The story spans over many years. We first meet Noah when he was 17, trapped in a horrible and dangerous situation. He’s held captive by the man responsible for his mother’s death some years earlier. One night the place was raided by law-enforcement, and he was rescued by a marshal; Robert "Mac" Mackensie, who is attracted to the young boy...but realizes that he "is only a boy"...and puts him into witness protection. Now we fast forward seven years and Noah hasn’t only left WITSEC but also been recruited into a black op's organization; Phoenix. He has become one of the best "hunters" in the world and is assigned to the most dangerous and impossible of missions. He is also constantly looking for the men responsible for killing his mother. There is a lot of time jumping in this book. It does make sense for bringing the story bringing it forward...but kind of makes your head hurt. I felt like I missed a few things in the between the time moves. Important events that the listener was only told about instead of being shown...especially where the characters feelings were developed. These were strong feelings that enabled a seven-year separation between our heroes to keep those feelings alive. I just couldn’t feel it. It did allow Noah and Mac’s relationship to feel more on equal terms when they finally met again. Mac didn't even know where or what Noah was for most of the story. I think if they had met sooner as both being adults, it would have made for a feeling that it was a more equal a relationship on both their parts. The age difference that was present in the past would have no longer seemed such a big issue to Mac. I was invested in Noah and his fate early into the story and fascinated by the character of Mac. I have to admit to being thoroughly entertained by their story. The ending was so warm and so different from the rest of the book, and I LOVED IT. The narrative by Tristan James was nothing short of brilliant. This book is definitely worth listening to just for him alone. ( )

I'm not a fan of the writing style, but I enjoyed the story more or less.
The little time jumps were annoying. The relationship development was off for me.
Overall it's a nice enough debut novel, the action scenes were great. ( )

Phoenix

I enjoyed the story of Noah and Mac. You can tell that it’s the beginning of a series, there are quite a few characters and , for me, it got a bit confusing, but the main story was good. ( )