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Title: The Lost Enforcer

Author: Irene Radford, Bob Brown

Narrator: Darla Middlebrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-15

Publisher: Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From a galaxy torn by civil war to a sleepy planet on the edge of the known universe, Enforcer Jakai del Quint pursues the failed Warlord Dorno Ban Sant to final showdown leaving Jakai alone and stranded on a planet called Earth far from the civilization he fought to protect. More than a hundred years later Jakai awakes, freed from his hibernation by a curious hiker. Together, hunted by Earths most powerful governments, fleeing from covert alien observers, they join together to pursue Jakais need to bring long delayed justice to the vicious warlord now using his advanced technology to dominate Earth.

With only the belief in his mission and the support of a woman with nothing to lose, Jakai crosses the world only to be caught in the web of violence that blankets the Middle East. In a sprint to a final confrontation, Jakai faces not only his past, but his future, and the future of Earth itself as he challenges the hidden forces of the Galactic core and those who would make Earth nothing more than stepping stone to a renewed cycle of galactic war.

Members Reviews:

Story could be OK but for the reader

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The story seamed to be good, it was just the reader. she is HORRIBLE

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

plot line was good, reader was horrible

How could the performance have been better?

The reader was like listening to a female version of Garfield the cat who had just smoked a pound of weed. i'm not kidding. excruciatingly S-L-O-W and ill-timed. she read almost all the characters in a really brain baked way that made them sound like idiots. it was VERY difficult to tell who was talking in a character dialog. because she used the same voice and often didn't break between.

i could not get through the book.

Any additional comments?

please god don't hire that person again.

i really think with a decent reader the book might have been alright.

but she ruined it.

Forgive the Narrator-Great Story Anyhow

Where does The Lost Enforcer rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Were it not for the Narrator, it would rank near the top. The story is well devloped, complex and easily followed, however the Narrators inept handling of pronunciation and accent almost made me stop.

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Title: Freedom Club

Author: Saul Garnell

Narrator: Fred Wolinsky

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-14

Publisher: Saul Garnell

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The year is 2085, and the world dives blindly into capitalistic hysteria while dreaming of a technologic singularity. India and China now dominate as economic leaders, and people have become over-reliant on the cold logic of artificial intelligence. Who can save the world from such self-inflicted decay?

Here we find Sumeet, the cream of Indian education, and a top notch investment banker. But he's unhappy with the good life laid before him, and soon meets Shinzou Friemann, a mysterious consultant who offers solace from the fetters of unbridled capitalism. But Shinzou is not all that he seems, and Sumeet is unwittingly drawn into the hunt for an unusual terrorist group - one where the lines between terrorist, freedom fighter, hero, and madman all break down.... Welcome to the Freedom Club.

Both men explore a future world overrun by consumerism, technology, and discontent, where being human isn't good enough as God-like Sentient Beings threaten the very meaning of life.

Written in a way that echoes John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar, Freedom Club is frighteningly prescient, and intensely powerful.

Members Reviews:

Intricate plot, cool characters; just needs ladies

Set in 2085, the world is technology dependent. More and more, humans have come to rely on their Sentients to run things, everything from large financial structures to household schedules. Sumeet, who was top of his class, and excellent in his chosen field, eventually finds himself not satisfied. Shinzou offers up his advice and a possible job, both of which give Sumeet pause. The Freedom Club pushes for simpler, less tech-infused lives, but how does one explain that to a Sentient?

This book offered up a lot of food for thought. The plot was intricate and the cast interesting. Also, if one wanted to do some inferring, there was a deeper message about dependence on technology. The story starts off with a little historical flashback to 1600s Japan and the last remaining Christians. This flashback is explained later in the book. In fact, these little historical flashbacks happen regularly throughout the book, showing various members of the Freedom Club throughout history.

The tale then launches into a mystery crime story with a virus taking down payment systems. Phoenix is the first city hit and Hugo is the cop assigned to look into it. He suspects an anti-tech group might be behind it, but he will have a hard time proving it. He hesitantly teams up with Shinzou for info swapping. This opening is what hooked me on the story I like a good SF crime story. Little did I know things would get so intricate.

