicans. Meanwhile, Pearce is also trying to construct a perjury case against Admiral Ralph Barclay.
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Engaging
- By Jean on 02-25-15
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The Admirals' Game
- John Pearce, Book 5
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 5
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-01-09
- Language: English
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An Ill Wind
- John Pearce, Book 6
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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It is 1793. John Pearce and his Pelicans are going home - to gain their freedom and put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. Emily Barclay discovers Pearce has papers that would ruin her husband’s career and her future security. And then comes that dread thing, a fire aboard a wooden ship of war! Cast adrift, Pearce and his Pelicans find help from an unlikely source.
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A clever blend of fact and fiction
- By Jean on 03-14-15
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An Ill Wind
- John Pearce, Book 6
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 6
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-11-10
- Language: English
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Every Second Counts
- Armistice 1
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Russell Bentley
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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1940. Dunkirk is over? Will Britain fight on or talk peace? Fugitive and Hitler admirer, Billy Houston, craves a Nazi-run Britain. Needing money and intent on burglary, it ends in murder. But he’s in luck, his victim has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for Southern Britain, this while Armistice talks are slated to take place on the Isle of Wight. A desperate Billy makes contact with Rudi Graebner, a German naval officer and spy embedded in the Spanish Embassy. The two have nothing in common - they instinctively take a dislike to each other and trust is at a premium.
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Every Second Counts
- Armistice 1
- Narrated by: Russell Bentley
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 12-14-22
- Language: English
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The Devil's Own Luck
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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1793: the onset of Britain's conflict with Revolutionary France. Ex-captain turned privateer, Harry Ludlow finds himself on board the naval 74-gun Magnanime, with his brother James. In command is Oliver Carter, a captain with whom Harry has an unfortunate history. But when James is found standing over the body of a dead officer, old scores appear to be put aside…at least for the time being. Blinded by his own prejudice, Harry sets out to prove his brother’s innocence, but it is soon apparent that his feud with Carter is not the only dark secret aboard the Magnanime.
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The Devil's Own Luck
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: Privateersman Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-15-11
- Language: English
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The Devil to Pay
- John Pearce, Book 11
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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It's 1794. Stuck in Palermo harbour, the headstrong Lieutenant John Pearce and his trusty Pelicans must repair the battle-damaged HMS Larcher with only meagre funds to do so. Sailing into danger, they encounter enemies. Pearce has no option but to run until, trapped in an Italian bay, he is forced to abandon his ship. Pearce must face a court martial for his actions, but his troubles are only just beginning.
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A fun sea tale
- By Jean on 08-17-15
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The Devil to Pay
- John Pearce, Book 11
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Series: John Pearce, Book 11
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-01-15
- Language: English
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The Dying Trade
- The Privateersman Mysteries, Volume 2
- By: David Donachie
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Privateersman Harry Ludlow and his partner and younger brother, James, find that murder and intrigue take up more of their time than the hunt for fat trading vessels. Arriving in the squalid, seething port of Genoa, they find it a tinderbox of tension, fed by the discovery of a hanged British sea captain and packs of English and French sailors at each other's throats.
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Kind of felt like I was dumped in the middle
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A Shot Rolling Ship
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Pressed into King George's Navy for the second time in a month, John Pearce finds himself working aboard HMS Griffin, sailing the Channel in search of the numerous French privateers preying on English merchant ships. Pearce, however, has other things on his mind. He must find a way off the ship in order to rescue his ailing father from the dangers of revolutionary Paris.
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Rollicking yarn
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A Flag of Truce
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Firebrand John Pearce has been promoted to lieutenant and is in a position of command on board HMS Faron when he returns to Toulon from his successful mission in Corsica.
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A Rollicking Tale
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An Awkward Commission
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John Pearce's recent promotion means that he is finally free to follow his own wishes. But the same can't be said for his trio of closest friends, who are shipped off to the Mediterranean. Pearce vows to liberate them from the brutal tyrant they are serving under. His application to William Pitt finds him sailing off with secret dispatches for Admiral Lord Hood. But when Captain Ralph Barclay puts the lives of his crew at risk, Pearce must embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends.
