You Save Your Friends At Any Cost

4 out of 5 stars

I had a hard time getting into the first Thomas Caine Thriller and I’m not 100% sure what caused it.  Warren knows how to write a thriller and shows it in Devil’s Due.  This prequel novella is fast-paced and full of action.  Caine doesn’t have a lot of time to save the life of his friend and he dives in head first trying to do everything he can (and recalling his “old life” in the process).

I can see now how this leads a little into the first novel in the series.  I know it’s not a “required read” but I did get a little more of the backstory of Caine.  Who he is, a little of who he was, and a lot of what he’s been doing since going dark.

The relationship/friendship aspect of Devil’s Due was heartwarming.  A friendship built on mutual trust from two people who don’t trust many people.  It was neat to see even though Warren didn’t write an entire book to show the back and forth – you could tell they cared about each other.

As I mentioned above – this was action-packed. Warren didn’t take much time at all to jump right into the action.  From a bar fight to a bomb going off – this has it all.

The narration was done by Bryan L. Anderson who I thought did a really nice job.  My only issue was with his female voices.  I know that it’s hard to ignore when the text switches from male to female and most male narrators have a tough time with this – but Anderson did an okay job… it was just too quiet.  Every female-lead scene he did was just a tick quieter than the males in the same scene.  It wasn’t enough to drive me totally mad but it did bug me.

Overall, a great novella for action-packed thriller lovers and a really good introduction to the Thomas Caine series.

Book Description:

Devil's Due by Andrew Warren
Narrator: Bryan L. Anderson
Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
Series: Caine: Rapid Fire #1
Published by Self Published on June 20th 2016
Genres: Thriller
Also by this author: Tokyo Black, Cold Kill, Sandfire, Depth Charge
Also in this series: Cold Kill, Sandfire, Depth Charge

About the Author:

Andrew Warren was born in New Jersey, and studied film, English, and psychology at the University of Miami. He has over a decade of experience in the television and motion picture industry, where he has worked as a post production supervisor, story producer, and writer. He currently lives in Southern California.

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