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Neil Shah
Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam, and Storm sought purpose in a community of believers. He attended a militant madrasah in Yemen, named his son Osama, and became close friends with Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born terrorist cleric. But after a decade of Jihadi life, he not only repudiated extremism but, in a quest for atonement, became a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence.
Agent Storm takes listeners inside the jihadist world like never before, showing the daily life of zealous men set on mass murder, from dodging drones with al-Qaeda leaders in the Arabian desert to training in extremist gyms in Britain and performing supply drops in Kenya. The book also provides a tantalizing look at his dangerous life undercover, as Storm traveled the world for missions targeting its most dangerous terrorists, and into the world’s most powerful spy agencies: their tradecraft, rivalries, and late-night carousing, as well as their ruthless use of a beautiful blonde in an ambitious honey trap. Agent Storm is a captivating, utterly unique, real-life espionage tale.
©2014 Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister. Recorded by arrangement with Grove/Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Where does Agent Storm rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In the top 5What was one of the most memorable moments of Agent Storm?
His association with the many Evil Men on the front line of the NewsHave you listened to any of Neil Shah’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
not as of yetWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
In multiple settingsAny additional comments?
Fascinating life.SEEN STORM ON A CNN SPECIAL
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I think it would be enjoyable to many people. I generally enjoyed the story itself, but that was in spite of the writing. I generally accept the factual outline of the story. It is entirely plausible (although his loss of faith episode wasn't very convincing to me). However, it seems clear that Morten has included a healthy dose of ego, or his coauthors did so on his behalf. I hope the latter, but in either case, it made the story fairly unenjoyable.At every turn there is a sardonic comment or editorializing about everyone else's motivations (even if spurious or unknowable to him or us). Nobody gets to hear the other side of the story; however, Morten, or his coauthors, always seems to think Morten is the most clever of all, even though it is clear from the start that he is impetuous by nature (he's been in more insular clubs than a West End aristocrat in the late 19th century and they all ended with him being forced to leave because of his personality and personal decisions that basically forced him out of them) and apparently impervious to the fact that most of his troubles throughout his entire life stem from that personality flaw. But his tendency to just keep hammering away at the stupidity of others while ignoring his own huge role, combined with pithy asides about others, was nauseating at times.
I'd be Reading and enjoying the story and just feel it coming: Morten and his coauthors are going to say something haughty about how everyone is doing everything wrong (and arrogantly attributing motivations to why they did it, even though he can't possibly confirm that) but Morten, our dear anti-hero, cannot do anything wrong. But then he wants you to feel for him. He's such a good guy because he doesn't hook up with escorts (he only asks to do coke with them), all while acting as a pimp to send a woman to an extremist to be the latter's wife, even though he himself believes it will imply her death. And he wants us to feel for him, since apparently the coke wasn't enough to make him feel better.
The story is absolutely interesting, but I can't believe nobody else has commented on how supercilious he comes across (assuming he could have been an Olympic boxer had he not become an asset-something that was his choice, assuming all the intelligence agencies through away a valuable asset (him, obviously) and could have done so much more with him had they not dropped him-something he can't fathom they might do simply because he's an unpredictable person, as shown by the book, and might have compromised other assets), while also begging for our sympathy.
Again, I would recommend the book since, apparently, this isn't something other people felt distracted from the book (based on the reviews I've seen). For me it was a slog, despite the great story.
Was Agent Storm worth the listening time?
I'd have rather read a longform article than the book so, in my personal opinion, no.Ruined, possibly, by the coauthors.
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Good listen... maybe not so good of a guy.
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Great listen even if you're not into spy stuff
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A great read, especially if you have been keeping up with world events.
Amazing Story
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Riveting!
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This is a must read true story.
Riveting memoir!
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interesting and kept my attention
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Interesting
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TERRORISM
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