Both the storyline and writing were weak. Don’t need to read another.

It seemed to me that this book was written to set the scene for the Dan Morgan series. It was filled with background information and finally during the last third got going. I'll read the next book in the series because I think there is potential. Hopefully, now that we know the players, we can have more action-filled books.

A very nice surprise. Maloney shows quite a bit of promise with this debut. Morgan is a solid character. The story had a good mystery and an ending that both felt good and provided intriguing possibilities for the rest of the series. I tend to eat up these books and I’m not sure I need another series like this one but, alas, I seem to have one. Looking forward to the second in the Dan Morgan Thriller library.

A great debut novel, written by someone whose lived the life and knows some of the inner secrets of the clandestine service. Maloney puts the reader in the middle of a plot that surrounds a recently retired agent who is called back into the dark to help find what's happened to a murdered friend/agent. The story splits into three mini-stories, yet flows well and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat and wondering how the characters will eventually bring things to fruiting. No truly unique storyline or plot, and a main character that has some similarities to his literary cousins (see below), but still, for a first kick at the can, this book is well worth the invested time and effort.

Maloney's book does have an early Brad Thor or Vince Flynn feel to it. A retired agent (or super covert one) that is doing things under the radar to help those in need. Our main character, Morgan, does have some similar traits to Thor's Harvath and Flynn's Rapp. Highly pompous and super agile... and even though the character does not show much uniqueness, they push the story forward in a simplistic and entertaining fashion. Could Marc Cameron's Quinn also be used as a model to form the action packed thriller? Alas, you'll have to read to find out for yourself.

Kudos Mr. Maloney. I look forward to reading the second book!