Slaughter & Maneuver

By: Tony Hernandez

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Jason Henry is part of the CIA's Special Activities Division, which the US government claims doesn't exist. Juan Bocanegra is the newest member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, America's premiere SWAT team. An investigation into a dead body found in France brings them clashing back together from a past they wanted to forget, while stumbling upon the biggest threat their country and the free world has ever faced.

From the cold seas west of North Korea, to the blistering desert sands of Saudi Arabia comes an international thriller of spies, plots, kings, terrorism, and the people caught in between.

Many will die, but will the plot be thwarted or is this just the first step towards a global collapse?

©2015, 2016 Tony Hernandez (P)2016 Tony Hernandez

GREAT READ!!

It was a thriller , well written and held your interest thru out the whole story line. When you think its time to put the book down the story wont let you. Highly recommend this book!!!

A Phoenician review

Amazing, I couldn't stop listening to the story. At work I kept taking breaks to hear what was next. I'm waiting for the next novel by Tony.

Enjoyable but bloated in places

Slaughter and Maneuver is an enjoyable thriller, with several twists and turns. It follows a group of Saudis why try use their controlling stake in a airline company to at a terrorist attack, and the FBI and CIA agents trying to stop them. The twists are good and keep you guessing. The characters are interesting and different.

The biggest flaw (and it was pretty big) with the book was plot bloat and pacing. It takes forever to get going. It opens with two different operations - one by the CIA in North Korea, and one by the FBI in the USA. Neither of those operations actually have anything to do with the main plot other than to introduce the characters. The North Korea plot goes on for way to long and doesn't actually focus on our CIA guy for most of it, so even somewhat fails at introducing him. The person it focuses on is inconsequential.

There are other placing issues, particularly around the terrorist plot. In an attempt to keep suspense we plot is never made clear until very late. This is fairly common in other books, but it is usually done via having the focus be solely from the heroes eyes. Here we get a focus on the bad buy, yet he somehow manages to avoid talking about his actual plan with anyone, or even in an internal monologue.

Tiedmann does well with narration. Providing clear reading, various character voices and accents. Makes it easier to follow what is going on and who is saying what. Very happy with his work.

Clancy-esque intrigue, almost

The story is contemporary and believable, interesting and global, as befits the scope of issues and combatants. A few too many flaws in every hero, for my tastes, but these will doubtless mellow with experience and age.

Great Listen

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

It was suspenseful, and it kept me wondering will happen the next time I get in my car.

What does Gary Tiedemann bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Well read and easy to listen to

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend the audible version