Spy novels aren't supposed to be realistic or based in fact, but the Trasker series takes unbelievability to an extreme. More bothersome, however, was the manner in which the main character was written. I couldn't stand Brad Trasker or his inner smart-guy monologue for another second. I truly hated Trasker as a character.

I was so disappointed by this book. I loved Andrew Mayne's Underwater Investigation series, but it felt like a completely different author wrote this story. It wasn't what I was expecting at all, and I would have been incredibly bored (which says something considering it's supposed to be an action packed spy novel) if I wasn't so irritated by the main character the entire time I was reading.

If spy novels and obtuse, arrogant characters are your thing, you might like this... but it certainly wasn't my cup of tea.

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Retired spy Brad Trasker is back in an excellent sequel that is easily read as a standalone. With an interesting mix of characters and action, the old-school hero battles agents and double agents.