Betrayal in the South

A Legal Thriller

By: Jack Abrahams

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When tech visionary Julian Yates is arrested for the brutal murder of his business rival, the evidence seems airtight—a damning video, financial motive, and a public feud gone too far. But defense lawyer Ryan Noble knows something’s off. The pieces don’t fit. It all seems too clean.

As Noble digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit stretching from the heart of Georgia’s legal system to the dark corners of the internet. Behind the scenes, powerful interests are manipulating the truth—and Yates may be just another pawn in a far deadlier game.

With corporate espionage, digital forgeries, and a government contract worth millions, Noble must race to untangle a dangerous truth that reaches the highest levels of power. But the deeper he goes, the more dangerous it gets—and when one of his own is targeted, the fight for justice becomes personal.

Some lies are coded into the system.
To break them, you have to risk everything.

Good story, terrible narration.

The AI narration was monotonous and far too many mispronunciations. Really a disservice to the story.

Virtual voice narration ruins it

The story and plot are good but the non-human mistakes made by the virtual voice narration are distracting. Once you hear the missed nuances, you can’t immediately focus on the storyline. The human voice can be replicated but not all the small things we take for granted in everyday speech. Next time I hear that a book is being read by a virtual voice, I’ll skip the audio version and read the physical book myself!

Good Story Line

Although I found the story interesting, the performance using AI was disappointing. The cadance was not the same as an actual person performing the book. AI apparently has a problem with numbers. For example, reference to a Ford F150 truck was read as a Ford F one five zero. I would listen to another book by this author but not if it's an AI performance.

Horrible virtual voice

Virtual voice does not allow you to easily follow the characters. It’s a horrible method of delivery and makes it difficult to enjoy a well written book.

Horrible virtual voice ruined a good book

The story was clever and timely; but the virtual voice was almost intolerable. I started to listen, and then quit. I finally decided to go back to the book and tough it out. The pauses are in the wrong places and words are mispronounced. Imagine ordering a bad (pause) ass-steak, or dialing 91 (pause)1. The inflection was off, also. If I were the author, I'd demand a new recording. Such a shame to ruin an excellent story this way. Better to read the printed book so you can really appreciate the story.