VULCAN'S FORGE

VULCAN'S FORGE takes the listener all over the globe on secret military submarines and high-powered jets. Narrator J. Charles masterfully performs over a dozen characters with a variety of Russian, Asian, and American inflections. One of the influential politicians can even be mistaken for Ted Kennedy, for better or worse. Charles combines the intelligence of MacGuyver and the roughness of Grizzly Adams in his portrayal of the main character, geologist and freelance agent Philip Mercer. However, Charles reads at such a clip that the listener needs to work hard to keep up and may even need to relisten to some parts. K.M.B. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 02]