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Title: Ramsey's Gold
Author: Russell Blake
Narrator: Ray Porter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-19-16
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2463 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
When a forgotten journal materializes decades after Drake Ramsey's father vanished in the Amazon jungle, Drake decides to follow in his footsteps and search for the legendary treasure of the Inca empire hidden in the lost Inca city of Paititi.
Members Reviews:
Exciting book!!
I never wanted to put this one down. Some parts of the book took my breath away. The story provides many opportunities for speculation. Russell Blake did an excellent job describing the story's details thus creating great mental imagery for the reader. Lots of intrigue, some love tension and unexpected twists!
Ray Porter, awesome!
Super fun listen
Great story, always exciting. I had a hard time pressing pause when I had to go back to work or sleep. It's an audio page turner, if you will.
Entertaining, but very cliched and derivative
Would you try another book from Russell Blake and/or Ray Porter?
I would definitely listen to another Ray Porter narration. As for another Blake novel ..... maybe. But not at full price.
Would you ever listen to anything by Russell Blake again?
Maybe. But not for full price. If there was a sale and I just wanted some fluff adventure time, then I would pick up another of his novels.
What about Ray Porters performance did you like?
Porter is amazing. I can't believe that I've never come across his work before. His voices are great. Timing is perfect. His female voices are good and not falsetto. All around a great narrator.
Was Ramsey's Gold worth the listening time?
Yes, but barely. And largely due to the incredible voice of Ray Porter.
Any additional comments?
This is obviously a set up novel for a continuing series that takes a young, handsome, intelligent and restless adventurer and sends him on an adventure where he will find a treasure worth BILLIONS and thereby be able to fund his future Dirk Pitt-style escapades.
Of course, he also meets up with a beautiful, young archaeologist arm candy and a world-wise, gruff, former special forces badass who I'm sure will be his companions in future books.
While the book moves along at a good pace and can be quite fun at times, there are some ridiculously over-used tropes that keep showing up:
~ The hero has a photographic memory
~ He's also very good at martial arts
~ And becomes an expert marksman in about 24 hours
~ He's oh-so-handsome
~ Stunningly beautiful 24 year old archaeologist
~ Said beauty falls into quicksand .... seriously, QUICKSAND
~ The hero's father left him a cryptic treasure map
~ That the Russians want to get back from him
~ Said Russians are right out of central casting's "Russian Thug" lineup.
I could go on, but I think you get the picture.Blake is a former self-published author who rights about 10 novels a year and is very proud of his prolific output. That volume is very clear from the lack of any real character development and his overuse of adventure cliches that we loved during Saturday morning cartoons, but which have lost their punch and thrill-factor.
Great story fantastic narrator
Enjoyed the book. Excited for next one. Writer has a good style. Kept me interested through to the end. Watch out Scott Brick because Ray Porter's performance was outstanding. Each character had a distinctive voice where most of Scott's are repetitive. He made audible a great way to enjoy this book.
