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  • Blue Darker than Black

  • A Thriller
  • By: Mike Jenne
  • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
  • Length: 20 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (69 ratings)
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Blue Darker than Black

By: Mike Jenne
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
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Summary

In the second book of the Blue Gemini trilogy, air force majors Scott Ourecky and Drew Carson continue to fly highly classified missions to intercept and destroy suspect Soviet satellites. But after experiencing numerous close calls in orbit, the astronauts soon discover that not all perils reside in the sky.

With his marriage already at risk because he cannot explain his frequent absences and strange activities to his wife, Ourecky learns that his unborn child may be in grave danger as a radiation consequence of his flights into space.

Even as Ourecky and Carson accumulate successful mission after successful mission in space, other crucial events occur much closer to home. Interservice rivalries reach new heights as a caustic but highly influential navy admiral schemes to steal control of the project from the air force. Realizing that a Soviet GRU agent is operating in their midst, a shadowy team of counterintelligence operatives scramble to shield the project's secrets from discovery, leading to a confrontation that bears fatal consequences.

As they train to accomplish more difficult missions against complicated targets, Ourecky and Carson are asked to volunteer to risk their lives one more time in an extremely hazardous rescue mission. The stakes are high; even as they leave the launch ad, there is no certainty that either man will return.

©2016 Mike Jenne (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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Third in the Trilogy & as good as the first

Well considered and exciting without a hint of stupidity, which is nice. A real life cold war thriller, with the Russkies just as we knew them. The one exception, I wouldn't even call it a criticism, was one Russian character accent by the narrator that sounded like Peter Sellers doing an Inspector Clouseau accent in Russian. Had me in stitches. It was the only distraction to what was otherwise very gripping, well written, and layered final book in the series. Without the shallow immediacy of the mostly nonsense that is spewing out in this genre at the moment. These books are in another league and well worth paying for. Excellent.

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Entertaining with great narration.

Often I find that a good story is made so much more enjoyable by good narration. In this case the narration is excellent and character definition is clear and easy to follow. Although a long listen this book kept me entertained throughout even if some outcomes within the story line were obvious.

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Better

This book is better than the first characters are established and the story can be fleshed out..

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Builds solidly on the first book in this trilogy

These books take place in a late '60s/early'70s space race world where the secret militarisation of space is a reality (as indeed, almost happened). This book carries straight on where the first left off, continuing with the same cast of characters, with a few walk-on additions to mix it up a little. The story is more space-focused, but continues to have a tremendous sense of time and place for the era, and the science feels right for the period. This is another well-paced, absorbing story that I enjoyed very much.

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Should be a TV mini-series!

Great story. Amazing characters. Truly fantastic narration… I REALLY HOPE there are more in the series! Brilliant!

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Excellent second instalment

If you loved the first one, this won’t disappoint. Looking forward to the third book.

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Fast Paced Thriller.

Book 2 just as good as book 1. Can't wait to get into the final book in this story.

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Lift Off....

If the first volume lacked a little jeopardy, then it is more than made up for in the second. Once again, Kevin Stillwell brings all the vividly depicted characters to life in a way that makes you feel like you truly know them. Equally, Mike Jenn brings Hitchcockian suspense to the action, taking his time to create the set up before springing the unexpected. There is even a little voodoo in the mix. Excellent.

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Common issue - accents

The narrator does a good job, but a common challenge their job faces is dealing with accents. I’ve abandoned other books because of comically irritating British accents being too much of a distraction, so perhaps I’m overly critical, but in this particular book Mr Stillwell has to deal with a lot of dialogue from Russian characters and I have to say they (and the one German) were indistinguishable from the Count from Sesame Street. A minor distraction from an overall good performance.

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