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Engaging
- By Jean on 12-21-14
By: David Donachie
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The Dying Trade
- The Privateersman Mysteries, Volume 2
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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Privateersman Harry Ludlow and his partner and younger brother, James, find that murder and intrigue take up more of their time than the hunt for fat trading vessels. Arriving in the squalid, seething port of Genoa, they find it a tinderbox of tension, fed by the discovery of a hanged British sea captain and packs of English and French sailors at each other's throats.
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Kind of felt like I was dumped in the middle
- By W on 09-23-08
By: David Donachie
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A Shot Rolling Ship
- John Pearce, Book 2
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Pressed into King George's Navy for the second time in a month, John Pearce finds himself working aboard HMS Griffin, sailing the Channel in search of the numerous French privateers preying on English merchant ships. Pearce, however, has other things on his mind. He must find a way off the ship in order to rescue his ailing father from the dangers of revolutionary Paris.
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Rollicking yarn
- By Jean on 11-24-14
By: David Donachie
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A Flag of Truce
- John Pearce, Book 4
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Firebrand John Pearce has been promoted to lieutenant and is in a position of command on board HMS Faron when he returns to Toulon from his successful mission in Corsica.
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A Rollicking Tale
- By Jean on 01-31-15
By: David Donachie
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An Awkward Commission
- John Pearce, Book 3
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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John Pearce's recent promotion means that he is finally free to follow his own wishes. But the same can't be said for his trio of closest friends, who are shipped off to the Mediterranean. Pearce vows to liberate them from the brutal tyrant they are serving under. His application to William Pitt finds him sailing off with secret dispatches for Admiral Lord Hood. But when Captain Ralph Barclay puts the lives of his crew at risk, Pearce must embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends.
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Engaging
- By Jean on 12-21-14
By: David Donachie
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An Ill Wind
- John Pearce, Book 6
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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It is 1793. John Pearce and his Pelicans are going home - to gain their freedom and put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. Emily Barclay discovers Pearce has papers that would ruin her husband’s career and her future security. And then comes that dread thing, a fire aboard a wooden ship of war! Cast adrift, Pearce and his Pelicans find help from an unlikely source.
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A clever blend of fact and fiction
- By Jean on 03-14-15
By: David Donachie
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Blown Off Course
- John Pearce, Book 7
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Lieutenant John Pearce is in London seeking protection for his friends, the Pelicans, from a reluctant Admiralty. Sitting in the tavern where they were first press ganged, Pearce considers his future. Lacking the evidence of perjury he once had to bring Captain Ralph Barclay to justice, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s young wife, Emily, is refusing to live under the same roof as him and she has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea.
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A cross channel escapade
- By Jean on 04-06-15
By: David Donachie
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Enemies at Every Turn
- John Pearce, Book 8
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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The year is 1794. Free from jail, John Pearce is not free from the smugglers whose boat he stole. While lying low, Pearce soon has other pressing concerns on his mind. Granted a commission by William Pitt, John Pearce evades his pursuers by undertaking a dangerous mission in France. As rebellious ambition turns to bloody disaster, Pearce must try to re-join Admiral Howe. Also serving with Howe is Ralph Barclay - who has somehow contrived to yet again press Pearce’s friends into his crew.
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A rebellion inside a rebellion
- By Jean on 05-20-15
By: David Donachie
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A Treacherous Coast
- John Pearce, Book 13
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Winter 1795. Lieutenant John Pearce, reckoning to have finally ditched his old enemy, Admiral Hotham, has found a new one in Henry Digby, previously a friend. Meanwhile, Pearce's pregnant and recently widowed lover is adamant they cannot be seen together for the sake of their unborn child as she seeks respectability in society. Aboard HMS Flirt as part of the squadron led by Horatio Nelson, Pearce and his Pelicans soon join them on a reconnaissance which results in the destruction of a key French battery.
