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    The Operative
    The Operative
    The Operative
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Operative

    Written by Gerald Brandt

    Narrated by Ali Ahn and Jim Colby

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Second in a trilogy, this far-future science fiction is set in Los Angeles-action adventure with a cyberpunk tone. Kris Ballard's life changed irrevocably when, a year ago, she was targeted for termination by the Meridian corporation, one of the mega-conglomerates that controls the government in this dystopian future. She hid amongst the underground resistance-but now, right as her training with the anti-corporate movement is nearing its end, their compound is destroyed. Ready or not, Kris and the other trainees are recalled to the dangerous metropolis of San Angeles. But their transport is shot down and Ian Miller, the man she loves, is captured. Someone, it seems, is using him to get to Kris. With the help of a retired operative with PTSD, and the mysterious man who fled the scene when Kris's parents were killed, Kris searches for any sign of Ian. As the corporations battle civil unrest-and each other-the city slowly shuts down. Kris is running out of time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 1, 2016
    ISBN9781501938474
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      I read the first book in this series last year and knew I would be reading this one as soon as I finished the first one. And now I can hardly wait to see what happens in the third book.Kris has spent a year in Kananaskis country in Canada training to be an operative for ACE, the counter-corporation group that recruited her in the last book. Ian Miller, the ACE operative she met in the last book, has become her lover. He visits Kris whenever he can and he decides to join her on the final weekend before she graduates from the training course. The plan is to spend a night in Lake Louise (nice to see some Canadian context since the author is Canadian) but, as Robbie Burns said, the best-laid plans often go awry (or that's my translation of what he said which was "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley.") Kris hasn't become friends with any of the other trainees but she and the cook, Pat, have bonded while climbing together. Kris is out climbing, unaware that Ian is in camp, when the camp is blown up. Fortunately both Pat and Ian survive and Ian learns that the group that attacked the camp were looking for Kris but they didn't find her. All of the survivors are picked up by an ACE transport and flown back to San Angeles, the megacity that has sprung up where San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles were. Just as they reach the city the transport is attacked causing the plane to breach the encircling city wall. Then the downed plane is searched for Kris who has been thrown clear. Most people are killed immediately but Ian Miller is drugged and taken away. Kris has managed to find Pat and get both of them clear but Pat, who suffers from PTSD, is almost catatonic. In getting to her friend Kai Kris is seriously hurt and Pat manages to function to complete the job. Kai patches Kris up and then tells her that he was with her parents when they were attacked and killed. He also tells Kris and Pat that he is having serious doubts about ACE. Instead Kai has aligned himself with a group of insurgents who plan to start a civil war in order to bring down the corporations. Kris has to use the insurgents in order to get Ian free but she is not a fan of how they operate. It's another wild ride through the different levels of the SoCal megacity and there are casualties.
    • 5/5
      Gerald BrandtTHE OPERATIVEDaw BooksScience FictionI discovered Gerald Brandt by pure accident. I'd won a copy of THECOURIER on Goodreads. The cover was what caught my eye, initially. Once I started reading, however, I knew this would be an author I'd keep tabs on. Having just finished reading THE OPERATIVE, Book 2 in the San Angeles Series, I mean literally just finished reading it, I wanted to dive right in and write my review.THE OPERATIVE takes place about a year after THE COURIER. Kris Merrill has joined ACE, and is in Canada for boot camp. That's how the book opens. Kris in boot camp. And then, everything goes completely crazy, just absolutely nuts.Jeremy Adams, of the Meridian company, cannot forgive Kris for ruining his plans a year ago. She has not just crippled everything he's dedicated his life toward accomplishing, she'd demolished his every dream. All he has left is his hate, and desperate need for revenge. He will stop at nothing until he has Kris in his hands.When the ACE boot camp training center is attacked, the few survivors are flown by transport to Santa Barbara. The transport is attacked, and legendary ACE agent Ian Miller is captured. Miller is Kris' lover. Her best friend. The reason she joined ACE in the first place. And she was helpless to stop the abduction, she was unable to keep him safe from the assailants.Bryson Searls is the son of "Doc" Searls, and the founder of the Quantum Jump Drive. His invention of transporting things from here to there will revolutionize the world. Despite serious bugs discovered after the first test on humans, Kadokawa (one of the 3 major corporations), insists on moving forward. Taking all of his research data, and wiping clean any remnants on Kadokawa systems, Bryson makes a break for it. In doing so, he put his life in jeopardy. Kadokawa doesn't just want his information, so do SoCal, and IBC (the other 2 major corporations). And they will stop at nothing to obtain the sensitive data, including going to war with each other.The insurgents have suspected something was wrong with ACE since its inception. While the company was started to hinder the overall control and power of the Big 3, things have changed. Kai, a restaurant owner is part of the movement, and lifelong friends with Kris. A war has been started. The poor are revolting. The crashed transport shuttle left an opening in the wall. Teams move into place to systematically bring down the upper class levels. Together, and with the help of some other trusted allies, they may also be the only chance Ian Mill has to survive the kidnapping.In this taut three-hundred-page novel, so much is happening. The action does not let up. Brandt writes in a way that keeps the tale clear, and easy to follow. He gives readers an even deeper, indepth look into who Kris is, but more than that, we get detailed lines into the lives of the other supporting characters in the novel. Quick, and violent, engaging, and intense, I loved THE OPERATIVE as much as I loved THE COURIER, and have developed an even deeper appreciation for author Gerald Brandt.Phillip TomassoAuthor of the Severed Empire Series, andThe Vaccination Trilogy