James Cooper

Retired Army Colonel, 25 years service including three combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Started audiobooks during 16-hour flights to nowhere - C-17s aren't known for their entertainment systems. Now I'm thoroughly addicted. Running a small security consulting firm in Austin gives me plenty of windshield time. My clients are mostly corporations worried about everything from cyber threats to executive protection. Boring compared to Fallujah, but the coffee's better. My wife Linda says I only like books where things explode. She's not entirely wrong, but she doesn't know I cried during "The Things They Carried." Some books hit different when you've lived it. Bad military details ruin books for me faster than anything - if you call a magazine a "clip," I'm already annoyed. I listen at 1.25x — Ranger sets a brisk pace on our morning rucks and slow narrators can't keep up. He's heard every book I've reviewed. He's a better listener than most of my former lieutenants.