The Polaris Protocol

Written by Brad Taylor

Narrated by Henry Strozier and Rich Orlow

Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol it' s Jennifer' s brother and countless more innocents who face unfathomable violence and bloodshed. Pike and Jennifer are in Turkmenistan with the Taskforce-- a top-secret antiterrorist unit that operates outside US law-- when Jennifer gets a call from her brother, Jack. Working on an investigative report into the Mexican drug cartels, Jack Cahill has unknowingly gotten caught between two rival groups. His desperate call to his sister is his last before he' s kidnapped. In their efforts to rescue Jack, Pike and Jennifer uncover a plot much more insidious than illegal drug trafficking-- the cartel that put a target on Jack' s back has discovered a GPS hack with the power to effectively debilitate the United States. The hack allows a user to send false GPS signals, making it possible to manipulate everything from traffic signals and banking wire transfers to cruise missiles, but only while the system' s loophole remains in place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781470392123

Brad Taylor

Brad Taylor is the New York Times bestselling author of the Taskforce series, with nearly 3 million copies sold. He channels his experience as a Special Forces Commander in the US army into his thrillers. In the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, Taylor commanded multiple troops, a squadron and conducted operations in classified locations. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and two daughters. Follow Brad on @BradTaylorBooks and www.bradtaylorbooks.com.

[mikebruscellsr · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Pike Logan, Jennifer, Knuckles, Blood and the team once again live life on the edge - regularly dismissing the parameters of their allowed activities and going with Pike's gut. This time they face off against Mexican cartel members, two lethally efficient killers (one cartel, one terrorist) and a sad-sack mad techno-nerd who has designed a device that will decimate America's ability to defend itself, domestically and otherwise. Working against the ever ticking clock they manage to be in the right place at the right time to avert a national disaster. Happy endings all around, after another dangerous adventure that only the team, with Pike as the lead dog, could handle!

[mswallack_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Perhaps I'm just getting a bit bored (I've read five Pike Logan books in a row [plus a few short stories]); in any event, this book just didn't live up to the previous entries in the series. While the threat that the team had to confront was serious, it all just felt a bit flat and the response to address the threat seemed unrealistically subdued. But I'll keep reading this series (which I have been enjoying) after a break to read a few other books I've been looking forward to.