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Title: Star Crusader: Dreadnought

Author: Michael G. Thomas

Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-18

Publisher: Swordworks Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Nate and his video gamer friends are given the chance of a lifetime, a six-month tour aboard the Alliances newest battleship, ANS Dreadnought. Shes the first in her class, and is the most powerful ship in the sector. Bigger and better protected than any ship before her, Dreadnought carries an arsenal of deadly weapons that can annihilate a small armada and can travel between the stars in a matter of days. There is no deadlier vessel in existence.

Two years at the Academy has tested Nates flying, combat, and technical skills to the limit. But nothing will come close to his greatest test. Captain Gaunt, one of the Alliances most decorated officers plans to use Dreadnought to start a war, one that will engulf the region and cost many lives. As Dreadnought rolls out her guns to engage the very people Nate calls his friends, he has to make a decision. Does he stand by and let war spread through the sector, or will he lead the cadets in a mutiny against a beloved hero of the Alliance?

Members Reviews:

Good space opera for a drive.

Would you listen to Star Crusader: Dreadnought again? Why?

I'm not sure I would listen to Star Crusader: Dreadnought a second time if I were reading the series. This is the type of series I collect and, when they are complete, I binge read it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Star Crusader: Dreadnought?

The story flows smoothly from action to action after a slow start. The action subtly builds with out jilting revelations or twists. It is a very smooth read.

What does Andrew B. Wehrlen bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Andrew B. Wehrlen does a yeomans job reading the book to us. I am a fan of his, and I know he does better. I believe the speed of the audio is a major contributing factor. My impression tis the playback was speeded up. I have never liked the machine gun feel of dialogue and storytelling at even 1.10 X normal. This performance feels like that.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The story reminds me of some of R. A. Heinleins juvenile works. Thats not to say the themes, war, death and betrayal, are particularly juvenile. The situations that precipitate the young cadets into making life and death decisions are pushing contrived. The characters are two dimensional, but lack of character development is almost a hallmark of YA fiction. The science is almost anachronistic for warships in the interstellar arena with barely a nod to AI.

With the negatives out of the way, the story itself addresses issues of race hatred and bigotry in a manner that does not browbeat the reader.

Any additional comments?

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

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Title: Pawns

Subtitle: The Wielders of Arantha, Book 1

Author: Patrick Hodges

Narrator: Rebecca McKernan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-18

Publisher: Patrick Hodges

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Seven hundred years in the future, the Jegg - a powerful alien race - invade Earth, wiping out half of the Terran Confederation.

In a hidden base under the Sahara Desert, a team of scientists works to mount a resistance against the invaders. Their plan is to fit an Earth ship with Jegg folding-space technology and travel to the other side of the galaxy to find a mysterious energy source...one that could help them defeat the Jegg.

But just before departure, catastrophe strikes. Only two of the crew survive and make it to their destination: the team leader's wife, Maeve, and her teenage son, Davin. What they find on the distant planet will forever change both the future of their family and their planet, as they enter a race against time...and against impossible odds.

Members Reviews:

Terrific Sci-fi Epic!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves either traditional high fantasy or sci-fi. the world building is beautiful and the text is exceptionally well written. The characters are well developed and stand out while drawing the reader in.

What did you like best about this story?

The characters and the world were the best part of this book, which says a lot. It was clearly well thought out and planned. There was nothing about the rules of magic or science in this universe that confused me. It all fit together well and in fact, I enjoyed the reveals and how everything pieced together.

Which character as performed by Rebecca McKernan was your favorite?

Probably Maeve's Irish accent. I loved it.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Embrace your destiny with the wielders of Arantha!

Any additional comments?

The reason I couldn't give this book five stars was because it's labeled as Young Adult and though there are YA characters in the book, this was most definitely an adult book that focused on adult issues for the majority of the time. Not that teens can't or won't enjoy it, but those picking it up thinking it's YA may be confused. Also, my one pet peeve was the cliffhanger. I wanted a complete story arc in one book though I can see that this is meant to be an epic series.

Could have been better

The concept is nice, sci-tech in a medieval fantasy magic world. but the execution was just poor. the planning taken to go to another world to look for a new power sources seems like it was listed on a paper napkin and someone said "yeah that should be good enough". Their military trained character doesnt have a head for the military and the planners just assumed everything would go perfectly without any contingency plans or gear. poor poor poor

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Title: Jack Glass

Author: Adam Roberts

Narrator: Elliot Chapman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-17

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Ltd

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the Bsfa Award for Best Novel

Jack Glass is the murderer. We know this from the start. Yet as this extraordinary novel tells the story of three murders committed by Glass, the listener will be surprised to find out that it was Glass who was the killer and how he did it. And by the end of the book, our sympathies for the killer are fully engaged.

Riffing on the tropes of crime fiction (the country house murder, the locked room mystery) and imbued with the feel of golden age sci-fi, Jack Glass is another bravura performance from Roberts. Whatever games he plays with the genre, whatever questions he asks of the listener, Roberts never loses sight of the need to entertain - and Jack Glass has some wonderfully gruesome moments, is built around three gripping whodunits and comes with liberal doses of sly humour.

