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Run Before the Wind

By: Stuart Woods
Narrated by: Rick Holmes, John Keating
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Will Lee ran from a life of Southern wealth and privilege to spend a peaceful summer on the coast of Ireland. But there is no peace in this beautiful, troubled land....

Restless and dissatisfied, Will dreams of shipbuilding and sailing on crystal-blue waters. Then an explosion of senseless violence drags the young American drifter into a lethal game of terror and revenge. Now Will Lee must run for his life from a bloody past that is not his own.

©1983 Stuart Woods (P)2012 Recorded Books
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Doesnt live up to Chiefs

Having really enjoyed listening to Chiefs I immediately downloaded a second Stuart Woods, Run Before the Wind. It was disappointing the main character is a narcissist with misogynist leanings. He seeks wisdom and reason to believe in himself, although the book appears to validate the latter it is unclear as to whether or not he gains wisdom. The end is anti-climactic but kudos for leaving a tiny breath of possibility.

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Ok

Ok. Not the best story but worth the listen as it is
easy on the brain

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Mystery

I love all of Stuart Woods. He is a great writer. The mystery and romance mix is always a good one.

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A wonderful book.

I first read this book many years ago, and at least once in the intervening years. Now, after listening to it again, I have to say it’s one of my all time favorites. I’ve read many of Wood’s books over the years, but I think this is best.

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Great road trip listen

We have read & listened to many Stuart Woods books. This is one of the best, well rounded and many twists and turns, including plausible IRA connections. If you are familiar with "Will Lee" character, this book is the beginning of his story. He starts out as an immature, lazy law student who doesn't like the prospect of being a lawyer in the family tradition, and is about to be kicked out of law school. The dean advises him to take a year off and reconsider his future. What a year it will be.

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Trip to Ireland

I read Stuart Woods "Chief" and was impressed with the quality of writing and story telling. This is book two in the series of the Lee family. This book drops a generation to Will Lee Jr. He is drinking and not pulling effort into his law school studies, so decides to take time off from school and visit his maternal grandfather in Ireland. The story takes place mainly in Cork in southern Ireland. Woods does provide a good deal of information about the country side. The opening of the book grabs your attention but you will have to wait to the end of the book to find out what happed. Will meets an English couple and helps them with the building of a sail boat for a cross Atlantic race. The story is suspenseful, with information about Irish politics of the 1970's and the IRA terrorist attack's against the English. There is some romance and humor in the story. Will has a lifetime habit of not finishing anything he starts so part of the story is will he finish the boat, run away when the situation get tough, will Will and Connie get married, will he grow up into a man? John Keating did a great job with the narration and all the accents.

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A minor dissapointment

Well narrated, but I have no love of sailing and my knowledge of 1970's Irish rebellion is spotty. But even in all my ignorance, I found the plot lines predictable and pretty dull. I chose this book because I was delighted to find that Woods had written a series on Will Lee. This one focuses on a year during law school where Will hangs out in Ireland and goes from being a boy to a man. Romance and tragedy about, but he comes out stronger for it all in the end.

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not a favorite. ....

the story had lots of twists, but several were resolved way too conveniently or not at all...which left me frustrated. plus the main character was so put out with those who betrayed him, yet he betrayed just as many people. bothered me.

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awesome

couldn't stay away from it . always something to look forward to . everyone should listen to it

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Great story

We’ll done by both author & narrators. Not much violence and sex scenes are left to your imagination without explicit details making them all the better. I’m hoping for a sequel.

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