A review by rellimreads
American Operator by Jeffrey Wilson, Jeffery Wilson, Brian Andrews

5.0

You can borrow book & audio via KU. Love this series so much I go ahead and buy the Audible as soon as they’re released. It’s actually less expensive to buy the ebook for $5.99 & add the audio for $1.99 for less than the cost of a credit.

Ray Porter is phenomenal as a narrator ~ seamlessly switches between accents, personalized voices, genders, etc. With a cast of characters as large as this ~ it’s quite the achievement. He also maintains the same voice for each character across all the books, you can listen to them back to back and it’s like he recorded them in a continuous stream.

This opens about a year after the end of Crusader One. It’s possible to listen to this all on its own as we’re beginning a new phase of Ember and many of characters have shifted into new positions. (I can’t recommend the first 3 strong enough though.). An undercover CIA agent has been taken hostage and Jack Dempsey, along with the rest of Ember, are working to rescue her.

I love that we’re getting to know secondary characters better, especially Grimes. As with the other books, we’re treated to several action packed sequences, military OPs, and political posturing. I’m so impressed that Andrews & Wilson give us even more female characters that are strong, intelligent, and vital members of their respective agencies/teams. No TSTL characters here.

I’ve already downloaded Red Specter and can’t wait to continue the series.