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Title: Tethered

Author: Tyson Hanks

Narrator: Joshua Treeson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-16

Publisher: --Tyson Hanks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Iraq, 2003. Army Sergeant John Armstrong leads his team into the middle of the desert in search of weapons of mass destruction. What they find is something far more terrifying, and alive.

Members Reviews:

Very good story!!

The story started a little slower than I had hoped for. Sounded more like a war story which is not my cup of tea. I love Sci-Fi books more. But as the story went on it started to change and I got the sci-fi part that I had hoped for. Would love for this to be a longer book and to find out what happens further along in the story. But I loved the story and how it all came together and the ending was great. Letting you hang on to wanting more which I like in a good story. I loved the characters and the bits of back story to each of them. I think a longer book would have given us more back story to each of the main characters, but that is ok as it left me wanting more.

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Title: Confessions of a Gentleman Arachnid

Author: Michael Coolwood

Narrator: Thom Tuck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-16

Publisher: Coolwood-Hughes Productions

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Meet Milligan Clodthorpe, a gentleman arachnid of exceptional lineage who finds himself involuntarily inhabiting the body of a human female. Bainbridge, the cad who now inhabits Milligan's arachnid form, is known throughout the galaxy as thoroughly selfish and uncivilized. What he might get up to with a body such as Milligan's simply does not bear thinking about. With the help of Milligan';s mechanical valet Forsythe, his revered Uncle Angus, his psychotic cousin Gertrude, and Pigstick, his former comrade in arms, he must recover his arachnid body and prevent Bainbridge from disgracing his family name.

Through twists and turns, Milligan's pursuit leads him into thrilling adventures. Be prepared for daring espionage, scandalous scenes, and perilous levels of dry wit.

Members Reviews:

Delightfully Quirky Fun

An enjoyable tale full of delightfully odd wordplay and amusing rambles. Thom Tuck, the narrator, does a fantastic job of bringing it to life and really adds quite a lot to the reading, making me want to say the audiobook may well be the definitive version of this story.

Time and again I found myself smiling at the constant witticisms and oddities presented to the listener. From the protagonist's dry ramblings to his, quite-possibly-slightly insane, relative Gertrude's schemes, the book delights in never ceasing to deliver great lines that just make you wish you would be able recall them later so you could claim credit for them yourself.

That said as much as I enjoyed my time with this whimsical tale, prospective readers should know that the story isn't the kind to have you hanging on the edge of your seat. Instead it invites you along on a pleasant stroll to take some time and enjoy life with it's eccentric cast.

Some of the world building is quite great, but some elements are left undeveloped, especially in regards to the lack of any significant human characters in the dialogues at all, which was a bit disappointing but perhaps consistent with the books themes of humans being a bit bizarre.

The pacing is also a bit odd at times, which goes with the style of the book but still feels a bit uneven sometimes. I did find this had the side benefit of making the book easy to get back into at any point though, which was nice and made this great for enjoying at work where there is always the risk of interruption.

Overall Confessions of a Gentleman Arachnid lives up to it's cheerfully eccentric title and delivers a consistently quirky and fun time to its reader.

tl:dr

+Wonderfully witty wordplay

+Small but delightfully odd cast of characters

+Generally fun light reading

+Absolutely wonderful job done by the reader really brings it all to life

+/- Pacing encourages you to read it at your own pace

-Never really grips you so that you just have to keep going

-Would have liked at least one significant human character to act as a bit of a foil to all the oddness of the cast, but perhaps that would have ruined it? Hard to say

Really fun!

Would you listen to Confessions of a Gentleman Arachnid again? Why?

I really would... It was really funny and I think I missed a load of the references the first time round.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Probably Milligan.

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Title: In Service to the Empresses

Subtitle: Endless Horizons Sagas, Season One, Episode Three

Author: Leeland Artra

Narrator: Don Foote

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-16

Publisher: Leeland Artra

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In a world ruled by the church, Janali finds herself at the mercy of the inquisition. She has little chance of saving her crew from the church while under arrest for heresy. She must engineer her own escape and then convince the head of the church to pardon both her and her crew. If she fails, her crew, her family, and her own lives will be destroyed, wiped clean by the cleansing fires of the inquisition.

