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Title: The Walk-In
Author: Gary Berntsen, Ralph Pezzullo
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Format: Abridged
Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-29-08
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Espionage
Publisher's Summary:
When a highly placed Iranian intelligence operative walks into a U.S. embassy claiming to possess explosive information, counterterrorism officer Matt Freed is dispatched to interview him and is warned of an impending attack on the United States that could kill millions. But is the man's story precious truth or calculated fiction? Matt isn't sure, but with a possible catastrophe looming in less than two weeks, his superiors reluctantly prepare for the assault.
Matt can't leave it alone, though. With questions still lingering about what is really going on, he defies his superiors' orders and launches his own investigation. As the clock ticks down, he searches frantically for the truth at an Afghan prison under siege, an abandoned Uzbekistan bio weapons facility, and a Moscow hospital where an arms dealer is dying of a mysterious disease.
Ultimately, Matt's efforts brand him an out-of-control renegade, and he finds himself left out in the cold. Yet he may be the only one with the knowledge needed to avert unimaginable chaos.
From a counterterrorism warrior who has spent a lifetime thwarting those who would do us harm, The Walk-In is an exhilarating plunge into tradecraft and terror.
Critic Reviews:
"This novel is what thrillers aspire to be. Authors Berntsen and Pezzullo deliver a story that steams and dances like water on a red-hot skillet. The Walk-In is Tom Clancy for our era. (Jeffery Deaver)
Members Reviews:
Entertaining, just not one of history's great spy novels
Don't expect literary wonders from this book. But do expect to be entertained. It's a good story, it keeps moving, and is unpredictable enough to keep you on happy when it's over. There's a fair amount about the poor spy in the field trying to overcome reluctant DC bureaucracy, but that's to be expected from Berntsen and, frankly, works well in this book. If anything, I wish Mr. Berntsen included more of the inner struggles the main character goes through, dwelling more on the psychological than the plot. But that's a small matter. If you like short-read page turners, international intrigue, and spies saving the United States from attack, buy it.
Well written Novel of fiction
I had never heard of this book until I saw it recommended on Amazon. It is fast paced and exciting. I am looking forward to the next book by the authors.
The Walk In
Excellent book by the real deal. I hope he writes more fiction as I really enjoyed the read. Action packed based on very possible scenarios, very believable.
This is a book that would have been much better if it had been expanded.
Matt Freed is summoned on very short notice to Bucharest to interview a member of Iran's intelligence community. He was unrecruited, meaning that he is a "walk-in" - literally someone who walked into the embassy and offered information that the American government would want.
Freed has been asked to talk to this man because he is an expert on Iranian politics and he speaks the language. He is also an extremely capable intelligence operative. The interview yields valuable and very scary information. Freed starts to act on it and soon discovers that there may be more to this situation than he has been led to believe. He starts his own investigation and becomes convinced that this may be a double cross.