The Target, David Baldacci
The Target, David Baldacci
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The Target

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

Abridged: 8 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/22/2014

Synopsis

The world's greatest assassins are on a high-risk mission for the President—but a powerful mastermind wants them dead in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel. Together, Robie and Reel's talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don't trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive. As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets—a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.

About David Baldacci

Author, David Baldacci, was born in Richmond VA in 1960. He had had a different plan for his life than most authors. He received a law degree from the University of VA and practiced in law for many years in Washington, DC. He actively began writing stories as a child after his mother gave him a notebook. As he got older he wrote short stories and screenplays without reaching much success. He then turned to writing a novel where he spent three years writing Absolute Powers in 1996, which proved to be a bestseller. He has published 29 bestselling adult novels and 4 children's novels.

Baldacci and his wife live in Vienna, VA where they are the founders of "Wish You Well Foundation". (named after one of his novels, "Wish You Well" which was also a screenplay for the movie starring Ellen Burstyn.) The Foundation works to combat illiteracy in the United States. Baldacci has over 110 million copies of his book in print.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miriam on June 24, 2018

I love David Baldacci's wonderfully captivating books, they are so polished, professionally written, imaginative yet realistic and very easy to follow, so I was looking forward to reading "The Target", the third in the fantastic and exciting Will Robie series. Blurb - The President knows it's a peril......more

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘ on February 05, 2018

Ok, this one is weird. What I really like about the series is the personality building of the MCs. What I strongly dislike is the fact that most of the plotlines are between the POTUS and some villainous person (of either Muslim or Slavic ethnicity). And the actions is basically either POTUS ordering......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 04, 2014

The two previous Robie and Reel novels were a step above much of what Baldacci had done in the past, but this one took a step back. My thought is that Baldacci put too much into the book, one separate crisis after another; fighting their superiors, fighting the North Koreans, fighting neo Nazis, bac......more

Goodreads review by Baba on November 01, 2024

A tale of two snipers. She is Jessica Reel one of the deadliest snipers alive, but it looks like she has gone rogue! He is Will Robie who knows that at some stage he will be asked to take her out... and yes that not out to dinner, that out with a sniper's bullet. A clever and intriguing suspense thr......more

Goodreads review by Alex is The Romance Fox on November 21, 2015

Will Robie & Jessica Reel, master assassins, are back …..on a super secret mission together! The Target, the 3rd book in David Baldacci’s Will Robie Series begins with Will Robie, back in Washington DC and receiving a medal for his successful mission in Syria. Will and Jessica have been given a new an......more

Quotes

"Baldacci has been on a hot streak for the past few years, and The Target continues the trend. This isn't a garden-variety thriller or even a garden-variety Baldacci. It's among his most exhilarating books yet."—Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Brilliant use of language...vivid supporting characters and numerous sudden and unexpected plot twists...[Baldacci] doesn't let the action sag at any point...In [Chung-Cha], Mr. Baldacci has created one of his most memorable characters."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Robie and Reel are complex characters, and anything they do is a pleasure to follow...Baldacci knows how to get readers to turn the pages, and he's in top form here."—Associated Press

"[A] no-holds-barred tale of perfidy and murder at the highest level...Baldacci's prose crackles with urgency...Robie and Reel fans will thrill to see their favorite spies back in action."
—Kirkus Reviews

"Baldacci deftly plots The Target so that readers can never get a firm grasp on what is going to happen next."
—BookReporter.com

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