Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: The Barbary Pirates
Subtitle: An Ethan Gage Adventure
Author: William Dietrich
Narrator: William Dufris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-30-10
Publisher: HarperAudio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 65 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
As dazzling and action packed as the best novels of James Rollins, George MacDonald Fraser, and Steve Berry, The Barbary Pirates will have listeners cheering for William Dietrich and his dashing hero, Ethan Gage!
Swashbuckling American explorer and ladies' man Ethan Gage has seen his fair share of danger, having braved the sands of Egypt, the perils of the Atlantic Ocean, and the harsh wilderness of early America. Once more, he finds himself in a desperate race, this time with the Barbary Pirates, a powerful band of Muslim outlaws from North Africa. Also after Ethan is his nemesis and former lover, Aurora Somerset, member of a dangerous sect called the Egyptian Rite. The prize is the Mirror of Archimedes, an ancient superweapon that, according to legend, once burned a Roman fleet with its power. In 1802, this death ray could tip the balance of power in the Mediterranean, and Ethan must stop the pirates from using it against the American, English, and French fleets.
From the salons and brothels of the Palais Royal of Paris, where the quest for information about his lost love Astiza involves real-life scientists and engineers - including inventor Robert Fulton - Ethan must travel at Napoleon's behest to the canals of Venice, the caves of Santorini, the dungeons of Tripoli, and finally to treachery on the high seas in the Mediterranean.
Can Ethan rescue Astiza without betraying the cause of his own United States? Can he save the two-year-old son he only recently discovered he had without allowing the Egyptian Rite to finally dominate the world? And when the sun rises on the Mirror of Archimedes, will everything Ethan cares about be set afire?
Delivering the fast-paced adventure, uncanny wit, and compelling historical excitement that readers have come to expect from the masterful William Dietrich, The Barbary Pirates is Ethan Gage at his winningest, most hilarious, and most death defying.
Members Reviews:
Difficult to listen to.
I have tried to listen to this story several times. I cannot stand the narrator so consequently, I cannot comment on the story. The only audible book I have not enjoyed.
Unbelievable fun
If you are listening to these books, by now you will know what you are going to get. Totally unbelievable swashbuckling fun. Adventure to the max! Ethan Gage is a sort of unlikely hero who is trying to reform his ways and has picked up some skills along the way. Historical figures are portrayed nicely and much of what is portrayed in this book actually happened, possibly as William Dietrich has described. William Dufris is the best narrator of these books thus far. I listened to this book in one sitting on a long drive from Melbourne to Sydney and was not left wanting for a minute.
This is a sequel.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Getting my money back will make this a 5 star listening experience for me.
Has The Barbary Pirates turned you off from other books in this genre?
I'll never read another book by this author.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Non descript mediocre performance
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
anger
Any additional comments?
Horrible dime novel not worth turning into an audiobook
