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Fever

por Sean Rowe

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In this blisteringly fast debut thriller - James M. Cain meets Elmore Leonard - hijacking a cruise ship is just the first step in one man's sprint to deliverance - or destruction. Matt "Loose Cannon" Shannon is an ex-FBI agent turned security chief for the world's largest cruise line. It's a career move that owes more to personal weaknesses than to his fondness for the Miami sun. In the novel's explosive opening, Shannon's stepbrother, Jack Fontana, puts his back against the wall. At a waterfront reunion, Fontana gives Shannon what looks like a game controller - and before he knows what's he's done, Shannon has sunken a freighter in Miami's shipping lane, and his fingerprints are on the device that sent the signal. Only once he's cornered does Shannon learns his stepbrother's real plan - a cruise ship heist that could make enough money to last their lifetimes. Fever is the story of Shannon's race to unravel the deadly labyrinth he's trapped in. With the help of a mysterious woman and his own instincts, he might find the one path that could allow him to survive. "Dufris, an award-winning narrator with more than 200 audiobooks to his credit, transforms much of this unabridged production of Rowe's striking debut fiction into riveting sequences that come close to simulating a full-cast recording." - Publishers Weekly "I read a lot of books, hoping for one like Fever to come along.Sean Rowe does just about everything right - think Ocean's Eleven meets Carl Hiaasen, except Fever is better than that." - James Patterson "Fever is a rock-steady, hard-edged thriller, elevated by humor and genuine humanity. A notable debut from Sean Rowe." - George Pelecanos… (más)

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Uf… Háganse a la idea, estimados lectores. Me llevé tres libros para estar ocho días de vacaciones. Uno de ellos era además el séptimo Harrypotter en inglés, seiscientas y pico páginas de vellón. Supuse que con los tres libros tendría suficiente, pero al día 6 me estaba terminando el último. Así que me puse a buscar algo que leer los dos últimos días. Contaba con una desventaja, y es mi nulo conocimiento el portugués. Y debo decirles que la oferta literaria en lengua extranjera en Armaçao de Pera y pueblos limítrofes es prácticamente nula.
Fever es una novela sin pretensiones que narra el secuestro de un trasatlántico por parte de un pequeño grupo que quiere dar el gran golpe, pues sabe del cargamento secreto que el barco transporta. La acción está ambientada en Miami, los Cayos de Florida y altamar.
No les voy a decir que la novela es mala, porque está medianamente bien escrita. Siendo una novela de aventuras, sin embargo, hay tantos, tantísimos giros en la trama, que cada vez que parece que ya sólo queda el epílogo sucede algo increíble que todavía impide que lleguemos, de una maldita vez, al final. Increíble. El autor echa toda la carne en el asador, ¡y lo hace varias veces! Hay telenovelas de cientos de capítulos más lineales que este librito.
No me aburrí, y eso era lo que le pedía al libro. Está entretenido. Lleno de tópicos y situaciones mil veces antes leídas, pero entretenido. Y no se puede decir mucho más a su favor. Una de las cosas que más me llamó la atención no está en la novela, sino en los agradecimientos:

Doy las gracias a mi agente literaria porque si no fuera por ella yo aún estaría durmiendo en mi furgoneta.

Mi nota: Una de tantas. (

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Remocpi | Apr 22, 2020 |

Though quite gruesome in parts, I found I liked the audio version of this book. When it started I wasn't sure if I liked the main character at all but he definitely grows on you and the "book" certainly speeds along in some parts---other parts you wish would just go faster to get them over with! (

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nyiper | Nov 12, 2009 |

Dufris, an award-winning narrator with more than 200 audiobooks to his credit, transforms much of this unabridged production of Rowe's striking debut fiction into riveting sequences that come close to simulating a full-cast recording. The relentlessly paced heist yarn follows a ragtag group of hijackers hoping to get their mitts on $30 million in drug money hidden aboard a cruise ship. Much of the novel focuses on their plotting and bickering and, in the case of its protagonist, ex-FBI agent Matt "Loose Cannon" Shannon and a sexy, mysterious beauty named Julia, building up to a romantic showdown. Dufris has been careful to create distinctive voices for nearly all concerned—including Shannon's sick and weary half-brother, who drags him into the scheme; an edgy ex–Black Panther; and an aging, deeply cynical soldier of fortune. Oddly enough, the only voice that doesn't quite hit the bull's-eye is Shannon's. One would think that a depressed former Fed who drinks "a fifth of Maker's Mark a day" would have a rougher, deeper delivery. It's a minor annoyance that becomes even less significant once the gang carries out the robbery and Shannon has to face the consequences, with Rowe hitting him with one shocking surprise after another

mom24dogs | Dec 20, 2008 |

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In this blisteringly fast debut thriller - James M. Cain meets Elmore Leonard - hijacking a cruise ship is just the first step in one man's sprint to deliverance - or destruction. Matt "Loose Cannon" Shannon is an ex-FBI agent turned security chief for the world's largest cruise line. It's a career move that owes more to personal weaknesses than to his fondness for the Miami sun. In the novel's explosive opening, Shannon's stepbrother, Jack Fontana, puts his back against the wall. At a waterfront reunion, Fontana gives Shannon what looks like a game controller - and before he knows what's he's done, Shannon has sunken a freighter in Miami's shipping lane, and his fingerprints are on the device that sent the signal. Only once he's cornered does Shannon learns his stepbrother's real plan - a cruise ship heist that could make enough money to last their lifetimes. Fever is the story of Shannon's race to unravel the deadly labyrinth he's trapped in. With the help of a mysterious woman and his own instincts, he might find the one path that could allow him to survive. "Dufris, an award-winning narrator with more than 200 audiobooks to his credit, transforms much of this unabridged production of Rowe's striking debut fiction into riveting sequences that come close to simulating a full-cast recording." - Publishers Weekly "I read a lot of books, hoping for one like Fever to come along.Sean Rowe does just about everything right - think Ocean's Eleven meets Carl Hiaasen, except Fever is better than that." - James Patterson "Fever is a rock-steady, hard-edged thriller, elevated by humor and genuine humanity. A notable debut from Sean Rowe." - George Pelecanos

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