What price would you pay to learn the truth?Russian FSB Agent Max Thorne is recovering from a daring assignment in the United States, which led to shocking discoveries about his mysterious past. As he begins the search to put together the missing pieces, Max learns that the elusive truth is buried deep under decades of secrecy, betrayal, and deception involving the CIA and KGB.Barely able to stay … and KGB.
Barely able to stay one step ahead of powerful forces set on protecting those secrets at all costs, Max is determined to do the right thing. But what price will Max have to pay to learn the bittersweet truth, and can he protect the ones he loves?
Join Max as he faces the darkness that is the secret service the only way he knows how … head on.
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“I really look forward to reading the authors take on this man. My take on the author’s new series is superb!”
“It’s a great read, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked the idea of seeing things from the point of view of an FSB agent. I can’t wait to read more about Max…”
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The Max Thorne Spy Thriller Series
Ethan Jones, Amazon bestselling author of the Justin Hall and Javin Pierce spy series, brings you Agent Recruit, the second novel in the impossible-to-put-down, fast-paced new series.
Agent Recruit comes with exclusive bonus content and has clean language with no sex scenes. Each novel is a self-contained story without cliffhangers and can be enjoyed on its own.
If you like page-turning, high-stakes, heart-pounding thrillers in the tradition of Clancy, Flynn, Child, or Fleming, you will love Thorne.
Start reading Agent Recruit – and enjoy the adrenaline-drenched second novel in the new Max Thorne Spy Thriller series now.
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Events seem to unfold in one disaster after another, in Max’s multiple missions. From Portugal, France, Belize, Chile.. the chase seems unavoidable..full of risk and dangerous situations and chaotic circumstances. High octane persecutions take us to lovely sites and cities, with a vivid description of the landscapes, the dangerous scenarios, with slippery, untrustworthy villains playing their insidious games on both sides. Spy games are taken to the limit, with confrontations from different foreign agencies, all of them after Max and his team. An embroiled and fascinating world of espionage! An exciting and fast-paced novel that will keep you reading way past your bedtime! Looking forward to reading Agent Assassin #3 soon!
If you enjoy spy/military thrillers, this is a great series.
Ethan Jones pulls these off with clean language and no sex scenes. This can be read as a standalone.
I can’t wait to see what happens to Max next. He is always getting in a pickle.
Agent Recruit takes off where Agent Rising left us and has Max, Valery and Ava traversing the globe.
This book is fast paced, action packed, full of unexpected twists and turns, very well researched and ultimately a very well written book. I loved that Max’s character feels reel, not perfect yet humble.
While it isn’t necessary to read 18 Minutes and Agent Rising before Agent Recruit, I do recommend it.
Another excellent book by Mr Ethan Jones and a must read
Agent Recruit is Book 2 in the Max Thorn (ne: Maximillian Thornichinovich) series. Actually, it’s Book 3 if you count the prequel entitled, 18 Minutes.
This is a true one-of-a-kind thriller series about a Russian FSB agent instead of a U.S. spy character who finds himself in all sorts of adventures both in Russia and the U.S. Book Two continues to take the reader on a path with great characters and scenes that makes the book difficult to put down.
Agent Recruit makes Mr. Jones one of the top authors in the spy genre of books.
I’m liking where this is going so far, and I can’t wait to read more. Max’s vulnerability, his humanity, make it very easy to connect with him. I like that Max is still a little inexperienced at what’s being asked of him. It makes his inevitable mistakes very believable. And I love that his new goal is assassin even though his marksmanship kind of stinks. I can’t quite decide whether I love or hate that ending. In some ways it felt too easy, but I can see where the author is leading us in order to set up the next book and the rest of the series. I do kind of like that we don’t have confirmation that Zlobin is dead, so there’s the possibility that, like Max, he escaped the fireball and can be running around generating chaos for them in the future.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
Highly recommended novel. Agent Recruit was another grand read from Ethan Jones. Think I enjoyed it even more (if possible) than Jones’ 18 Minutes, due largely to the continued character development, especially Max, the FBS agemt. The story line was clearly defined, action filled, intense, and provocative, with lots of twists and turns and surprises. The use of parallel plot lines was clean and not confusing as so often happens in books of this genre. Unfortunately many espionage authors switch the reader back and forth so much and with so many subplots it is difficult, at least for me, to keep track of the story and characters. The novel’s conclusion left a tantalizing clue as to Max’s next adventure -can’t wait! This is one of the best series I’ve read in a very long time.
Max Thorne, main character in Agent Recruit, written by Author Ethan Jones, learns a lot of truths that open his eyes to his real past, and soon the game is afoot! Lots of mystery, deception, intrigue, and action!! High OCTANE excitement too. Max is now one of my favorite characters. Can’t wait for the next installment! Until then you would do well reading Agent Recruit, and I HIGHLY recommend you do. Words will weave you page by page to a wonderful story, and a Great book. ENJOY!