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The Equalizer

A Novel

by Michael Sloan
Jeff Gurner
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Michael Sloan, co-creator of the classic 1980s TV show The Equalizer—now reimagined in a series starring Queen Latifah—presents an original story of the mysterious, former covert intelligence officer who helps desperate people who are in need of his unique and deadly skills.
"Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer."
Robert McCall is a former covert operations officer for the CIA who tries to atone for past sins by offering, free of charge, his services as a protector, an investigator, and a troubleshooter—often literally. Aided by a group of sometimes-mysterious contacts, some of whom date back to his spying days, McCall traverses the streets of New York City, visiting justice upon those who prey upon the weak.
A woman finds herself the target of a Chechen nightclub owner. The club is actually a front for an elite assassination service—run by an old enemy of McCall's. To save his client's life, the Equalizer is going to have to confront the sins of his past...

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  • Release date

    August 19, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781427239273
      • File size: 605919 KB
      • Duration: 21:02:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 30, 2014
      Based on the 1980s TV show about a CIA agent–turned-vigilante, this prequel presents the backstory of how Robert McCall went from N.Y.C. bartender, attempting to remain below the radar of former colleagues and enemies, to a righter of wrongs for those faced with problems and no avenues for help. Sloan, a co-creator of the TV series, gets some details wrong (e.g., no one refers to the New York subway lines by color). More importantly, characters don’t act or think in logical ways. In a storyline in parallel to McCall’s intervention on behalf of an abused hooker, a master assassin fails to anticipate that the controllers of a female spy he’s stalking in Russia might know the location of her backup safe house. Later, McCall makes a completely baffling choice while dealing with a serial criminal that has consequences readers will anticipate, even if McCall somehow doesn’t. Having the hero advertise his services on Craigslist doesn’t make this fresh.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Jeff Gurner catapults the listener into the frenzied and violent world of Robert McCall. The former CIA black-ops agent is trying to lead a quiet life as a New York bartender, but he just can't ignore an innocent in trouble, and he relishes the long odds. Gurner handles the relentless pace and lengthy fight scenes with gusto. To defeat a network of Chechen enforcers, McCall calls on a strangely endearing, albeit menacing, team of contacts from his espionage days. All are voiced with such care that they become the listener's old friends, too. There's a lot of violence, but it's not gratuitously graphic. Even at 21 hours, listeners will be sorry when the showdown ends. C.A.T. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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