The Asset
Written by Shane Kuhn
Narrated by Pete Simonelli
4/5
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About this audiobook
Kennedy—a private airport security contractor—knows more about airports than the head of the TSA, and he feels more comfortable in his British Airways Club World flatbed seat than in his own home. Haunted by the memory of his sister’s death on 9/11, Kennedy takes his job and the protection of the American people very seriously. So when he’s kidnapped and recruited into a CIA ghost operation known as Red Carpet, he jumps at the opportunity to become a civilian asset working with a team of some of the CIA’s best counterterrorism analysts and spec ops soldiers as they race against the clock to stop the greatest terrorist threat the United States will ever face.
With the same bold voice that earned him rave reviews for his previous novels, Shane Kuhn’s The Asset is an “exhilarating” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) read with an “ultimate twist that makes readers’ jaws drop” (Kirkus Reviews).
Shane Kuhn
Shane Kuhn is a writer, director, and producer with twenty years of experience working in feature films, documentaries, and advertising. He is a cofounder and executive board member of the Slamdance Film Festival, and a member of the Writer’s Guild of America. He lives in Colorado and works as Vice President of Creative Services for a San Francisco-based media and special events company. He is the author of The Asset, The Intern’s Handbook, bought for film by Sony Pictures, and Hostile Takeover, the second book in his John Lago intern-assassin thriller series.
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Reviews for The Asset
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kennedy is an aviation security specialist and a virtuous man facing an evil terrorist, virtually single handedly. This felt like a thriller cobbled together from other thrillers in which a clandestine team of experts is brought together to save the world. There was never any doubt how it would end. My primary disappointment was that this book didn't show the creativity, snark and wit of the author's John Lago books. It was slow to get started, and once the plot finally kicked in, around the tenth chapter, it never really grabbed me. From the epilogue it sounds like there may be a sequel to this, but I'm not sure there is a compelling reason for me to read it. This thriller was just ok for me.I received a free copy of this ebook from the publisher, but I wound up borrowing and listening to the audiobook.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great plot!! Look forward to reading another book by Shane Kuhn.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If you can suspend belief that a consultant for TSA and HLS joined up with a childhood friend on her way to becoming a popular singer can prevent a major international terrorist plot against the United States, then this is the book for you. There is a lot of action, a body count too high to list and a little romance thrown in to make even skeptics like me want to find out what happens next. I enjoyed his previous book “The Intern’s Handbook” so I am sure I will read more of his books in the future.