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Operator Down: A Pike Logan Thriller Audiobook
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• A New York Times Bestseller • Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa—and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce.
It was to be a simple mission. Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the fabled Israeli Diamond Exchange was involved in a scheme that could potentially embarrass the state of Israel. But nothing is ever simple in the world of intelligence, as Aaron Bergman—a former leader of an elite direct action team under the Mossad—should have known. Executing the operation as a contractor, a cutout that gave the State of Israel plausible deniability, he disappears without a trace.
Pike Logan and his team know none of this, but he’s tracking an American arms dealer in Tel Aviv who may—or may not—be attempting to sell sensitive nuclear weapons components to the highest bidder. When Pike’s team breaks up an attempt at killing Shoshana, Aaron’s partner, they stumble upon much more than they expected—a concerted conspiracy to topple a democratic African country.
Beginning to untangle a web that extends through both the American and Israeli intelligence community, Pike is forced to choose between his Israeli friends and his Taskforce mission, even as the execution of the coup begins to form. At the heart of it is Aaron, and his disappearance is the one mistake the plotters made. Because Shoshana is the greatest killing machine the Mossad has ever produced, and she will stop at nothing to help Aaron, even if it means killing Pike Logan.
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"Brad Taylor’s Pike Logan thrillers just keep getting better, and Operator Down is his most ambitious and fully realized yet....Taylor continues to stand with Brad Thor and James Rollins at the top of the action-thriller genre. But Operator Down features the polished echoes of Daniel Silva and even John le Carré, a thriller that’s at once both cerebral and muscular, a rare combination that Taylor pulls off with skill and aplomb."
— Providence Journal
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“Fresh plot, great action, and Taylor clearly knows what he is writing about…When it comes to tactics and hardware he is spot on.”
— Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author, praise for the series -
“Logan is a tough, appealing hero you’re sure to root for.”
— Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author -
“[A] page-turning thriller...Taylor is one of today’s premiere authors writing about the world of special ops.
— Associated Press -
Former Delta Force officer Taylor relies on his familiarity with modern combat logistics to create credible characters and complex plots that pulse with intense intrigue, authenticity, and realism. Fans of military thrillers will enjoy how this narrative mirrors current events in the worldwide war on terror.
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As usual in the Pike Logan series, the spycraft and related technology are fascinating, the dialogue crackles, and all the players are operating in an international sea of moral ambiguity. Recommend Pike Logan to readers who like their spies tough, smart, and bordering on superhuman.
— Booklist -
Bestseller Taylor excels at quality action scenes....Series fans...are sure to relish this entry.
— Publishers Weekly -
With his experience as an officer in the U.S. Army's Special Forces, Taylor brings firsthand military knowledge to the Nephilim ‘Pike’ Logan series....A believable account of elite operators working outside traditional government parameters to track international villains.
— Kirkus Reviews -
Brad Taylor continues to tackle one of the pressing fears of today—terrorism. The plots and the characters are fictional but Taylor's meticulous research brings that sense of chilling believability to his Pike Logan thrillers....Taylor delivers a high-energy thriller in Ring of Fire.
— Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel -
Pike ranks right up there with Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, and Jack Bauer.
— John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author -
Fresh plot, great action, and Taylor clearly knows what he is writing about....When it comes to tactics and hardware, he is spot-on.
— Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author -
Logan is a tough, appealing hero you’re sure to root for.
— Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author -
[Pike Logan is a] feisty, devil-may-care hero.
— Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author -
Taylor has become one of the very best writers of thrillers with a military and special-ops background....Comparisons to Vince Flynn and Brad Thor are expected and not inaccurate, but Taylor is now in a class by himself.
— Booklist -
Slick, exciting action and credible complexity are the hallmarks of Taylor’s high-caliber thrillers.
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“Few authors write about espionage, terrorism, and clandestine hit squads as well as Taylor does.
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“Action packed...Those who prize authentic military action will be rewarded.
— Publishers Weekly
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About Brad Taylor
Brad Taylor is the author of military thrillers in the Taskforce series and the Pike Logan series, including the New York Times bestseller No Fortunate Son. He is a retired lieutenant colonel and a twenty-one-year veteran of the US Army Infantry and Special Forces, including eight years with the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta, popularly known as Delta Force. He retired in 2010 after serving more than two decades and participating in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as classified operations around the globe. His final military post was as assistant professor of military science at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. When not writing, he serves as a security consultant on asymmetric threats for various agencies.
About the Narrators
Rich Orlow is a film, television, and voice actor. Among his audiobook narrations are The Outsider by Jimmy Connors, House Rules by Jodi Picoult, and Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.
Henry Strozier is an actor with a forty-year career in numerous movies and television series. Also a voice-over artist, he has worked extensively in video games and audiobook narration, earning several AudioFile Earphones Awards.