“Black Technology has made murder a billion dollar industry.” The International Refugee Society has twenty-six cybernetically enhanced “Letters,” and for the right price, they’ll eliminate anyone. They’ve given up their families and their memories for ten years of service with the promise of a life of luxury awaiting them. Agent G is one of these “Letters,” but clues to his past are starting to … past are starting to emerge while he’s on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the Society’s most dangerous competitor. In the midst of all the violence, subterfuge, and deceit, he’ll need to keep his wits about him and trust sparingly.
After all if an organization will kill for money, what would they do to keep the truth hidden?
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When I heard this was coming out, I checked the blurb, being a big fan of this author. I got super excited about the premise, and couldnt wait to get it. Well, I got a copy and listened to it in one sitting. It blew me away, it was that good.
The story revolves around Agent G, an assassin who works for the Society, a charity front that arranges high tech assasinations for large sums of money. If you have the money, they have the assassin for you! Assasins, named A to Z, are mindwiped, and are told they will be well paid and get their memories back after 10 years of service to the Society. This is the scenario G finds himself in. All the agents are cybernetically enhanced, both mentally and physically, and have beyond imagination black technology, real secret squirrel stuff.
This is the situation G finds himself. After he is ambushed at the Boston airport by a rival organization, the Carnivale, during a recall of all Society agents, it is discovered the Society has a mole in its midst. The mole is uncovered, and G is tasked with infiltrating the Carnivale and assassinating its leader, the Caesar and his daughter, a killer assassin in her own right. What commences is a wild ride of betrayals, plans within plans, gunfights, killer cyborg duels, torture and discovery for G, as he discovers more about the past that was wiped from his mind. In the end, he finds who he can really trust, and it’s not who he expected. He has to decide what he really wants to be, and if the price for being that person is worth paying.
As always with a CT Phipps book, the story is very character driven. Whether its G, who is conflicted on many levels, his handler Marissa, with a shady past G is only becoming aware of, Persephone, the shadowy ice queen director of the Society or even the Caesar and his children, the characters are well defined, their actions making sense in context with their characters. They are fleshed out in subtle but important ways, being much more than just two dimensional cardboard cutoouts sterotypes of spies, assassins and villains. The setting is interresting, with locations and action occurring around the world. The dialogue is also crisp, swinging between serious and snark easily, depending on the situation. The story never lags with unneeded exposition, keeping a taut thriller feel.
As far as narration goes, Jeffery Kafer was definitely at his best for this one. Whether the voices were male or female, cyborg, computer, Italian or a variety of American accents, Jeffery nailed them all. He brought each character to life, giving them a vibrancy you get really attached to. His narration of the story never lags, keeping a good flow and is never monotonous. Overall, I would have rated the whole effort six stars if they had that rating. As it is, get this book if you like sci fi or thrillers!
This review is for the audio book.
I enjoyed the authors Supervilliany series so thought I would give this series ago. So glad I did as I really enjoyed it. I loved everything about it from the action, to the sarcasm, to the many plot twists, it is packed full of entertainment that will have you wanting more, good job there is a second book in the series. The characters were great and you can’t help but like them even if there are killers. The plot is very similar to a few movie plots but with C.T.Phipps unique stamp imprinted all over it it is a must listen for any audio book fan.
Agent G is just a letter with no past, a man designed to be an assassin. But what happens when that is not enough any more? Or when the little piece of evidence leads you to believing that your father has been kidnapped by the enemy? Or that the enemy has started eliminating other letters, fellow hitmen, the people you call your friends. And one of your own is giving that information. For Agent G that means taking on a new face and going undercover in the very organisation that you are trying to take down. But at what cost? And is it to high to pay?
I really like Jeffrey Kafer as the narrator . I have listened to a number of books read by him and enjoyed them every time. His voice was designed for this kind of action packed story with his comic timing.
Agent G: Infiltrator by C.T. Phipps is a terrific and intriguing story sci-fi novel that I loved completely. It involves a secret society that trains assassins, mobsters, and technology that involves making cybernetics. Very exciting with lots of twists, turns, and secrets. The plot, characters, and premise is all super exciting and had my full attention. I was given this book to read and the review is voluntary.
Three stars… why three and not five?
That’s the kind of question that usually arises, doesn’t it?
So why three stars? Is Infiltrator good? Yes it is! Big but coming in… but it’s too short. It’s like the real cool intro to a James Bond movie, you know, the one before the credits, shit blowing up, people dying in droves, that sort of thing, and then the credits… in the movies the actual story then begins. With Infiltrator it… ends.
Great intro, now gimme the entire book!