So theres a bunch of corporate maneuvering with international companies (such as Takahana Biovores and Chando company), which wasnt nearly as interesting as what Hugo the Cop was doing, but it set a stage for me to get to know several other characters, including a few Sentients. The Sentients, like Henry who is Shinzous friend, are a type of AI. They interact with the physical world via avatars that allow them to walk and talk. In fact, if someone isnt paying close attention, they can appear quite human in their mannerisms. Shiro is another Sentient who plays a pivotal role in the story. His personality is quite different from Henrys. Rather late in the tale, we learn how the AIs are made and let me just say, wow! I wasnt expecting that!

Theres other cool tech on display in this thinking SF story as well.

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Titel: Die unbekannte Macht (Der Armageddon-Zyklus 1)

Autor:: Peter F. Hamilton

Erzähler: Oliver Siebeck

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 26 hrs and 57 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 12-25-14

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 4 Stimmen

Kategorien: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

AD 2600. Die Menschheit entdeckt endlich ihr ganzes Potential. Hunderte von Kolonien, verstreut über die ganze Galaxis, bieten eine Unzahl unterschiedlichster Kulturen und unermesslichen Reichtum. Gentechnik hat die Grenzen der Natur gesprengt. Der Handel blüht, und die Konföderation sorgt für Frieden und Sicherheit. Ein goldenes Zeitalter scheint angebrochen.

Doch etwas ist schiefgelaufen. Extrem schief! Auf einem kleinen primitiven Planeten trifft ein Mensch rein zufällig auf ein vollkommen nichtmenschliches Wesen - und löst die Apokalypse aus: eine Macht, die all unsere Ängste wahr werden lässt.

Mit dieser Serie beweist Peter Hamilton endgültig, dass er vom Hoffnungsträger der modernen SF zu deren Bannerträger geworden ist. Was zahllose Autoren vor ihm versucht haben, ist ihm alleine mit unvergleichlicher Bravour gelungen: einen klassischen Space-Opera-Roman zu schreiben, der alle Tugenden dieses alten Genres in sich birgt, ohne antiquiert zu sein, und der alle Entwicklungen der modernen SF, von Gen- bis Nanotechnologie aufgreift und logisch in die Geschichte integriert.

>> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung wird Ihnen exklusiv von Audible präsentiert und ist ausschließlich im Download erhältlich.

©2010 Bastei Lübbe AG. Übersetzung von Axel Merz (P)2014 Audible GmbH

Kritik Bewertungen:

Hamilton bringt die britische SF wieder an die Spitze: und zwar mit der Kraft eines interstellaren Antriebes!

-- The Times

Eloquent und genial... eine ganze Riege glaubhafter Charaktere inmitten phantastisch gestalteter Welten und lebender Raumschiffe. Jedes Detail hat seinen Platz, und alles fügt sich in ein großes Ganzes.

-- Daily Telegraph

Selten wurde die Space Opera mit solch majestätischer Kunstfertigkeit behandelt... Armageddon-Zyklus ist ein origineller, ehrgeiziger Entwurf - und wie alle großen Würfe weckt er das unbändige Verlangen nach MEHR.

-- Daily Express

3000 Seiten: beunruhigend gut, wirklich originell. Hamilton verliert niemals die Kontrolle über seine Erzählung. Der Zyklus braucht den Vergleich mit den besten Werken Asimovs, Clarkes oder Herberts nie zu scheuen. Eines der bedeutendsten Werke der britischen SF!-- SFX

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Title: Diary of the Displaced

Subtitle: The Broken Lands, Book 2

Author: Glynn James

Narrator: Josiah John Bildner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-14

Publisher: Element 12 Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Book 2 of the Diary of the Displaced series. The Journal of James Halldon continues... After escaping from The Corridor with DogThing, Rudy and Adler, James discovers that the world awaiting him outside is just as harsh as the one he had left behind. The horrors that he had escaped from, that lurked in the darkness, would continue to haunt him in the bright sunlight of The Broken Lands. Will he find a way to recover his memories? Who was the creature that hunted him in The Corridor?

Members Reviews:

More complex than Book One!

It's very difficult to review this book without spoilers, as it's he middle book of a trilogy. I will have to content myself with saying that the unusual events of the first book are more fully explained in this volume, but the more we find out about the narrator and this weird dystopian landscape, the more questions we have... Like the first book of the trilogy, this is gripping and inventive, and I urge you to listen to it - but not before you listen to the first volume!

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Title: One-Way Ticket to Midnight

Author: Gary Jonas

Narrator: J Rodney Turner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-14

Publisher: Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A down-and-out bluesman.

A rough-and-tumble-biker.

A series of supernatural murders.

Roy Porter lives on the streets of Tulsa, his music all but forgotten. When his friends start dying in horrible ways, Roy realizes he's seen the pattern of death before. The cops are searching for a regular killer, but Roy knows there's more going on and if he doesn't act, he might be next of the death list.

He teams up with Jim Hartford, a tough biker with a haunted past, to hunt down the killer. But how can this unlikely pair hope to face up to a killer with powers born from the depths of evil? They're on a train bound for hell and it's a one-way trip.

Members Reviews:

Now I have a small scorpion phobia.

Roy Porter has to go with the cops to the Tulsa morgue to identify another body. This time it is Willy, another homeless man that Roy knew. The cops have their ideas about who is killing the homeless but Roy has seen this pattern before. He knows that theres something supernatural to it. With trepidation, he goes to Jim Hartfords to ask for his help. But Jim isnt interested, having his own demons to fight off with a bottle of booze.

This story has a noir feel to it. Its part mystery, part urban fantasy. It was interesting and engaging. Loner biker Jim has a lot of secrets and we never learn what they all are. However, we do know he defeated whatever this is in the past and theres hints from the beginning that it cost him dearly. Roy is the true hero of the tale mostly because he has to step up and own his power and become that hero instead of holding himself back. There were plenty of references to blues music icons that I didnt get, but thats OK. Roy used to be a musician himself and I can appreciate the music icons through him.

Theres this mysterious place called Safe Haven thats introduced early on and then revisited later. The folks that live there have the ability to fight this evil, but they would have to give up their hard won sanctuary to do so. Obviously, they are very hesitant to do so. I liked this aspect to the story because it lent weight to Jims instance that his previous win against this evil cost him too much. But I can also see that Roy doesnt get why these folks, Jim included, are not initially willing to assist.

The evil itself comes in the form of a man. Its complex and the killings are pretty gruesome. The bodies look like they have been stung or bitten or gnawed upon, each body being a little bit different. As Roy and eventually Jim dig into this mystery, Roy learns exactly why the bodies end up the way they do. Its eerie and spooky. Let me just say that I now have a minor scorpion phobia due to this book!

Sadly, all of the ladies are secondary or tertiary characters. Trent, the Tulsa detective, is the most interesting.The Reverend who tries to help the homeless has several lines, but shes not an important minor character like Trent. Theres references to Jims old girlfriend Trisha and then theres Susan in Safe Haven. Out of all of them, I would have liked to see more of Trent and her detective skills.

All told, the story kept me engaged throughout. I would have liked more about Jim and of course I hope for a sequel to find out what Roy does after this. I wouldnt mind a prequel showing Jims first encounter with this particular evil.

The Narration: J. Rodney Turner had a great voice for Roy and a good one for Jim.

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Title: The Caravan

Author: David R. Beshears

Narrator: Aaron Parker Fouhey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-14

Publisher: David R. Beshears

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Caravan is just one more tribe traveling a post-apocalyptic landscape, foraging through the dead cities of the past. The tribe is friendly and well-adapted to the nomadic life. But there is something unsettlingly dark underlying the pleasantness.

After months on the trail, they settle outside an abandoned city for the winter. Foraging teams go in, looking to fill their wagons with supplies. Meanwhile, a band of marauders watches. They have their own way of getting what they want.

And they want everything.

This time, however, they are in for a bit of a surprise.

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Title: How Like a God

Author: Brenda W. Clough

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

What would it be like, to get absolute power? Would you wear a cape and fight crime? Rule the planet? Or perhaps you would be like Rob Lewis, and watch your world collapse around you. Does absolute power corrupt absolutely? Rob is going to find out.

Members Reviews:

Interesting. An entertaining premise.

This story most definitely goes into some odd directions. If I am given absolute power over everything, literally, I'm sure I would get more creative and sadly, I must be honest with myself, I would surely be more greedy than our protagonist. That said, some of the protagonists choices had me scratching my head and others had me banging my head against the pillow when reading at bedtime but overall out was an entertaining story. A perfect hero wouldn't make for a very good story, would he?

I was pulled in almost from the start and honestly the book did drag on a little through the halfway mark but finally picked up near the end. I had envisioned a completely different resolution, if you will, but the story came together rather well at the end. It was decent entertainment.

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Title: Outrider

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Steven John

Narrator: Matthew McCollum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Within a few decades, solar technology will evolve to the point where power is endless - unless someone wants to stop the flow - which someone does.And the only men who can stop these high-tech terrorists are on horseback. In the near future, the New Las Vegas Sunfield will be one of many enormous solar farms to supply energy to the United States. At more than fifty miles long and two miles wide, the Sunfield generates an electromagnetic field so volatile that ordinary machinery and even the simplest electronic devices must be kept miles away from it. Thus, the only men who can guard the most technologically advanced power station on earth do so on horseback.They are the Outriders.Though the power supplied by the Sunfield is widespread, access to that power comes with total deference to the iron-fisted will of New Las Vegass ruthless mayor, Franklin Dreg. Crisis erupts when Dregs quietly competent secretary, Timothy Hale, discovers someone has been stealing energysiphoning it out of the New Las Vegas grid under cover of darkness.As the Outriders investigate, the scale of the thievery becomes clear: these arent the ordinary energy leeches, people who steal a few watts here or there. These are high-tech terrorists (or revolutionaries) engaged in a mysterious and dangerous enterprise and poised to bring down the entire energy grid, along with the millions of people it supports.The pressure mounts and fractures appear within both the political leadership of New Las Vegas and in the tight-knit community of Outriders. With a potential crisis looming, the mysterious goal of the Drainers finally comes into focus. Only then do the Outriders realize how dangerous the situation really is.

Members Reviews:

In the Near Future, Solar Energy Fields Will Be Protected byâ Gun-Wielding Cowboys?

Imagine a future metropolis relying solely on solar power and managed by a megalomaniac. Steven John, in his latest novel Outrider, constructs New Las Vegas as one of a modern urban complex that has transcended the energy crisis of the present thanks to superlative technology harnessing the abundant energy from the sun. A typical day for the cowboy Outriders, who guard the electromagnetic solar fields, is mostly tranquil, except for the occasional annoyance caused by power thieves known as leeches. Ordinarily, leeches steal only a small amount of energy. Yet soon itâs apparent that there have been major energy drains daily â more than any leech could manage, and clearly organized on a much larger scale. When thereâs only one source of energy supplying millions of people with power, this is a serious problem.

From the beginning, the reader is thrust into the lives of the Outriders, predominately a man known only as Scofield. Scofield loves solitude above all else, save for the company of his beloved horse, Reese. Patrolling the solar fields grants him this solitary pleasure; being just about the best at his job grants him some quiet pride. However, the growing power crisis will soon force Scofield to make a difficult choice between what he has known his whole life to be trueâ and what he has just discovered.

Steven Johnâs writing plunges the reader into the story, deepening both oneâs attachment to certain characters and oneâs loathing for others. The book maintains a brisk pace throughout.

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Title: Incarnate

Author: Anton Strout

Narrator: Linda Borg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Alexandra Belarus discovered her familys secret ability to breathe life into stone, she uncovered an entire world of magic hidden within New York City - a world she has accidentally thrown into chaos.

A spell gone awry has set thousands of gargoyles loose upon Manhattan, and its up to Lexi and her faithful protector, Stanis, to put things right.But the stress of saving the city is casting a pall over Lexi and Staniss relationship, driving them to work separately to solve the problem. As Stanis struggles to unite the gargoyle population, Lexi forges unlikely alliances with witches, alchemists and New Yorks Finest to quell an unsettling uprising led by an ancient and deadly foe long thought vanquished.

To save her city, Lexi must wield more power than ever before with the added hope of recovering a mysterious artifact that could change her world - and bring her closer to Stanis than she ever thought possible

Members Reviews:

High Praise for The Spellmason Chronicles

The Spellmason Chronicles is a three book series that I highly recommend this book is the third in the series. The author draws you into the world of magic in New York City and you are instantly hooked. There are very strong characters who will developer your interest in the ALEXANDRA IS the Spellmason who throughout the story developed a strong personality and awareness o f who she I s

lots of action and an ending worth waiting for

This is the third book in this series. Lexi and the gang are back. Stanis is still beyond cool. The action was fast and you get to learn more about the witches and warlocks. I will be reading the series again.

Good series

I have enjoyed all the books in this series. I will continue to read this authors books. Totally different concept which I have enjoyed very much.

Incarnate (A Spellmason Chronicle Book 3)

Reviewed by Justin

Book provided by Ace Publishing

Review originally posted at Romancing the Book

The third and final book of the Spellmason Chronicle series, Incarnate left me wanting more. Not in the this-book-isnât-very-good way, but in the when-is-the-next-book-coming kind of way. The best kind of way.

The book follows Alexandra and her posse around Manhattan, chasing gargoyles and dodging wizards. Stanis, the gargoyle, is coping with becoming a leader of people now found trapped in their own bodies of stone, and spends much of the book trying to balance helping out other gargoyles and helping out Alexandra et al. Towards the middle of the novel, we learn that a rival group of gargoyles is forming under a big baddie wizard, and our heroes must team up to fight off the coming onslaught.

While the prior two novels mostly revolved around the Spellmasonry aspect of the magical world (and, to a lesser degree, Alchemy), this novel finally blows open the entire underground magic scene in the Spellmason universe. The author has us meeting numerous wizards and witches, and in one scene I was secretly giddy that witches were actually riding around on broomsticks. There is more gore in this book as well, so if rooms full of blood used for selfish magic make you queasy, this probably isnât a book for you.

The unfortunate downsides, however, hit home a little hard for me. A lot of the conversations between the characters feel unnatural and choppy. This forced me out of the story on numerous occasions, but seemed to happen more the later this book went on. This may, however, tie into the heroine, Alexandra.

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Title: A Matter of Time

Author: Glen Cook

Narrator: Daniel Thomas May

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

May 1975, St. Louis: In a snow-swept street, a cop finds the body of a man who died 50 years ago. It's still warm.

July 1866, Lidice, Bohemia: A teenage girl calmly watches her parents die as another being takes control of her body.

August 2058, Prague: Three political rebels flee in to the past, taking with them a terrible secret.

As past, present, and future collide, one man holds the key to the puzzle. And if he doesn't fit it together, the world he knows will fall to pieces. It's just a matter of time....

Members Reviews:

Disoranized

Would you try another book from Glen Cook and/or Daniel Thomas May?

No, While the narration wasn't terrible the story was badly structured, and seemed to try too hard to be mysterious.

Would you ever listen to anything by Glen Cook again?

I'd have to be paid to listen to any of the author's work.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Not sure, the story suffered form too many structure issues.

What character would you cut from A Matter of Time?

Michael as he seems redundant.

Any additional comments?

It started off good but soon devolved. I didn't know what was happening. Not knowing w2hat is happening does not make it "mysterious".