JUDAS HORSE

FBI Special Agent Ana Grey goes undercover to investigate the murder of her former fiancé, Steve Crawford. The suspected killers are members of a domestic terrorist group known as FAN (Free Animals Now). After attending an intense training program, Ana infiltrates the Oregon-based group and encounters an assortment of highly motivated activists, each with a rationale for his or her violent actions. Among them, a turncoat FBI agent, Dan Stone, is in the process of planning "the big one." This is a well-conceived, in-depth look into disenfranchised, alienated people. April Smith is a savvy writer, but her narration isn't up to this fast-paced, engrossing story. This is another instance when listeners would have been better served by a professional voice-actor. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2008]