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  • First Casualty

  • The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers, Book 4
  • By: Andy Maslen
  • Narrated by: Anthony Howard
  • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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First Casualty

By: Andy Maslen
Narrated by: Anthony Howard
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When Gabriel Wolfe, a government assassin afflicted by PTSD, travels to Africa to recover the body of a former SAS comrade, he has the backing of the British prime minister. But every favor comes at a price, and now Gabriel has to complete another hit before he can continue his search for salvation.

What he discovers next shakes his faith in everything he trusts. He has marched headlong into the heart of a corrupt web of land deals, blood diamonds, and the global arms trade. At the center of the web sits someone Gabriel can hardly believe is guilty. Someone he’ll need every ounce of his skills and resolve to defeat.

Standing between him and the truth are tooled-up mercenaries, a local warlord, his machete-wielding Rock and Roll Boys, and a mysterious assassin who anticipates his every move.

This complex and breathtaking action thriller is the fourth novel in Andy Maslen’s Gabriel Wolfe series. First Casualty begins in the middle of a firefight in Africa, where Gabriel and his partner, Britta Falskog, are facing a crew of bloodthirsty militia fighters commanded by the terrifying Mama Chissano.

The action moves between London, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Hong Kong and never lets up. As he begins to uncover the truth, Gabriel sees that his adversaries have spun a web of betrayal that stretches right back to his last, fateful mission in the SAS.

Fans of Andy McNab, Chris Ryan, Lee Child, and Daniel Silva are saluting Maslen as an author to watch. If you like your heroes flawed as well as resourceful, you’ll love Gabriel Wolfe. He’s been called "deadlier than Bond" and "more human than Reacher."

©2016 Andy Maslen (P)2018 Andy Maslen
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Good story; poor knowledge of military equipment.

As a U.S. veteran, I have to wonder if the author's knowledge of British military hardware is as bad as his knowledge of U.S. hardware. For example he writes about hearing the five round bursts of M-16/A-4 rifles (the all M-16s begining with the A2 variant have a 3 round bursts). Near the end of the novel writes of two characters being passengers on an Apache helicopter; the Apache only has two seats, one for the pilot and one for the weapons systems officer.

If one can overlook the technical errors, these are good thrillers.

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