Reviews

An Iranian assassin arrives in Washington, D.C., with a secret and appears ready to defect to the CIA. Top agent Jordan Sandor has dealt with this assassin before and barely survived. When they meet, Sandor doesn't believe a word he says. Still, Sandor's superiors order him to follow the lead. The information points to North Korea, where terrorists are plotting a major attack on the U.S. (A deal seems to have been struck in which Middle Eastern terrorists will take the blame for the attack.) Sandor and his men arrive in North Korea for a preemptive strike, but it all goes bad, leaving some of his team members dead. Can the survivors both foil the attack and escape North Korea? This plot-driven, action-heavy thriller will appeal to fans of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor.

Stephens takes current events, mixes them with common thriller and suspense tropes and ends up with a fast paced political thriller that will keep you engrossed to the end.

A wonderful read, just like the first book, that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page.  Very fast-paced, with believable characters. A perfect all day read.

The reader gets to see from both perspective what is happening. Just like those hired to conduct the attack, however, we don't get the full picture only pieces until the end. The book is well written and I didn't feel lost in a sea of acronyms as I have with similar books

The stupendous second Sandor thriller (see Targets of Deception) is a great action tale as the renegade CIA agent causes his superiors to name their respective hemorrhoids after him. The story line is fast-paced from the moment the protagonist interviews Jaber and never slows down as the hero tries to prevent a catastrophe with too many Targets of Opportunity for one if not more axis of evil partners. Readers will relish this taut suspense thriller as time is running out on the Americans.

Targets of Opportunity is great for thriller, action, and intrigue/mystery enthusiasts… The events are super fast-paced and the plot is terrific, the reader will be following Sandor who is on a ticking time bomb mission.  This book is terrific for adults. A FIVE STAR REVIEW

Jeffrey Stephens knows how to spin a good adventure yarn and give it a plausible ring that makes it as hair-raising and alarming as it is authentic.

The CIA agent with a reputation as a loose cannon relentlessly pursues a nebulous group of terrorists planning a major attack on the U.S. While it first appears the plotters are Iranians, Sandor's investigation points to North Korea and Venezuela also being involved. A mission into North Korea results in the capture of a high-level government official as well as the death of one of Sandor's team. When the terrorists initially attack in the French West Indies--a commercial jet is blown up and a secret communications post is destroyed--Sandor suspects these outrages are meant to distract from the main attack. He keeps following the trail, annoying his government bosses with his sometimes extreme methods, until he ends up off the coast of Baytown, Tex., where everyone except Sandor thinks the strike is going down. The explosive finale will leave readers more than satisfied.

Jeffrey Stephens has arrived with a ripping, good yarn of intrigue that will keep you turning the pages all the way to its explosive ending.

Jeff Stephens is a writer to watch. His first book is a very solid, fast paced thriller that carries the reader on a globe-trotting adventure into the world of counter-terrorism. We will want more of CIA agent Jordan Sandor.

Jeffrey Stephens takes the reader on a fast-paced tale of international intrigue and suspense in this, his first novel. With a terrific lead character in Jordon Sandor, and many plot twists, I look forward to watching Stephens develop as a top-notch author.

MOVE OVER JASON BOURNE, I WANT JORDAN SANDOR  - I not only enjoyed the book, but also liked the character of Jordan Sandor . . . there is humor and a very human kindness, too.

It is an edge-of-the-seat adventure with an energy that never stops

Jeffrey Stephens has written a novel that many are saying would make the movie of the decade.

A thriller that grabs your attention from the first page, then takes you on a suspenseful ride as ex-CIA agent Jordan Sandor races against time to prevent a world-wide terrorist plot.

From his opening line, Stephens weaves an intricate, suspense-filled plot that propels the reader to the final page.

In The TARGETS OF DECEPTION, adventure writer Jeff Stephens connects with a must-read tale of worldwide peril and intriguing double-cross.

Targets of Deception” is a fast moving action thriller that is scarily realistic. If you like spys killing and murder like I do, you will love “Targets of Deception.

It will keep you on the edge of your seat and not wanting to put the book down until you finish.
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Targets of Deception is a must-read, full of intrigue, that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end. (full review)

Move over Jason Bourne, Jack Bauer, and Jack Ryan—a new agent is locked, loaded and ready to save the world from terrorism. In Jeffrey S. Stephens' debut novel a former CIA operative Jordan Sandor is lured back into action when he uncovers an al-Qaeda plot to kill millions using VX nerve gas and soon realizes he may be the only one who can thwart it. This stellar, non-stop thriller journeys from a sleepy upstate New York town to Miami, Paris, and eventually the Italian Riviera village of Portofino, reminding us that terror can lurk its head in even the world's most jet-set hot sports. Perfect for the next flight on your own globetrotting adventure, Deception will only leave you hoping for the inevitable sequels.