Once Dead, Richard Phillips
Once Dead, Richard Phillips
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Once Dead

Author: Richard Phillips

Narrator: Richard Phillips

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/19/2014

Synopsis

Jack Gregory, the CIA’s top assassin, bleeds out on a Calcutta operating table and is about to die.But an alien entity has other plans for him.If Jack is willing to act as a human host for this dark figure, he lives. Jack takes the deal. One year later, he is known internationally as The Ripper, fixer for hire, and finds himself increasingly drawn to dire, world-shattering events. Suffering strange premonitions and compulsions, Jack has more questions than answers. What destiny does this alien mind foresee? Why has it chosen him?From bestselling author Richard Phillips comes a globe-spanning sci-fi thriller series with a twist...culminating in the cataclysmic events that set the stage for the Rho Agenda.

About Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips was born in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1956. In 1979, he graduated from West Point as an army ranger and served for several years as an officer in the United States Army. In 1989, he graduated with a master of science in physics from the Naval Post Graduate School, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Phillips then spent three years as a research associate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory before completing his tour of duty as an army officer. He previously released the popular sci-fi conspiracy epic the Rho Agenda trilogy. Phillips was hailed by bestselling author Orson Scott Card as someone who “is very quickly going to be very well known as one of the best and most popular writers of near-future sci-fi.” Phillips lives in Phoenix with his lovely wife, Carol.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish on August 07, 2017

Ok, so this is about our hero Jack Gregory that managed to get himself killed and was offered his life back IF he would let Anchanchu, a mind worm, tag along in Jack’s brain. Now, Anchanchu is a blood thirsty killing machine so Jack has to control that part of his brain or he’d be killing anyone and......more

Goodreads review by Martha on June 24, 2015

This was a NetGalley read that I selected based on the cover. I really wanted to like this book. The blurb sounds pretty darn cool, and the opening prologue kind of reminds me of a Robert Ludlum novel. Unfortunately, I stumbled a lot over the writing and ended up setting it aside as a DNF. I feel li......more

Goodreads review by Prince William Public Libraries on July 22, 2021

I got this book right before vacation thinking this would be some sort of half-good alien abduction story, but I was dead wrong. This story is all about your main man, Jack, an Ex-CIA who "dies", and comes back with the help of a weird limbo creature who only has fun when he sees people kind of go c......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on August 26, 2014

All through The Rho Agenda I was intrigued by the characters of Jack Gregory and Janet Price. What was their story? Why did Jack’s eyes sometimes seem to have a red glint? In this first of three prequels we get to learn much more about Jack and Janet and what makes them who they are. Jack, a CIA agen......more

Goodreads review by Mike on December 26, 2014

"Once Dead" catapults Richard Phillips into serious thriller writer status. It's fast-moving. The hero, Jack Gregory, is conflicted in an interesting fashion, and he's good at getting himself out of serious scrapes. In the opening scene, Gregory gets jumped in an alley Return of the Dragon style. Bu......more

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