The Breach audiobook

You know...I like this book more than I expected to. I'm hoping that this leads into a good series that holds up. Our protagonist here is one who's got a past or maybe I should say a Past that's with a capital P. He was a dirty cop and we learn real quick (so it's not a spoiler) that something he did cost the life of the woman he loved. He's spent the last years in prison and is looking at re-starting his life at 40. Then fate intervenes.... Or is it fate? Humm....The way the story unfolds, the characters and the plot all wind together to lay out a story that leads us down a rough road that sometimes seems to be a dark path where you can't see at all and then seems to double back on itself and maybe even vanish a few times.I can recommend this one, and I plan to follow it up. I think it will very likely draw you in. It did me. Enjoy.

4.5 Sterne - spannender Technik-Science-Fiction Thriller ...Die ersten Seiten waren noch sehr beschaulich: Travis Chace, der nach langer Haftstrafe in der abgeschiedenen Landschaft von Alaska eine neue Zukunft für sich sucht - und dort aber unverhofft auf ein Flugzeugwrack voller Leichen stößt. Dann geht es Knall auf Fall weiter und direkt auch ziemlich brutal, denn das Geheimnis, das sich Travis eröffnet, offenbart ein unglaubliches Phänomen mit spektakulären Möglichkeiten. Eine davon leider auch die verhängnisvolle Zukunft für die Erde. Der Autor hat es geschafft mich komplett in den Bann zu ziehen und mich auch mit den technischen Details nicht zu überfordern, sondern sie auch für Laien verständlich zu erklären, ohne in langatmige Ausführungen abzudriften. Es ist etwas schwierig, näher darauf einzugehen, ohne zuviel zu verraten, aber die Ideen sind wirklich originell und die Zusammenhänge logisch dargelegt - sogar das Zeitparadoxon wird kurz angeschnitten und einfach und schlüssig erklärt. Das ist ja oft beim Thema Zeitreisen eine schwierige Sache, wobei hier die Zeitreisen (noch) keine Rolle spielen, aber zu Mutmaßungen anregen, was hier vielleicht auch möglich sein könnte.Vor allem hält die Geschichte viele Wendungen parat und technische Innovationen die spannend eingesetzt werden und auf mehreren Ebenen verblüffen und für Überraschungen sorgen. An manchen Stellen hätte ich mir noch mehr Tempo gewünscht, obwohl es eh schon recht rasant vorwärts geht, was aber meiner eigenen Ungeduld geschuldet ist, weil ich nicht erwarten konnte zu wissen wie es weitergeht. Travis Vergangenheit wird übrigens in kleinen Rückblicken Stück für Stück aufgedeckt und überrascht ebenfalls mit einem brillanten Schachzug, der alles wieder in einem neuen Licht erscheinen lässt.Auch am Ende, in der die Situation mehr oder weniger aufgelöst wird, gibt es ein neues Rätsel, das mich mega neugierig auf die Fortsetzung macht und ich mich dadurch schon sehr auf den zweiten Band freue!Ein gut zu lesender, innovativer Thriller mit steigender Spannung und interessanten Figuren, deren Rolle in dem ganzen Szenario noch einige versteckte Möglichkeiten bereit hält. Weltenwanderer

Please note: I read and reviewed this in 2010 from a copy I received from Amazon Vine.My Story outline: The Breach starts out like a thriller - the main character, Travis Chase, just released from prison, stumbles upon the wreck of a 747 that contains, among other things, the dead body of the First Lady and a cryptic note alluding to "Tangent." There is no sign of a rescue operation - in fact, there is no sign that anyone else heard the crash.From there, things start to get weird, and slowly but surely veer off into science fiction. Before Chase knows it, he is involved with Tangent, a top-secret agency that is literally underground and maintains control of a breach in space-time through which strange and wonderful (and occasionally VERY deadly dangerous) things periodically arrive.My Recommendation: I don't wish to spoil the story by providing too much information on the plot, so I'll leave things there. But this is definitely a book that fans of thrillers, suspense, conspiracy nuts and sci-fi won't want to miss.

Wow, amazingly fun and fast paced! Since I'm far too lazy to write a proper summary, I'll just say this:Travis Chase comes across a downed 747 that leads him into a worldwind of intrigue and supernatural suspense. And it's all centered on a mysterious alien device called the Whisper.I usually only read about 50 pages at a sitting before I get antsy. I devoured about 200+ pages of The Breach in one sitting, pausing only to pee a few times. Exciting, pulse-pounding, intriguing . . . kind of like the Da Vinci Code on steroids, but more fun and more cataclysmic. Mr Lee does not pull punches when it comes to the action, either. I was aghast at some of the stuff that happens.Fantastic, fun stuff!