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Recaps
- By bluefin on 11-17-23
By: David Donachie
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A Troubled Course
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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John Pearce discovers that Madrid plans to desert the British-led coalition and join the enemy. In company with Lord Langholm, he has taken a Spanish treasure ship but is forced into a deep bay overlooked by Spaniards who have a cannon aimed at the entrance. Pearce must take the lead and find a way to get Langholm's frigate and the damaged Santa Leocadia through the bottleneck. His orders take him via Gibraltar, then to Admiral Jervis to warn of Spanish duplicity.
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Worst narration ever! I could not finish book or even get interested. Am so disappointed
- By Paul Leppert on 11-22-23
By: David Donachie
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On a Particular Service
- John Pearce, Book 14
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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John Pearce is going home. But he has to avoid capture by an Algerine warship, having his Pelicans pressed into a British frigate, and that's before they are at risk of being hanged for desertion once home. Then there is the problem of Emily Barclay and their son, Adam. By cunning and bluff, he protects his friends but not his troubled love life. In a whirlwind of action, there are forged wills, devious trades, contrived murders and dangerous spy missions, with so much deceit that Pearce does not know whom to trust. All he can hope to do is survive.
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needs refreshing.
- By theodore vawter on 01-28-18
By: David Donachie
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A Sea of Troubles
- John Pearce, Book 9
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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1794. In the wake of the Glorious First of June, Lieutenant John Pearce has pressing matters to attend to. He must undertake an urgent commission from Lord Hood, track down midshipman Toby Burns, and placate Emily Barclay. Meanwhile smugglers whose ship Pearce inadvertently stole, are on his tail. And it is not only John Pearce who has his fair share of trouble. The triumphant Channel Fleet returns, but the battle is already the subject of controversy –and Ralph Barclay is accused of holding back from the action.
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The Pelicans are reunited
- By Jean on 06-17-15
By: David Donachie
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A Close Run Thing
- John Pearce, Book 15
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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John Pearce is hiding in Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known to him as Oliphant. Although they find a crew willing to take them back to England, they learn on the journey that Pearce’s old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route and may have been responsible for the murder of Catherine Carruthers. Back in England their problems continue: Pearce must seek to mend fences with Emily Barclay, in a relationship in which nothing is simple.
By: David Donachie
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A Divided Command
- John Pearce, Book 10
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Unbeknown to John Pearce, the private letter he is delivering on behalf of the prime minister carries the dismissal of the very man he is sailing to see. The need for a government majority to pursue the war with France means John Pearce must step down as Britain’s best sailor, regretfully relinquishing the position to the incompetent Admiral Hotham. Hotham is equally less than pleased about John Pearce, as he is the one person who knows the truth about his dishonest naval career.
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Rehashing
- By Jean on 07-16-15
By: David Donachie
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The Devil to Pay
- John Pearce, Book 11
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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It's 1794. Stuck in Palermo harbour, the headstrong Lieutenant John Pearce and his trusty Pelicans must repair the battle-damaged HMS Larcher with only meagre funds to do so. Sailing into danger, they encounter enemies. Pearce has no option but to run until, trapped in an Italian bay, he is forced to abandon his ship. Pearce must face a court martial for his actions, but his troubles are only just beginning.
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A fun sea tale
- By Jean on 08-17-15
By: David Donachie
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The Perils of Command
- John Pearce, Book 12
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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John Pearce, having negotiated the highly questionable sale of the two French prizes taken in The Devil to Pay, has left HMS Flirt, as well as the crew and the wounded Henry Digby in Brindisi, and is headed for Naples to see his lover. In an uncomfortable journey, he seeks to work out a way to best both Admiral Sir William Hotham and Captain Ralph Barclay, men who are his sworn enemies. All his calculations are thrown into turmoil when he discovers that Emily is pregnant.
