Burn Out, Joshua Hood
Burn Out, Joshua Hood
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Burn Out

Author: Joshua Hood

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2024

Synopsis

From the USA Today bestselling author of Robert Ludlum’s Treadstone series, Burn Out is a no-holds-barred thriller from the “master of action” (Publishers Weekly) Joshua Hood.Becoming one of the US Forest Service’s elite smokejumpers has been Jake Slade’s dream. Parachuting into the path of a raging fire and beating it into submission isn’t a job for the faint of heart, but after four years in Folsom, he’s ready to prove himself. After surviving the grueling six-week training course, he thinks he’s ready for anything nature has to dish out.But when fighting a wildfire gets Slade involved in a string of murders deep in the mountains of California’s notorious Emerald Triangle, Slade finds himself caught between a disgraced DEA agent trying to solve his final case and the ruthless cartel hit man determined to kill them both.What began as a straightforward search and rescue mission swiftly turns into a harrowing run for his life …

About Joshua Hood

Joshua Hood joined the army after graduating with an English degree from the University of Memphis and served as a squad leader with the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan, where he was decorated for valor in Operation Furious Pursuit. A former SWAT team member with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department in Memphis, Tennessee, he is a USA Today bestselling author of several books, including Robert Ludlum’s Treadstone series. He lives in Collierville, Tennessee, with his wife and two children.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on May 06, 2024

Joshua Hood is one of my favorite authors, he has never let me down with one of his books. Burn Out is a great story about a guy who wants nothing else but being a smokejumper, but the book is so much more. You have an old friend of Jake Slade that are in trouble and needs help, you have an DEA agen......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on May 27, 2024

BURN OUT shows us yet again that Joshua Hood’s talent is as indomitable as his characters. There’s seemingly no premise he can’t master and no limit to the action he relentlessly delivers.......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on September 15, 2024

This book was go go go all the way to a killer ending! This book was so fast paced I could feel myself bouncing from foot to foot! Jake Slade is a smoke Jumper. He has left behind a life of deliquency to become something more but when an old friend is in trouble, the DEA come a knocking! This book is......more

Goodreads review by Cindy (leavemetomybooks) on December 21, 2024

(( audiobook )) Downloaded this from NetGalley because I’m a sucker for a Scott Brick-narrated action thriller. This lived up to my expectations — some cringey “men being men” dialogue, some fun surprises, a lot of shooting stuff, with a side of wildfires. Thoroughly enjoyable and made me want to lis......more

Goodreads review by SteVen on August 14, 2024

ARC Book Review – Burn Out – Joshua Hood “Burn Out” by the “master of action” author Joshua Hood is a no holds barred action thriller about a US Forest Service elite smokejumper named Jake Slade. What begins as a straightforward search and rescue mission swiftly turns into a disturbing life or death......more

Quotes

“A red-hot, rampaging thriller that will blister your fingers as you turn the pages. I read it in one sitting and needed my rescue inhaler afterward to catch my breath.” Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“This is one of the best new novels I’ve read…Action fans will love Burn Out. Just prepare to blow your weekend reading it!” Dale Brown

“Burn Out blazes with the authenticity that only comes with personal experience of gunfights and parachute jumps. Joshua Hood’s done it all, and it shows on the page. Burn Out kept me up reading until 3:00 a.m.!” Nick Petrie, author of The Price You Pay

“Joshua Hood is rapidly becoming a powerhouse in the thriller realm.” Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man, praise for the author

“Nobody writes bare-knuckled, in-your-face action like Joshua Hood.” Brian Freeman, New York Times bestselling author, praise for the author

“Burn Out shows us yet again that Joshua Hood’s talent is as indomitable as his characters. There’s seemingly no premise he can’t master and no limit to the action he relentlessly delivers.” T. R. Hendricks, author of The Infiltrator

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