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Dark Forces

The 13th Spider Shepherd Thriller

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Dark Forces

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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When you're caught between two evils, only the most decisive will survive. The 13th audiobook in action supremo Stephen Leather's Spider Shepherd series is his most pulse-pounding yet....

A violent South London gang will be destroyed if Dan 'Spider' Shepherd can gather enough evidence against them while posing as a ruthless hit man. What he doesn't know is that his work as an undercover agent for MI5 is about to intersect with the biggest terrorist operation ever carried out on British soil.

Only weeks before, Shepherd witnessed a highly skilled IS sniper escape from a targeted missile strike in Syria. But never in his wildest dreams did he expect to next come across the shooter in a grimy East London flat. Spider's going to have to proceed with extreme caution if he is to prevent the deaths of hundreds of people, but at the same time, when the crucial moment comes he will have to act decisively.

The clock is ticking, and only he stands between us and Armageddon....

©2016 Stephen Leather (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Exciting Middle East Fiction England

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Critic reviews

"Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it." ( Sun)
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Stephen Leather is a super writer, very good and spell binding
If you have never read him, try you will enjoy it.

Dark forces

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Love Dan shepherd books and most of Stephen leathers other books , dark forces although not his best still very very entertaining , paul thornley once again with perfect performance .

Dark forces

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A big fan of Stephen Leathers novels , so was very happy when this, the latest in his "Dan Shepherd" series published.

Great interweaving of plots and characters, with a few "developing"twists in the tale as the story builds to an exciting climax.
Paul Thornley has a style of narration, and brings the characters to life for me.
Love this series I feel I know "Spider" and care about him and what happens in his life.
I've been hooked since "Hard Landing"!

Dan "Spider" Shepherd, on top form!

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Paul Thornley's pace and multiple character voicing is very good indeed. The one issue for me however is how so many of the narrative sentences ended on the same, indeed, higher ' note', implying an emphasis that was rarely there.

Riveting

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Classic if your a Dan Shepherd fan.
Excellent narrator Paul Thornley gives the audible a classic edge!..feel lost iv finished it.
Keep up the good work Stephen leather!!!.

Great listen.

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Paul Thornley portrays Dan Shepherd effortlessly creating an ongoing saga linked seamlessly to the previous books whilst maintaining a new situation each time. Stephen Leather writes in an engaging way without over complicating the story with unnecessary details creating a smooth flow. eagerly awaiting the next instalment.

excellent as always

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Strangely unsatisfying as this story plods along some well worn paths and even replicates earlier escapades. For the purist there’s another drop in continuity and Leather’s expanded Arabic is a bit irritating. This book has the hallmarks of a contract fulfilment but Thornley is, as always, at least superb in his delivery. The story has little, if any, lighter moments that a Razor or similar character add and being dragged through to Europe from Syria became depressing. There’s not a lot here in story arc that’s likely to impinge in future works, so I am not sure I could recommend it, even to the most ardent Spider Shepherd fan.

Spider by Numbers

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excellent book it was well read. enjoyed it all.
looking forward to the next one.

wow

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Loved it. Pleasure to drive to. Captivating and totally engrossed. On top the next one

Brilliant and enthralling

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The level of detail never fails to impress me. Bring on the next tale - soon.

A well woven plot

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