If I Fail

What Doom Awaits the Children

By: AW Schade

Narrated by: Harry Roger Williams III

Jacob A. Hinson thought he had seen the worst that humanity had to offer. Still haunted by memories of his combat service in Vietnam, functioning in society is often a chore for him. When he observes the abduction of three young girls from their school bus stop, he is thrust into a position he's not sure he can handle.

Can Jacob subdue his own demons in order to save these innocent lives, or have age and the scars of war left him unable to stop the evil that awaits them?

©2017/18 AW Schade (P)2018 AW Schade

Excellent Short Thriller

I found this short thriller to be a brilliant length and jam packed with compelling action! It's always nice as a change of pace to listen to something as short and tight as 'If I Fail' was. That said, I really prefer my thriller/action content to not be all wrapped up in religion. For me, it's more than enough to find out how the good guy saves the day (no spoilers!) and there is no need for external paranormal questioning (as in, 'was it god's will that the children didn't die?!'). THAT said, though, I do have to say that in the forward there was a bit of a warning about this. I could have easily decided I didn't want to listen to the story when religion was mentioned, but I went ahead anyway. As a result of this fair warning, I will take no stars away for dogma, as the story really was a great listen. Harry Roger Williams III delivers a fantastic performance.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

A short but worthy effort.

Would you consider the audio edition of If I Fail to be better than the print version?

There is no print edition.

What was one of the most memorable moments of If I Fail?

The reality that our hero most act without any major influence of his military past.

What about Harry Roger Williams III’s performance did you like?

He is a Pro a very good narrator.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Back to VietNam

Any additional comments?

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Viet Nam Vet Does The Right Thing

Jacob A. Hinson thought he had seen the worst that humanity had to offer. Still haunted by memories of his combat service in Vietnam, functioning in society is often a chore for him. When he observes the abduction of three young girls from their school bus stop, he is thrust into a position he's not sure he can handle....But he handles it just fine and saves the day for the 3 young girls. Jacob loves kids, but because all the pedophiles and sicko's out there, he can not react with children like he would like too. He's afraid he will be branded what he despises, if he approaches young kids like he would like too. This is a good short story with a solid story line. I received this audiobook for free from FABC and I am giving my unbiased voluntary review. Oh! and Harry Roger Williams lll does a fine job of narrating

Even as a short story it was too rushed

I think this story-line has a lot of potential, but given the depth of the aspect leading up to and surrounding PTSD among Vietnam vets, this work does it little justice. The plot just seemed to jump around with the sole purpose being to reach the ending. The underlying story and associated pains were never even attempted to be developed. Yes, being a rather short story there are limitations, but I have read and listened to works that have done a better job of pulling it all together in a short period of time. I think the narration was pretty good, as was the story as a whole; just nothing special. The premise for the story is a noble one and could perhaps benefit from some stronger editing. I would recommend this to those that have a strong preference to this genre, but it certainly isn't a listen that most would likely enjoy or find worthy of a credit. A review copy of this audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in return for this unbiased review. If you found this review helpful, please take a moment to click yes below.

If I Fail

Overall, I enjoyed the story, but the narrator was a bit too "animated" for my taste.