By: David Donachie
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HMS Hazard
- John Pearce, Book 16
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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1796. John Pearce is stuck with a difficult mission, a crew of Quota Men forced to enlist in the Royal Navy, four new midshipmen as well as Samuel Oliphant, companion cum spy, whom he finds a constant irritant. In his favour, he commands HMS Hazard, a speedy warship, a pair of competent officers and, of course, his trusty friends the Pelicans. Their mission is to head for the Mediterranean Fleet and warn Admiral Sir John Jervis of impending danger he will face, fighting a combined French/Spanish fleet.
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The. character of Pierce and his pelicans and his fast thinking.
- By David K. on 06-25-24
By: David Donachie
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The Admirals' Game
- John Pearce, Book 5
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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1794. Lieutenant John Pearce is caught between a feuding trio of admirals. One puts him in a position of danger while another asks him to undertake a hazardous commission in order to protect his friends, the Pelicans. Meanwhile, Pearce is also trying to construct a perjury case against Admiral Ralph Barclay.
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Engaging
- By Jean on 02-25-15
By: David Donachie
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A Hanging Matter
- The Privateersman Mysteries, Volume 3
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
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1794...Returning to England, Harry and James become embroiled in a vicious struggle between rival smugglers played out in the English Channel. Witnesses to a bloody confrontation, they flee to Deal - only to find that, behind its picturesque facade, the town is a haven for traders in contraband, seething with corruption and violence.
By: David Donachie
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Droits of the Crown
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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John Pearce faces a court martial, but will a cowardly chief witness stand up to questioning? With the matter unresolved, HMS Hazard is put under the command of Horatio Nelson. In London, the government denies prize money for the cargo of silver Pearce took off the Santa Leocadia, claiming it as property of the Crown. Pearce’s prize agent seeks to fight this, only to be outmanoeuvred by devious Henry Dundas. From Elba, Pearce is sent on a mission to collect fleeing members of the Corsican government.
By: David Donachie
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By the Mast Divided
- John Pearce, Book 1
- By: David Donachie
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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London: 1793. Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on her way to war. In the first few days, Pearce discovers the Navy is a world in which he can prosper. And he is not alone; he is drawn to a group of men who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.
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Didn't work for me
- By Michael E on 07-23-08
By: David Donachie
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The Blade Itself
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.
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Characters drive the story. The Narrator rocks!
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On his last combat deployment, Lt. Cmdr. James Reece's entire team was killed in an ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. Now, with no family and free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he's learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward revenge.
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The Lions of Lucerne
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On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the unthinkable has just become a nightmarish reality: thirty Secret Service agents have been viciously executed and the vacationing president of the United States kidnapped by one of the most lethal terrorist organizations in the Middle East - the Fatah Revolutionary Council. But surviving agent and ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath doesn't believe the Fatah Revolutionary Council is responsible for the attack.
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Great Scott Harvath
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Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
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Afraid to Write a "Less-Than-Positive" Review
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Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.
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Characters drive the story. The Narrator rocks!
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The Terminal List
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On his last combat deployment, Lt. Cmdr. James Reece's entire team was killed in an ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. Now, with no family and free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he's learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward revenge.
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Make way for Jack Carr!!!!
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On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the unthinkable has just become a nightmarish reality: thirty Secret Service agents have been viciously executed and the vacationing president of the United States kidnapped by one of the most lethal terrorist organizations in the Middle East - the Fatah Revolutionary Council. But surviving agent and ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath doesn't believe the Fatah Revolutionary Council is responsible for the attack.
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Great Scott Harvath
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All the Light We Cannot See
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Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
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Afraid to Write a "Less-Than-Positive" Review
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World War Z: The Complete Edition
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World War Z: The Complete Edition features 21 additional Hollywood A-list actors and sci-fi fan favorites performing stories not included in the original edition. New narrators include Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Spiderman star Alfred Molina, The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont, rapper Common, Firefly star Nathan Fillion, Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg, and members of the casts of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes and more!