Roberts invites us to have fun and tricks us into thinking about both crime and sci-fi via a beautifully structured novel set in a society whose depiction challenges notions of crime, punishment, power and freedom. It is an extraordinary novel.

Members Reviews:

unusual and interesting

I really enjoyed this book. It's a great combination of dystopian science fiction and locked room mystery. The science parts are interesting enough to make you think it could be possible and the mystery parts have you trying out multiple scenarios. My only slight reservation is that the MC were not very likeable but that was also kind of the point. The narrator also did a great job and seemed to be enjoying the story as well.

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Title: Red & Black

Subtitle: Warhammer 40,000

Author: James Swallow

Narrator: Lisa Bowerman, Beth Chalmers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

When a mysterious messenger contacts the Adepta Sororitas, Celestian Miriya must travel to Hollos and pass judgment on the world. Will she find a world embracing the Emperor's truth or one in need of cleansing? Her decision will liberate or condemn an entire planet.

Members Reviews:

short but sweet and worth it.

I thought it was great, the narration flowed and voice actors really pull you in. it filled my quiet day for a moment with gunfire, politics, and duty.

Great Novella

Fantastic listen for those who enjoy a succinct story or those interest in the Adepta Sororitas / Sisters of Battle. Excellent performances by the voice actors.

very enjoyable

quite enjoyed that, narration was good as were the characters. easy enough to listen too

An entertaining audio drama

I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good solid hour (and a bit) of entertainment. The performances of the main actors are decent and the story is engaging. The only significant fault I found with Red and Black was a plot twist which rather reduces the complexity (and thus the interest) of the story's main dilemma (if you've listened to it I'm sure you know which bit I'm taking about!). Otherwise, I very much enjoyed it.

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Title: Thunder from Fenris

Subtitle: Warhammer 40,000

Author: Nick Kyme

Narrator: Toby Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 10 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

A heroic band of Space Wolves are sent in to break the deadlock as the ice world of Skorbad, ravaged by war, is blighted by a zombie plague.

Members Reviews:

more please!

I was absolutely thrilled to see that Space Wolves was on here and was not let down it is an epic tale which makes you feel you are right there with them

Fantastic!

Well read, well acted, immersive. I love these short stories. They prove you don't have to be a nerd who lives in your moms basement to listen to these either. Great job.

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Title: A Man of Shadows

Author: Jeff Noon

Narrator: Toby Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The brilliant, mind-bending return to science fiction by one of its most acclaimed visionaries.

Below the neon skies of Dayzone, where the lights never go out and night has been banished, lowly private eye John Nyquist takes on a teenage runaway case.

His quest takes him from Dayzone into the permanent dark of Nocturna. As the vicious, seemingly invisible serial killer known only as Quicksilver haunts the streets, Nyquist starts to suspect that the runaway girl holds within her the key to the city's fate. In the end there's only one place left to search: the shadow-choked zone known as Dusk.

Members Reviews:

convoluted but little story

I bought this because it had some rave revues but it was not for me. The 'story' went on and on but nothing really seamed to happen. A rather depressing journey to nowhere.

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Title: Dream Park

Author: Steven Barnes, Larry Niven

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

A group of pretend adventurers suit up for a campaign called "The South Seas Treasure Game". As in the early role-playing games, there are dungeon masters, warriors, magicians, and thieves. The difference? At Dream Park, a futuristic fantasy theme park full of holographic attractions and the latest in VR technology, they play in an artificial enclosure that has been enhanced with special effects, holograms, actors, and a clever story line. The players get as close as possible to truly living their adventure.

All's fun and games until a park security guard is murdered, a valuable research property is stolen, and all evidence points to someone inside the game. The park's head of security, Alex Griffin, joins the game to find the killer, but finds new meaning in the games he helps keep alive.

Members Reviews:

Role-playing to death. What is real? What is fake?

Live action role-playing (or LARPing) is a real thing, believe it or not. As mixture of improve acting and strategy it is an event hard to categorize if you never heard of it before. It's not really acting, not really a sport, not really a convention, nor really a board game...it's a blend of all of these things and people really do participate in these organized events to goof off in a fictional scenario have fun with fellow enthusiasts.

This book was written in 1981, to play with the concept of what such events would be like in a future with advanced technologies used to enhance the immersion of these LARPing games. Ironically, it's spooky how close this book comes to ideas being implemented today."Dream Park" is basically a murder mystery set in a theme park in a future where virtual reality, reality television, videogames, and special effects have become so advanced and blended together that the gamers discover that this immersion can be potentially harmful when you can't distinguish between real or fictional threats.

While the murder mystery is the over arcing threat of the story, this audiobook would mostly be recommended to listeners who appreciate ideas and concepts built around the plot rather than the plot itself. Again, written in 1981, it's a tad dated in some respects, yet it has the same imaginative feeling that opening an old journal or time capsule filled with predictions and ideas would inspire.

1981 written and it is very dated

Only got to chapter 9 and just couldn't continue. Written in 1981 it comes across as very dated now. I was really looking forward to hearing this book because I like the authors and have read most of their work........but not this.

