Tom Barber has 9 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is One Way.
Blackout
Summary
Young counterterrorist cop Sam Archer arrives for work at the Armed Response Unit expecting a quiet day. But unbeknownst to him, a storm is coming. Three men have already been killed that morning. One committed suicide by the River Thames. Another was strangled in his car in Washington, DC. And the third was shot in the face in his high-rise New York apartment as he slept. The deaths seem random, thousands of miles apart. But they are all connected - by a shocking event 15 years ago. And this is only the beginning. Archer, Chalky, and the rest of the unit suddenly find themselves plunged into a ferocious and violent confrontation, fighting for their lives. The enemy they are up against are brutal, highly trained, well armed, and anonymous. No one knows where they have come from. No one seems to know who they are. But they have a vendetta. They will never forgive or forget or show mercy. And for some reason, they're hell-bent on killing 10 specific people before the end of the day. As the Unit tries to find out who these killers are and locate the remaining targets so they can protect them, it becomes a race against time to see who can get there first. As the counterterrorist unit and the vengeful enemy come up against each other all over the city, Archer and the team soon realize two things: This enemy is more proficient and deadly than any they've ever encountered, and one of their own ARU men is on the extermination list.
©2012 Archway Productions (P)2015 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Condition Black
Summary
In the year 2113, US 101st Airborne Corporal Will Miller regains consciousness inside a transport vessel that has crashed on its journey home. Everyone around him is dead. He has no idea where he is or who shot him, and his squad down. He soon discovers he’s on one of the moons orbiting Mars, not far from the main colony and his transport back to Earth. Two members of a mining team stationed on the moon come out to investigate. They take Miller back to their base, where he manages to send out a call for help. He has 90 minutes to wait for rescue. But those 90 minutes are going to feel like a lifetime. Miller quickly realizes that something in the station is wrong. There seems to be more to this place than meets the eye. Strange and unsettling events suggest things are not quite as they appear. As the minutes until his rescue tick by and he begins to finally figure out what is going on, Miller is forced to confront echoes from his past as well as his deepest fears in a situation that is becoming more terrifying by the second. And he soon learns that some nightmares don’t stop when you wake up.
©2013 Archway Productions (P)2015 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Last Breath
Summary
A federal manhunt is underway across the United States. A sniper has killed three people in three different cities during the last 72 hours and he's gone to ground somewhere in Washington, DC. No one can find him, and riots have erupted on the streets in response to the shootings. The lead suspect is a police officer. As the search for the cop intensifies, the violence engulfing the US capital means nowhere and no one is safe, especially the police, who are being targeted by rioters and gangs are making the most of the opportunity and taking over the streets. With the killer on the loose, individuals are taking the law into their own hands. A 14-year-old boy moves through the riot zone, determined to find the killer. A reporter tries to make her way into the city despite the rioting, wanting to get to the suspect before anyone else. And NYPD Detective Sam Archer arrives in the city visiting family. Or so it would appear. In the eighth instalment of the Sam Archer thriller series, the young NYPD cop finds himself drawn into a situation far beyond his control, in a city being torn apart by rioting and violence. Forced to fight or die and to protect others in danger on the streets, his focus is reduced to the absolute, most basic human instinct: survive. And as long as Archer has breath in his lungs, he can still fight back.
©2015 Archway Productions (P)2017 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Return Fire
Summary
NYPD Third Grade Detective Sam Archer and Alice Vargas are working in the NYPD Counter-Terrorism Bureau and also living together. However, things between them are strained; both are struggling to deal with the aftermath of a terrifying ordeal in a Harlem tenement block the day they met. Before long, the tension between them boils over, and Vargas walks out, going to Spain to visit family. Seven days later, Archer still hasn't heard a peep from her. Unable to sleep and sitting on the balcony of his apartment, Archer suddenly hears a knock on his front door. It's his NYPD partner, Josh, and he has some shocking news. Vargas has been abducted. Every second Vargas is missing is another second closer to never seeing her again. If he stands any chance of ever finding her, he's going to have to return fire with fire.
©2013 Archway Productions (P)2017 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Silent Night
Summary
On a cold December morning in New York City, a man is found dead in Central Park. There are no knife or gunshot wounds to his body and no signs of violence. But beside the body is a box containing a cracked vial. Suspecting he died from some sort of biological attack, a lab team screen the body. What they find is deeply unsettling and terrifying. Seven months after he left the ARU, Sam Archer is now a third-grade detective in the NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau. However, not everything has gone as expected. Most of his new squad have welcomed him. Others haven't. But when he and the rest of his team are called in urgently and told of the situation, all personal differences need to be put aside. It's been confirmed the man in Central Park was killed by an unknown strain of a toxic pneumonic virus. Once inhaled, there is no chance of survival. The victim dies quickly, violently, and in agonizing pain. There is no antidote. No one knows where it has come from, who planted it in the park, and why. No ransom demands or threats have been received. Archer and his team are ordered to find out who was responsible and to locate and secure any other strains of the virus that may exist. However, they are already almost out of time. Someone is intending to release more of the virus into the city within the next 90 minutes. As they desperately search for answers, Archer and the rest of his team quickly discover that the cracked vial in the park was just the start. They are also not alone in wanting to get their hands on the virus. There are others - people with far more sinister motives who are desperate to acquire the virus and who will kill anyone who gets in their way. As people around him start going down, Archer must battle to stay one step ahead in the race to find the toxic weapon before it is used again. When he and his team finally realize the full horrifying extent of what they're dealing with and the potentially devastating effects of its release, Archer must do everything he possibly can to stay alive and secure the lethal virus before many more people die. However, he is already too late.