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Will never pre-order again
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John Dempsey's life - as an elite Tier One Navy SEAL named Jack Kemper - is over. A devastating terrorist action catapults him from a world of moral certainty and decisive orders into the shadowy realm of espionage, where ambiguity is the only rule. His new mission: hunt down those responsible for the greatest tragedy in the history of the US Special Ops and bring them to justice.
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This One's a Keeper!!!
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Tom Clancy Shadow State
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The vibrant economy of the new Vietnam is a shiny lure for Western capital. Companies are racing to uncover ideal opportunities. Not wanting to be left behind, Hendley Associates has sent their best analyst, Jack Ryan, Jr., to mine for investment gold. And he may have found some in a rare earth mining company—GeoTech. But a trip with a Hendley colleague to the Highlands to observe the company’s operations takes a treacherous turn when their helicopter is shot down. Some things haven’t changed, and Vietnam is still the plaything of powerful neighbors.
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Best Jr and Campus story in a bit
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As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything - beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses - but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets.
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In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive.
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Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.
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Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career.... It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable: He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.
Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a 14-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway....
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Story Is OK. Performance, Not So Much.
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After rescuing the President from kidnappers, Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath shifts his attentions to rooting out, capturing or killing all those responsible for the plot. As he prepares to close out his list, a bloody and twisted trail of clues points towards one man - the world's most feared, most ruthless terrorist, Hashim Nidal. Nidal has assembled an international league of Islamic terrorist networks in an ingenious plot to topple both Israel and America.
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Corny
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When a series of devastating terror attacks brought down the United States, Conor and Barb assumed they were safe in their compound. They had everything they needed. They were armed and highly trained. But then, Barb was kidnapped. The kidnappers didn’t know why Conor was known as The Mad Mick. They didn’t know the fear and respect his name invoked in the shadowy underworld of covert operations. They didn’t know that when it came to protecting his family, he was without conscience, without compassion, and without equal. But they would soon find out.
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I had to stop listening
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War Shadows
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John Dempsey, former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator, is back. Only a few months into his new life as an operative for Ember, the United States’ most covert counterterrorism entity, he must stop an old nemesis who’s resurfaced after ten years of operating in the shadows. From the deserts of Iraq, through the jungles of Guatemala, to the streets of suburbia, Dempsey and his Ember team race against time to stop a series of horrific and devious attacks against the homeland.
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4.5 Stars Action Packed Book A Bargain @$8.08
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Golden Buddha
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Juan Cabrillo's first adventure with the Oregon - a state-of-the-art spy ship disguised as a nondescript lumber hauler - takes him and his crew into dangerous waters as they try to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese.
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Horrible Narrative
- By steve on 05-25-16
By: Clive Cussler, and others
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The Diamond Eye
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In the snowbound city of Kiev, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son—but Hitler’s invasion of Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper—a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour.
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Excellent narration!
- By Denise Diener on 04-15-22
By: Kate Quinn
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Zero Day
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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From David Baldacci - the modern master of the thriller and number-one worldwide best-selling novelist - comes a new hero: a lone Army Special Agent taking on the toughest crimes facing the nation. John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.
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Big fan of David Baldacci, not a fan of Zero Day
- By William R. on 11-22-11
By: David Baldacci
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The Secret
- A Jack Reacher Novel
- By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army’s representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy.
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Reacher said nothing… worth hearing.
- By david on 10-26-23
By: Lee Child, and others
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The Huntress
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her alive.
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EVEN BETTER THAN ALICE NETWORK
- By Nina on 03-02-19
By: Kate Quinn
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Ember
- The Tier One Thrillers, Book 8
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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To survive the notorious prison IK-2 and assassinate Russian President Vladimir Petrov, John Dempsey had to become rosomakha, the wolverine. Now, back home in America, he’s trying to put the pieces of his life at Ember back together. But which man returned from Russia—Dempsey, or the wolverine? From the way his teammates look at him, it’s obvious they’re not sure, and neither is he. Meanwhile, Vice President Kelso Jarvis has barely had time to mourn the death of his mentor before a devastating attack reveals a new threat.
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Summer fun story withAction and Adventure.. I am here for it
- By Zane M Abbey on 07-09-24
By: Brian Andrews, and others
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Red Storm Rising
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 31 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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When Muslim fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands. They plan to seize the Persian Gulf, and more ambitiously, to neutralize NATO. Thus begins Red Storm, an audacious gamble that uses diplomatic maneuver to cloak a crash military build-up.
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Good Story, Good Narrative, Good Book!
- By PatC on 04-11-12
By: Tom Clancy
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The Hunt for Red October
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Somewhere under the freezing Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. The chase for the highly advanced nuclear submarine is on - and there’s only one man who can find her... Brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan has little interest in fieldwork, but when covert photographs of Red October land on his desk, Ryan soon finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek played by two world powers - a game that could end in all-out war.
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Thank GOD you got a new narrator!
- By Andrew M. Niehaus on 08-24-18
By: Tom Clancy
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Crusader One
- Tier One Thrillers, Book 3
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing stops former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator John Dempsey from answering the call of duty - including a mission with the highest stakes he's ever faced. When one of the most brazen and lethal acts of terrorism rocks American and Israeli intelligence forces at the highest levels, Dempsey's ultracovert antiterror unit, Ember, mobilizes. But this operation isn't just a retaliatory strike by Ember; it's a mission of vengeance for Dempsey.
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Andrews & Wilson wrote another WINNER!!
- By shelley on 12-08-17
By: Brian Andrews, and others
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State of the Union
- By: Brad Thor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The most unlikely terrorist enemy of all now holds a knife against the country’s throat. With both diplomatic and conventional military options swept from the table, the president calls upon Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath to disable a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy intended to bring the United States to its knees. Teamed with beautiful Russian Intelligence agent Alexandra Ivanova and a highly trained CIA paramilitary detachment, Harvath embarks on an adrenaline-fueled search that spans the world.
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Thrilling!
- By Loray on 01-31-11
By: Brad Thor
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Tom Clancy Act of Defiance
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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US intelligence is reporting turmoil in the Russian navy. Their deadliest submarine, the Belgorod, has unexpectedly launched, and taken along with it a long list of questions. Who authorized the departure? What mission is it on? And, most disturbing of all, what weapons do the giant doors on the sub’s bow hide? It's been four decades since a similar incident with the Soviet sub, Red October, ended happily, thanks to a young CIA analyst named Jack Ryan.
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The Ryan’s at their best
- By William Bailey on 05-27-24
By: Brian Andrews, and others
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Dark Intercept
- The Shepherds Series
- By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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On the eve of his medical retirement, Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson receives a frantic call from his estranged childhood best friend David Yarnell. David’s daughter has been kidnapped off the streets of Nashville in broad daylight. The police have no suspects and no leads. The only clue: the body of a dead priest left behind at the scene. With the clock ticking, David is growing desperate, as is his wife, Rachel . . . Jed’s first love.
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An Excellent surprise
- By M. Trail on 09-08-21
By: Brian Andrews, and others
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Red Metal
- By: Mark Greaney, Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV - USMC
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control over the world's hi-tech sector for generations to come. Pitted against the Russians are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy Pentagon job, a French Special Forces captain and his intelligence operative father, a young Polish partisan fighter, an A-10 Warthog pilot, and the commander of an American tank platoon....
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Excellent listen!
- By Jose G. Meras on 07-19-19
By: Mark Greaney, and others
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Fall of Giants
- Book One of the Century Trilogy
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 30 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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Loved it and learned alot.
- By Louis on 10-19-10
By: Ken Follett