Audiobook Review: Debt Reckoning: Teetering on the Brink by Jack Meyer

I am pleased to be welcoming Jack Meyer to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for his audiobook, Debt Reckoning: Teetering on the Brink.

What if the greatest threat to America wasn’t war, terrorism, or China…but the trillions of dollars of debt we’ve pretended doesn’t exist?

U.S. Senator Rick Taylor has been warning anyone who’ll listen: the national debt is no longer a spreadsheet problem-it’s a ticking bomb. But in Washington, truth is toxic. Colleagues dismiss him, constituents scream about “cuts to my benefits,” and the media paints him as the villain who wants to gut Social Security.

Then the blackmail begins.

A shadowy network led by a ruthless operator making huge profits from unchecked government spending will stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens the status quo. After Taylor’s wife is targeted in a terrifying swatting attack and a sniper’s bullet nearly ends Taylor’s life, the message is clear. Shut up… or die.

*****

The audiobook, Debt Reckoning by Jack Mayer is narrated by Dannul Daily.

Debt Recking is a hard-hitting political thriller which feels so close to reality that it is scary. Thought provoking and gripping, Jack Mayer weaves a complete plausible narrative which quite frankly kept me up at night. The plot had me guessing and I couldn’t see where it was going to go.

This is quite a deviation from what I usually read / listen to, so at first I found it a little tricky to wrap my head around, and, as a person from the United Kingdom, some of the details of the US political system were new to me but I felt that enough context was provided that I could understand it well without feeling I was being talked down to or that I required a certain base level of knowledge and that is a difficult line to walk so I take my hat off to Jack Meyer.

This is the 4th book in the Wayward Patriot series, but it stands perfectly on its own as from what I gather the series is more of a themed anthology than a true series.

The narration by Dannul Daily is very good. It is well paced, and his oration is superb, very easy to listen to even if you increase the playback speed. I listened to the first hour or so at 1x speed and then increased it to about 1.3x and I found this to be the sweet spot for me.

I recommend this series and will be adding the other books in this series to my list.

About Jack Meyer –

Jack was introduced to thrillers when Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October was published.  However, for most of his life, he was a reader rather than an author. During the 2000 Presidential election as he watched TV coverage of the Florida recount with ‘dimpled chads’ and ‘hanging chads,’ he thought an election conspiracy would be a great basis for a thriller. It wasn’t until 2020 when he retired from his career, which included management positions in corporate America and small business ownership as well as a brief stint in ministry, that he sat down to write Wayward Patriot: Preserving the Vote.

His unique approach to political thrillers rips headlines from the news and weaves them through a thrilling tale of patriotism, political corruption and crisis. He says, “when I see some major new issue or technology in the news I want to learn more about it. I enjoy sharing what I learn with others by wrapping a story around it that will engage and entertain readers.”

He and his wife, Barbara, have three grown children and seven grandchildren and divide their time between Colorado Springs and Tucson.

Say hello to Jack via his website, X and Facebook. 

Debt Reckoning: Teetering on the Brink was released by Peak Performance, Inc in June 2026. Click to buy on Amazon UK, Amazon US, Barnes & Noble and Waterstones. 

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Chris Parish