Things can always get worse.

Simply superb.
Not only is this thriller, crossing several countries from China, South America and to the U.S.A, well written with brief descriptions conjuring up atmosphere and place, the characters emerge fully fleshed as real, living people. There is action aplenty, of course, but none of it feels misplaced or even improbable. People get hurt. They are fit, they are trained, they are resourceful - but they are also human, not superman.
Great story, too, with separate, related missions merging finally into one. But more than all of this, Depth Charge has an unusual plus for a spy-cum-assassin thriller - it has emotion. The protagonists try to hide it, or course, but it seeps out of the pages, drawing the readers ever closer into the story by making them care, and fear, and hurt when things (inevitably) go horribly wrong. Narrator Chris Abell's performance matches the book in speed and delivery: fast, clinically precise and with voicing for each protagonist. Very good.

Written to precede Devil's Due in the Caine chronology, when he was still an officer in the C.I.A's Special Operations, this book helps to reveal the man he is to become.
Excellent book, exciting and emotionally gripping and even better in Audio than one the written page.
Highly recommended.

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