Be forewarned: This book is BRUTAL.No, really. It's brutal. While the descriptions are never over the top - for the scenarios involved, the prose is remarkably restrained and lets the reader's imagination fill in the horrifying details - the situations themselves are horrific and the physical violence done is immense. If you have a weak stomach and/or a strong imagination, you may not want to read this book.Then again, you may want to, because for all its brutality, it's inventive, engaging, and fast-paced - a really ripping action-adventure tale with a fascinating sci-fi spin. The Breach combines the trappings of your typical action-adventure thriller - a mysterious organization, some evil terrorists, an everyman hero with a dark past - with some great sci-fi elements that I haven't seen used very often. The titular Breach is the best of these - a rip in reality caused by a large particle accelerator, out of which THINGS appear from time to time. These things are seemingly alien artefacts or technologies...but we know so little about the Breach, let alone what comes out of it, that anything is possible, really.These Breach Entities form the basis of the entire novel, in a complex, interweaving plot that will throw you for a loop about three times by the end. It's all about control - who has what Entity? Who's using which for what purposes? What the hell is going on here, anyway? Lee keeps you on your toes throughout, throwing curve balls all the way through, so that even when you think you know what's happening, something comes along to surprise you. The Breach Entities also act as convenient deus ex machina elements - allowing, say, an inexhaustible supply of arms and ammo - that are actually internally consistent and totally acceptable given the storyline. Well played, sir.The sheer brutality of the novel is echoed in the prose, which is a little overly analytical at points - do we really need to know how many feet away that boulder is? - but which suits the conspiracy-thriller genre well. The scope of the violence, and the depth of the torture, is unnerving, but it also enhances the book's sense of urgency, and drives home the point that everything that's happening is INSANE, and twisted, and utterly dangerous to the world. My only real complaint - the only thing that really dings the book down from being a 5-star "bloody good romp" of a story - is that the end is just...disappointing. It's not an ending at all; it's a setup for a series. Yes, the loose end of the Entity is tied up and the bad guys get what's coming to them, but...what the heck? All this, for THAT? It's not just a lot of sizzle for very little steak, but it seems as though the whole escapade was petty and self-serving, in the end...both within the context of the plot, and as a way to set up further adventures for Travis Chase. Boo. That said, though, that lack of conclusion and the teaser chapter for the next book have pretty much ensured that I'll read Ghost Country eventually, just to see if it's as wild a ride.

This is the first Travis Chase book by Patrick Lee -- I'd never heard of the author before, but I saw a couple of his books at the bookstore and they seemed interesting. It looked like a trilogy, and I couldn't tell which was the first book, so I waited until I got home and researched it on the Web -- turns out the bookstore didn't have the first book in stock, so I ordered it from the library.The book did NOT disappoint -- it read quite a bit like a Dan Brown novel, minus any of the Biblical/Knights Templar stuff . . . just a straightforward action/thriller/intrigue plot wrapped around some fairly decent science fiction elements. I actually kind of got a "Dan Brown plot meets LOST" vibe, which kept me turning the pages.I'd never heard of Patrick Lee before, but this was a VERY solid story, and I'm surprised it slipped by without garnering any fanfare (or without me noticing any fanfare).Looking forward to the next installment, and I'd recommend this fairly highly. I'd give it 4-1/2 stars, but Goodreads only allows whole stars. It's been a while since I plowed through a book as fast as I did this one, so I'm giving it a full 5 stars based on how it drew me in and did not disappoint.

Travis Chase is an ex-cop/ex-con who is trying to find some meaning to his life in the Alaskan wilds. After coming across a downed 747 jet, carrying the First Lady of the US, he is drawn into a secret world where a breach into another dimension has been opened in an underground facility.Great story, good characters and looking forward to the next one. I like the sci-fi aspect and the action was just rolling along!

Kad počneš čitati ovu knjigu, možeš zamisliti kako se osjeća čovjek koji par mjeseci vozi auto po gradu, a zatim izađe na autoput, da gas i odvrne zvučnike :) Patrick Lee se čita u dahu, ko da nožem prolaziš kroz maslo, nije na tebi da razmišljaš, tvoje je da čitaš, pa iako nisam ljubitelj SFa nisam se mogao odvojiti od radnje, a još me čekaju 2 nastavka ...

The Breach is one of those books that's a real pleasure to read and draws you in from the first page to the last. A unique plot and plenty of action as well as plot twists keeps you turning the pages will into the night. Looking forward to the following book 'Ghost Country' now.

Ok, I admit I had many eye-rolling moments with this highly unlikely story. But in the end I have to say, it was just a nice pulpy, page-turner!Travis Chase is out one year from spending a long time in prison, we found out why in bits throughout the story, to find himself backpacking in Alaska and discover a plane wreck. From there he discovers one strange thing after another, meets his soon to be girl and within 3 days finds himself tangled up in the most bizaare storyline I've read in a long, long time. I wanted to put this book down at about 100 pages in finding it silly. But since it was such a quick read, I decided to finish it and am pretty happy I did. It's actually a fun little escapist read which I did find that I needed and overall ended up enjoying. It went into some interesting, quirky places. Not great writing or great character development, but this is an action/time-travelling/over the top sci-fi romp so that I can forgive it's silliness.I will continue with book two Ghost Country when the mood for action hits me again.

This is the first novel for Patrick Lee. Thus,the intro of Travis Chase as the lead protagonist. When I read the back cover;(just a portion herein); "Trying to regain his life in the Alaskan wilds,ex-con/ex-cop Travis Chase stumbles upon an impossible scene: a crashed 747 passenger jet filled with the murdered dead, including the wife of the President of the United States". Now that peaked my interest. And I must say; I was not disappointed. This is the first installment of several near-future adventures. Looking forward to the next one.