Hi-tech robbery

I enjoyed this book but could of done without the bed hopping. This book was certainly different and a lot fun. The reason I liked it so much was the characters each very different in character and personality but somehow they made for a great team and pulled of a number of different and difficult situations with team work and style. It is not until the very end that the author reveals why he gave the story the title The Longest Joke Ever Told until then it was more action than humour. The story covers many genre's but once again the author has proven he has a good imagination and can paint a vivid and colourful picture so you can experience it too. So sit back, hold on tight for a full out action packed heist from the future.
Three misfits are hired to steal a priceless bottle and destroy the two maining bottles. Angel is the brains and as an assassin the muscle of the group. Camaro a teenager with more guts than experience is the driver and Haiwee is the hacker that everybody forgot. The three of them must pull off one of the most difficult challenges of there lives facing up against a drug Lord in Australia, a paedophile bishop in Brazil and a king in Bolivia. All of it bank rolled by a ruthless billionaire and if they don't return with one of the bottles in tacked then they have to pay every cent back one way or another. The team can call on his cybernetic ninja bodyguard and artificial intelligence for help but there are somethings that not even they can handle.
I liked the narrator he did a really good job and gave not only each character there own voice but also there own personality.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Interesting world and characters

I have read or listened to a number of books from this author and a lot of them have been about the heroes of Just Cause (not to mention their failings) but this one is distinctly different from those with the near-future setting and being focused on a main cast that could more generously be called antiheroes. One particular thing that they do have in common with those other books is that the main cast is an interesting one that serves to draw you into the book very effectively.The author does a good job of still keeping the story feeling grounded despite the crazy settings and adventures of this varied cast.

The narrator's performance was a good one overall, keeping the cast sufficiently distinctive in tone to help the listener's immersion and keeping the tone and pace at the right level for the story too.

Overall, the author has created another interesting world and cast in this book that all contributed to my enjoyment of it.

[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

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I hate working for free.

I requested a copy of Troubleshooters via Audiobook Boom, when I saw it was read by Nicholas Patrella, a narrator who has never disappointed me yet. And this is one of his best. So, my profound thanks to the rights holder for freely gifting me a complimentary copy.

Simple synopsis - Three loners, amongst the best in their fields (assassin, hacker and monowheel driver ) but down on their luck as far as well paid employment is concerned, team up for a really well paid commission: to steal a glass bottle for a mega-rich collector. There are only three of theses bottles left in existence. He wants one of them and the other two destroyed. Sounds simple except these other bottles are in the collections of a bishop in South America, a king of a trifling European country, and another billionaire in central Australia which has sealed itself off from the rest of the world. All will be hard to get at and heavily guarded. But think of the money....

Almost non stop action, explosions and fighting mixed with great characters, humerous dialogue and a few brief episodes of remarkable sexual tension. All performed by the remarkable Mr.Patrella whose pace matching, perfectly interpreted text reading ramps up excitement or slows down the tempo with full understanding as the story evolves. Each character is individually voiced, inflection and even accents delivered (near) flawlessly, non-English phrases rolling out effortlessly, too. His narration lifts an already fast and fun book into something no reader will want to put down.

This is a book I am happy to recommend to any adult reader who enjoys written larger than life unusual action, with a big slice of imagination and humour and quirky characters. It's very visual and enormous in it's range both across the world and even into space.
Hope there will be more coming soon.

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