The Orpheus Deception
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4.4 • 17 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
"A testosterone-fueled thriller."—Publishers Weekly
In his New York Times bestselling debut, The Echelon Vendetta, David Stone introduced covert operative Micah Dalton. Once, it was his job to take care of other agents’ mistakes. Coldly, cleanly—and permanently.
Now, Micah is on the outs with his former employers, staying off the radar and hopefully out of firing range. When an attempt is made on his life in the rainy streets of Venice, he knows his best chance of survival is under the shadowy wings of the CIA. To prove his worth, he accepts their mission: an agent and old associate of Micah's has been taken in the China Sea, the only survivor of a brutal pirate attack. He's to find the man and find him fast.
But Micah's mission is not about a man. It's about an elusive ship known only as The Mingo Dubai that is already under way, heading toward the West. And its cargo is death.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Readers hungry for sex, bloody action and flag-waving patriotism will best appreciate this sequel to Stone's debut, The Echelon Vendetta, which likewise starred CIA agent Micah Dalton. The disparate elements of this testosterone-fueled thriller gradually come together, including a stabbing in Venice; the hijacking of a freighter in the South China Sea; a rogue SAS (Special Air Service) agent, Ray Fyke, imprisoned in Singapore's notorious Changi prison; and a Serbian mafia leader with grandiose ambitions. Each piece of the puzzle carries its own carnage and enough international intrigue to effectively make Dalton and his putative allies the only ones who can salvage the situation. Stone handles with aplomb such details as weapons technology, bureaucratic bumbling and ship navigation in treacherous seas, then tests the limits of human endurance with his heroes Dalton and Fyke. Though the plot hangs together well enough, the resolution takes a gigantic suspension of disbelief and leads to a less than satisfying denouement.
Customer Reviews
It's like being there
We are taken to many destinations with Mr. dalton and Mr. Stone's descriptions of these places are exquisite, covering all the senses.
I have been to many of the places that characters went to in the book. With the exception of Changi prison and always as a tourist. The descriptions of the people, the heat, the hillsides, are all so vivid as to practically transport me to those lands while I attacked the book. That, the story, and the lively characters are what keep me reading into the work day and also into the night.
Great books. And done without the typical Arab terrorist that seems to be a mainstay for so many other authors.