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Title: The Last Church

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy

Author: Graham McNeill

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 15 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Terra stands upon the brink of Unity. The armies of the self-proclaimed Emperor of Mankind have waged their bloody wars to bring the whole planet under his rule, crushing all traces of outlawed religion and worship from the face of this now secular utopia.

But even the mighty Thunder Warriors cannot cow Uriah Olathaire, last priest of the Church of the Lightning Stone, as he goes about his empty, hollow rituals - and only one last and thoroughly unexpected visitor can bring any hope of a possible reconciliation.

Members Reviews:

An amazing story!

You do not need to know anything about Warhammer 40,000 or the Horus Heresy to enjoy this story. Like all good science fiction it has an underlying theme that is important to us today. It speaks of the centuries old debate of religion vs reason. McNeill expertly weaves a tale that is enthralling. A great story from a great author.

Fantastic

This was phenomenal narrative to listen to. Although the Horus Heresy series, and the larger Warhammer 40,000 universe, is known for its violence and well crafted war stories this story provides an insight for a different aspect the series I didnt know we needed. Graham McNeill does not disappoint in this short but engaging novel which I would highly recommend.

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Title: Fragmented

Subtitle: The Game Is Life, Book 8

Author: Terry Schott

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-17

Publisher: Podium Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 70 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Cooper has made mistakes. Lives were lost. Realties destroyed.

Invited to join a mysterious and powerful group known as Wielders, he must learn whether his new powers are a blessing or a curse.

Members Reviews:

More confused than ever

Ive been following closely and love the stories however this felt so jumpy it was difficult to keep track of which world I was currently listening to.

Still looking forward to the next book.

Weakest of the series

I found this to be the weakest of the series. It jumped around so much I had a hard time staying with the story arc. Dont get me wrong. I still enjoyed it, just not the best in the series in my opinion. Too many shifts.

Need more!

Love this series, cant wait for more. It pulls you in and you cant get out

Still loving this series!

This latest edition of the series is very good and I felt like it flew by way too quickly even though it's still just as long as the others. I will always be anxious for the release of the next book!! Please keep them coming.

Great book

This series is so good and this book doesnt disappoint. The story keeps getting better and better

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Title: The Silent War

Subtitle: The Horus Heresy, Book 37

Author: C Z Dunn, John French, Nick Kyme, Graham McNeill, Anthony Reynolds, Rob Sanders, James Swallow, Chris Wraight

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-17

Publisher: Black Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

While loyalist and traitor forces clash on a thousand battlefields across the galaxy, a very different kind of war is being fought in the shadows - a war of subtlety and subterfuge, unknown to many, but one that surely holds the key to victory for either side.

Rogal Dorn and his Legion prepare to defend the Solar System against the armies of Warmaster Horus, even as Malcador the Sigillite charges his many agents and spies with missions of the utmost secrecy. The future of the Imperium is being shaped by unseen hands....

Members Reviews:

Filled the void between novels and provides background to some important characters.

A collection of short stories which introduced readers to the forming of Knight Errants, or Sigillite's Chosens, and some background to the other Legion which fights for Horus. Tied in really well and explained many questions between each Horus Heresy novels. Even my kid is read it and couldn't put it down!

Fast Read.

Filled in some blanks. I really enjoyed it.

Backstories...

Another great Warhammer 40K book. Super collection of short stories for the Warhammer enthusiast! Provided backstories and additional information to the world of Warhammer.

Great!

Great collection of short stories. Continued the stories of some and introduced brand new characters. I wish they had more details on the founding of the Grey Knights but still fantastic!

Mustering forces for the final round

Review first posted on Amazon.co.uk on 20 November 2016

This is a good collection of some fourteen short (and not so short!) stories around the theme of organising the defence of Terra and the mustering of all possible forces to this effect. A number of interesting features stand out.

One is the appearance of Malcador the Sigillite, the Emperorâs (human) right hand and his key role in organising this defence alongside Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, who focuses on the systemâs and Palaceâs fortifications.

Another feature is the several glimpses of the Palaceâs transformation into a formidable, somewhat ugly but not impregnable fortress, despite all efforts.

A third interesting streak is the methods used by the Sigillite in his war effort to counter subversion and muster all available resources. A number of the short stories are in fact continuations of previous volumes, for instance the Outcast Dead continued by Wolf Hunt, where the Luna Wolf Severian gets hunted down by Nagasana, the human assassin, throughout the imperial palace complex.

This allows the various authors to bring about a fourth feature with a number of characters present in previous Horus Heresy volumes reappearing. This is the case of the old warrior Iacton Qruze, veteran of the Unification Wars, and of Loken, both formerly of the Luna Wolves, prominent in the first three volumes of the Horus Heresy, and now serving the Sigillite as his envoys and/or spies.

Some of the stories also show how Malcador desperately seeks to recruit far and wide just about anyone with special talents. This includes psykers and despite the Emperorâs former interdiction and their former belonging to Legions that have betrayed, such a Fel Zharost of the Night Lords who remembers his rather atrocious childhood (Child of Night).