Eyes Pried Open

Rookie FBI Agent

By: Vincent Sellers

Narrated by: Robert Keesecker

In 2005, after working for 10 years in a comfortable but mundane corporate job in San Antonio, Texas, Vincent Sellers successfully managed to leave behind a dreary cubicle landscape and begin the exciting challenges of a crime-fighting FBI agent. His journey is chronicled in Eyes Pried Open: Rookie FBI Agent.

Listeners will experience both the highs and the lows of an FBI agent working bank robbery, kidnapping, murder-for-hire cases, and border-related crimes in San Diego, California. The book's from-the-heart narrative demonstrates that the typical lifestyle of an FBI agent assigned to a violent crime squad may not be for everyone. This is the first book to be written from the fresh perspective of an agent who joined the FBI after 9/11.

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Great perspective of a former agent

This book was a bit different than I’d expected after listening to Vincent Sellers YouTube series, but it’s a great perspective to hear some of the good and the bad of life as an FBI agent. It did seem to be mostly that Mr Sellers had a poor experience, and wasn’t as much as a hype to being an agent as I’d hoped, but I appreciate his honesty in sharing his experiences.

Interesting, unbiased, and very personal account

Very informative about the hiring process and described his personal struggles and achievements making this extremely relatable and personable. Great to listen to a real experience and not some polished mass produced FBI fanboy media.

A very valuable and unbiased resource.

Depending on what your expectations and reasons for buying this book are, you might or not enjoy the title. I believe many out there considering a career in law enforcement would greatly benefit from this book. Mr Sellers paints, in my opinion, an objective and unbiased picture of what's like working for the bureau within a specific squad, place and having his background.
This is by no means the ultimate 'What's Like Working... ' guide. No one author could actually describe a holistic, all inclusive narrative of a job of this nature, but it does paint the broad strokes.
I personally found it really helpful and to the point. I wasn't in for the stories but nevertheless, I found Me Sellers' anecdotes absolutely enjoyable and diverse. Specially for such a brief assignment.