The Breach

By: Patrick Lee

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

“Audacious and terrifying—and uncannily believable.”
—Lee Child

New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series, Lee Child, was blown away by The Breach—and you will be, too! A novel of unrelenting suspense and nonstop surprises, The Breach immediately rockets author Patrick Lee into the V.I.P. section of the thriller universe. A treat for Jack Bauer (“24”) fans and “X-Files” aficionados, it is a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride that combines the best of Dean Koontz and Michael Crichton with a healthy dollop of Indiana Jones thrown into the mix—the perfect secret agent/government conspiracy/supernatural adventure.

Unspeakably surprised; No regrets

I chose to buy this book for the sole reason that Jeff Gurner reads it. I had never heard of the author nor the particular title. I finished Jeff Gurner's other reads, namely Daemon and Freedom (TM), and was blown away by his performances. On that single criterion, I chose this title, along with the help of another reviewer which said the book was a wild ride.

Aside from the predictably fantastic narrator, the book was shorter than the other books I've purchased, by about half the length. That being said, the writing was extremely well paced, and I not once felt like it was moving more quickly than I thought comfortable, nor did it move too slowly. It's the kind of story I could see made into an action movie of some sort (though I don't think it's necessarily the right material for a boring Hollywood thriller).

Up until the very end, the book has several tight turns that completely change the game, and I have to admit that I couldn't see any of them coming. Everything that felt like a silly plot failure turns out to be accounted for, and I couldn't have asked for a better total experience.

Something that I couldn't gather from the description of the book on Audible: the story is a sci-fi one, where the plot is based around some fairly supernatural objects. Luckily, the sci-fi is coherently mixed into the real world, so that very little of the story feels so far fetched so as to render it too "out there".

Brilliant book. Absolutely loved it. Another slam-dunk performance for Mr. Gurner, and I must say that I'll be interested in anything else that the author, Patrick Lee, has to write.

Good stuff

Very entertaining, The Breach is basically part one of two with Ghost Country being part 2 and even then there is obvious room for another. It took me all of two nights to get through The Breach and Ghost Country, yes it's one of those. You must know what happens next while guessing searching for answers.

Excellent fast paced techno-thriller

This book opened very strong and it didn't let up. The plot kept moving quickly, never getting bogged down. I liked the mystery of the story, it was unpredictable and different from a standard thriller. I look forward to reading more by Mr. Lee.

The narration was good as well and supported the story nicely.

Well written & performed, but.....

I could have liked this story, except there was soooo much gratuitous & graphic violence against innocents & or good guys.
The mental images were almost more than I could take. E.g. how Page was tortured, her Dad killed because Travis hesitated to act??And all the unsuspecting folks at the diner/motel blown away by the guy in the invisible getup, and hundreds if not thousands of Zurich citizens.....men, women, children.....were slaughtered by Page's team. Why didn't they disable the nuke first???? Or the hostages that were executed.
Waaaaay too much, over the top, all so unnecessary. It really left a bad taste in my mouth/brain.
And the Whisper evoked an image of the creepy clown in "It", the way it spoke.
I wish he spent more time with the rip or tear, and the things that came through. Would have been much more
interesting.
And the "duplicator."...how did it work? How did Travis duplicate himself? "Just duplicate all the weapons & ammo
you need" or words to that effect. Right 🙄
Missed opportunities to make it a really good story. I feel kind of disgusted by it actually.
But the narrator did a great job.

Absorbing!

Well read, fast moving and thoughtful, a true science fiction adventure. Will leave you wanting more.