The Target
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4.3 • 3K Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The world's greatest assassins are on a high-risk mission for the President--but a powerful mastermind wants them dead in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.
The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel.
Together, Robie and Reel's talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don't trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive.
As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets--a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This twisting thriller marks the third book in David Baldacci’s acclaimed series featuring Will Robie and Jessica Reel, CIA assassins who used to be rivals but now work as a team. When the expert agents accept a high-stakes mission that comes straight out of the White House, they find themselves pitted against a deadly North Korean operative and enemies from their past. As Robie and Reel race to stop a rogue nation’s reign of terror, Baldacci pulls you in with a fast-paced story that lifts up the curtain on one of the planet's most brutal totalitarian regimes. The Target is a breathtakingly suspenseful ride alongside two of the most principled partners in spy fiction.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Baldacci's new thriller features Will Robie and Jessica Reel, secret agents licensed to kill by the U.S. president. Their officious superior hates them, but they're just too darned good to dismiss. The novel unfolds in a segmented but connected series of their adventures, several of which lead to a dangerous incursion in North Korea and involve a ferocious hit woman. Aiding and abetting Baldacci's characters are narrators McLarty and Cassidy, two total pros who have collaborated on other recent Baldacci audios. Here, the former is given the lion's share of work, narrating the novel and, using minimal shading, providing the voices for Robie (usually calm and collected), the president (unyielding, with just a hint of self-doubt), the head of the CIA (combative, sour, fearful), among others. Cassidy supplies Reel with a steely self-confidence, shifts to a halting Asian accent for the infamous hit woman, and uses a similar but higher-pitched accent for the assassin's young ward. Bottom line, McLarty and Cassidy get their job done as successfully as Robie and Reel. A Grand Central hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Would read again.
Liked the book didn’t love but it is very well written just followed too many characters. Good change of pace if you read Lee Childs.
Same ol Same ol
For me I won't be reading any more Robie/Reel adventures. Time to put these two down and bring on more realistic agents.
Not his best
Disappointing plot. Started out with intriguing yet unlikely premise then worked too hard to pull the pieces together. My least favorite of his books.