©2012 Archway Productions (P)2016 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Green Light
Summary
Alone in an apartment in New York City, a frightened young woman is packing her bags in a hurry. She then heads straight for her car parked around the corner. The only two other people in the vicinity are just stopping off to pick up something to eat on their way home from work - NYPD Detectives Sam Archer and Alice Vargas. After a dramatic and tragic confrontation, Archer is drawn into the case, and soon learns the beautiful blonde girl isn't the only one being hunted. People connected to her are vanishing all over New York City; no one knows what's happened to them, or where they've gone. As he and his fellow Counter-Terrorism Bureau detectives search for answers, they become embroiled in a vicious gang war that goes back over 70 years. The number of vanished keeps on rising. And soon, Archer is added to that list.
©2014 Archway Productions (P)2017 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Nine Lives
Summary
It's New Year's Eve. A major terrorist cell is planning a series of attacks across London over the next 48 hours. The government has surveillance on the group, a man undercover, and prepare to move in, to take out the terrorists before they can strike. But they lose contact with their inside man. And the cell vanishes into thin air, dispersing into the streets, armed and intent on completing their assault on London. The best counterterrorist teams in the country are told to take them down before it's too late. Nine terrorists. Nine lives. The Armed Response Unit is one of these teams. Efficient and ruthless, the task force is ordered to locate the leader of the cell. As they hunt him down, they begin to realize that this is far bigger than any of them could ever have imagined. Bombings, rocket attacks, betrayal, and a series of unexpected and shocking twists leave the ARU fighting to stay alive. Sam Archer, the youngest member of the team, is keen to prove himself and justify his spot on the task force. With crowds all over London celebrating the New Year, and with nine terrorists somewhere among them, the Armed Response Unit is faced with the most dangerous night of their lives. As the savage, shocking plans of the enemy are fully revealed, the ARU officers are faced with the ultimate question: How many times can a man cheat death before death evens the score?
©2012 Archway Productions (P)2015 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
The Getaway
Summary
New York City. Summer. A series of violent and highly successful bank robberies have been carried out across the city, all by the same five-man team. Millions of dollars have been stolen. The thieves are slick, efficient, well organized, and vicious. The FBI are getting nowhere in tracking them down. With pressure from Washington mounting and the heists continuing, the Feds desperately search for any leads. They need results, and they need them fast. Across the city Sam Archer is in town for a funeral. At the service he is approached by an old family friend who works out of the FBI's New York office. He's leading the case against the thieves and has a proposition for Archer. He needs the English counterterrorist cop to go undercover and try to get inside their circle. Make contact and gain their trust. Find out the secrets of their success. Given his English accent and his cover story, it's a solid plan. They'll never connect him to the FBI. Nevertheless, Archer is ready to refuse, but his old acquaintance tells him something else, a shocking revelation that ties Archer to this case personally. It's all the convincing he needs. He agrees to the plan and goes undercover. As he establishes contact with the crew and gets deeper and deeper, Archer learns they're planning to leave the city for good in just a matter of days, but only after performing two final spectacular heists. In a race against time, Archer is forced to think on his feet or be killed as he gets caught up in the lethal crossfire between the thieves and law enforcement, none of whom know who he really is. As the clock ticks toward the thieves' departure, and as the stakes get higher and higher, Archer must both find a murderer and prevent two of the biggest heists in the history of New York City. Before the thieves make their final getaway.
©2012 Archway Productions (P)2015 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
One Way
Summary
NYPD Detective Sam Archer is on his way home on a Sunday afternoon in New York City. He's been out of the field for over three months but has just been cleared to return to duty. Sitting on a bench in the Upper West Side, Archer sees something totally unexpected. Two men are crossing the street in front of him, heading quickly toward another group climbing into a car. All are heavily armed, and all hell breaks loose as a ferocious gunfight erupts, shattering the peaceful afternoon. Archer and the ambushed group are forced to flee uptown in the strangers' vehicle where they take refuge in a Harlem tenement block, situated in one of the most dangerous areas in the city. On their heels all the while, the ambushers seal off the building. Archer and the others are trapped inside. Piecing together the situation, Archer determines that the people he's with are US marshals protecting a witness, a seven-year-old girl. Someone is desperate to kill her. But what he doesn't know is that others are on their way to the building, ruthless trained killers who won't leave until the girl is dead. There's only one way in or out of the building. And it appears there's only one way this can end.
©2013 Archway Productions (P)2017 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC