Reckoning

An American Ghost Thriller, Book 2

By: J. B. Turner

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

A sister kidnapped. A journalist in danger. A killer out for revenge.

After taking out a covert facility run by the Commission, a deep-state syndicate, Nathan Stone has made powerful enemies. He’s a black-ops asset - and he’s gone rogue.

But the organization wants payback. Kidnapping Stone’s sister from a Florida psychiatric hospital, the Commission have their asset exactly where they want him. They instruct him to neutralize journalist Mark Mahoney, to whom Stone had previously leaked documents about the Commission and their deadly conspiracy. Now, Nathan Stone has a choice: neutralize Mahoney and kill the story for good, or lose the only family he has left.

Stone knows that these men will stop at nothing to get what they want. Killing Mahoney is just the beginning. And when Stone learns the identity of their final target, he knows he has to stop the Commission once and for all - no matter the cost.

©2018 J. B. Turner (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

this is not a children's book.

I do not know why this book is listed on my phone acct as such. as all this series engrossing . well narrated. it is of course a book about the less savory characters.
Their lifestyle.

A Blockbuster!

What a thrill! Nathan Stone is awesome. J. B. Turner writes a unique kind of thrillers full of tension, action and suspense.

great non stop action-packed thriller

From start to end existing. not a one boring part to this book or any from J. B. Turner

Who is “this guy?”

I really enjoyed the story. Going on to book 3 and already wish there were more of them. My issue in this book is the reporter. I can totally suspend belief for Nathan, but the reporter not so much. This guy was allegedly embedded with troops in the Middle East.

Given that he was overseas with troops I can’t buy his constant incredulity, whining, indecision, and dumbfoundedness. Additionally, he acts as though he is totally clueless about ordinance. I just can’t buy him as an award winning investigative reporter who has worked in a war zone.

As usual the narration is top notch. Mr. Kafer always gives the story a little extra drama. His style reminds me of old radio shows from the 30’s and 40’s. I just love it and think you will too. Enjoy!

Great book!

An other great book by JB Turner you can't stop listening to until it's over.

Decent 2nd book in series will read 3rd

For what type of book this is it's above average. mostly a continuation of characters developed in first book. Lots of action with little new character development in this book.

I just can’t get enough

I’m so happy that I was able to get all 3 books to read consecutively vs waiting for the next book. The story line is great. The narrator is one of my favorites!!

JB TURNER is on his way UP!!!!

I'm a huge fan of the Jon Reznick series. Now I think I'm an even bigger fan of the Nathan Stone series.
Once again the publisher's summary gives almost too much of the plot away, if I say anything else you wouldn't have to get the book.
From start to finish this is high octane adrenaline rush! Talk about fast paced, this book just doesn't stop. I like the way the author fleshed out the protagonist quite a bit more in this book. In the previous book Stone's character was basically a killing machine. In this book he has a personality with not only strength but weaknesses as well (not too many).
Although this can be read as a stand alone I would suggest listening to book one first to better understand what is going on in this book.
Jeffrey Kafer does an outstanding job narrating.
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS.
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Outstanding! But is it worth a full credit?

British author JB Turner, actually a Scot, is yet another Brit who writes suspense thrillers set in the US. Reckoning is Book 2 in his American Ghost/Nathan Stone espionage thriller series. Like Turner's other eight novels in this, the Jon Reznick, and Deborah Jones series, Reckoning is rather short for a novel and is not far outside of the novella total word count range. I'm asking myself why not get the Kindle version free with Kindle unlimited and have the Kindle app's text-to-speech feature read it to me rather than paying a full $9.56 Audible credit.

My concern is about effective price increases hidden by ending a reduced audiobook price for Kindle Unlimited members for some books. It is true for a wide range of short novels I routinely purchase by JB Turner, Jon Mills, Scott Pratt, Colleen Helme, and several others. For the last several years I have spent approximately $2000 annually with Audible. I have purchased, listened to, and rated over 2500 Audible books. My current path is to spend over $500 more this year for the same number of books by the same authors. This is effectively a 25% price increase.

I love Audible and consider their audiobook prices with my Audible credit purchase plan to be a great deal when compared to the same audiobooks at Apple iTunes. But Audible's real competition includes printed books, ebooks, and a wide range of very inexpensive video entertainment options including offerings by Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, etc.

I may be alone in my opinion that Audible Channels and the WSJ or NYT daily news summaries add no value. I simply expect to purchase audiobooks from the widest possible selection at the best prices. Anything else is useless fluff to me.

Finally, I remain very disappointed by the negative changes to the Audible Listener page. However, the recently released ability to edit my reviews is a great step forward.

Non-Stop Action

Nathan Stone proved what kind of man he'd become in the first book of this series, "Rogue." But The Commission couldn't see beyond their hubris to recognize this. Now it's going to cost them.

This character is the love child of James Bond and Rocky, if there could be such a thing. He's a whip-smart, savvy ghost of a man who was trained to take down anyone without feelings or remorse. But he's gone rogue: off the reservation. Despite the fact that the evil cabal who created him has kidnapped his sister in order to gain his compliance, Stone has no intention of carrying out their plan to kill an American journalist. He's made plans of his own.

The pace of this novel could rival the Kentucky Derby. The storyline goes from exciting, to break-neck in the blink of an eye and doesn't relent as the finish line nears. Characters added to this novel, such as the journalist and his family, have the same remarkable depth as the characters that crossed over from book one. They're believable and genuine; some are easy to find relatable. Stone shows new depth to his enigmatic personality, making him even more interesting (and a bit more likable) than he was in the original storyline.

This is a total buckle-up and hold-on tight ride for readers. Fans of action/adventure, thrillers, suspense, political thrillers, and spy-vs-spy reads will find much to enjoy in this series. My recommendation is to start with book one before reading "Reckoning" even though it's conceivable it could be read as a standalone.