THE ASCENT: A NOVEL (Kurt Argento #1) (audiobook) by Adam Plantinga


Published in 2024 by Grand Central Publishing

Read by Charles Halford and Christine Lakin.

Duration: 10 hours, 44 minutes.

Unabridged.

Synopsis

The Ascent features Kurt Argento, a former Detroit police officer. His wife died from cancer and he is not dealing with it well. During a small riot, he defied orders to protect a civilian and hospitalized several members of a gang with his night stick - he literally worked out some of his grief on their not very sympathetic bodies. It was heroic act, but because he disobeyed orders he was forced to resign.

Argento takes his dog and heads out towards California. For some reason, he has it in his head that seeing the Pacific Ocean would be a good thing for his peace of mind. While traveling through Missouri he ends up in a scuffle with a corrupt local sheriff. The sheriff claims that his jail cells are too full so he can store Argento in a nearby for-profit state prison in hopes of Argento getting caught up in some sort of prison fight and perhaps getting shanked.

Before Argento can even get logged in to the prison it erupts in a completely out of control riot. To make matters worse, the governor's daughter is also in the prison as part of a visit for a college class and the only way to safety requires them to travel through every floor of the prison to get to the roof...

My Review

If you like the Jack Reacher novels, this book will feel very familiar. The book's plot is obvious when you read the summary, but almost all of it is a good read with unlikely, but not impossible, complications. There are two parts that are extremely (and unnecessarily) graphic. 

This book would make a pretty good plot for a videogame.

I rate this book 4 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: The Ascent by Adam Plantinga

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