If you like steampunk with elements of fantasy, speculative science-fiction, and thrilling tales, then you'll love the fantastic serial adventures of the Endless Horizons Sagas, written in true homage to the pulp science-fiction classics. This episode is part of the monthly serial novellas that fold together into a larger epic adventure. A new adventure is released monthly.

Download your copy today and see for yourself what everyone is raving about! Don't forget to get the prior episodes.

Members Reviews:

A Pernicious Potentate

In Service to the Empresses is a lively page-turner. This episode takes us into the behavior and thought processes of Potentate Asonic, an arrogant, power mad, narrow minded leader of the Church and Perlustration. He is determined to do whatever it takes to ensure that the void does not enter into his world via any person or method. He takes joy in his ability to hurt while justifying it as necessity.

Discovering that his church train has been sabotaged as he heads for the palace incites his anger to an irrational level. He orders Lady Janali, who is also heading to the palace to speak with the Augur Optimus Janith, to be arrested and brought to his chamber of inquisition. Having already captured the Navigator of her ship, the Vibruis, Lt Metallo, he is preparing to extract a full confession from both before a final, terminable cleansing to remove any trace of the void.

In the midst of this fearsome plan,he, his attendant priests, and Lady Janali are requested to attend the Augur Optimus at the palace immediately. His fury is barely contained, but go they must.

Will this be the meeting he has sought in order to throttle any potential scientific knowledge and preserve the Power of the Church? Or could there be another reason for it? You will not be putting the book down until you have learned the answer.

The bar has been lifted

This episode moves the intriguing story along at a good reading pace. The first two episodes and prologue delivered the hook and introduced us to the main characters. We are now starting to develop an idea in our minds on, who they are and what the characters represent. We can identify their voice, cadence and personality traits. This episode reaches the first plot point and the quest is identified. The POV by Potentate Asonic; the antagonist was written well. His evil, zealous attributes gave me the horrors. He was a mindless, self centred despot, with power issues. The protagonist Lady Janali walks a fine line between her tough, independent, smart exterior and her underlying vulnerability. Leeland proves again that he is a gifted story teller. He as usual expertly weaves vastly different characters in and out of the multi layered sub-plots within the main story arc. There are also some interesting underlying moral issues and pearls of wisdom poking through, if you look deeply enough. I do love the bread crumbs left near the ending.

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Title: Forsaken Skies

Subtitle: Book One of The Silence

Author: D. Nolan Clark

Narrator: Jack Hawkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-16

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

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

Publisher's Summary:

Fear the silence

Commander Lanoe is one of the navy's greatest heroes, but the civil war left him with nothing but painful memories.

When a planetary governor is murdered, it falls to Lanoe to hunt down the killer and bring them to justice. Yet his pursuit will lead him towards the greatest threat mankind has ever faced.

An unknown armada has emerged from the depths of space, targeting an isolated colony planet. As the colonists plead for help, the politicians and bureaucrats look away. But Lanoe has never run from a fight, and he will not abandon thousands of innocents to their fate.

Forsaken Skies is the explosive opening novel in the Silence trilogy, an epic tale of a fight against the odds - and the terror of realising that we're no longer alone in the cold vacuum of space.

Editorial Reviews:

"Gripping writing, a brilliantly realised future culture and sympathetic characters.... An entertaining and compelling read" (SFX) "Unforgettable characters and jam-packed with action [and] adventure.... One readers will not want to miss" (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Worth Reading

A book based on a believable concept/plot idea, I enjoyed the book very, looking forward to the next one in the series

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Title: Shattered Earth

Subtitle: Darkness and Light

Author: Josh Hilden

Narrator: Zachary Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-16

Publisher: Gorillas With Scissors Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Shattered Earth is the tale of Meg Carson, a woman jerked from her place in time and space and thrust into a horrific future. Once there Meg becomes ensnared in events set into motion long before the age of human civilization, by beings once thought to exist only in the realms of fable and mythology.

Meg's tale is one of love, loss, action, adventure, horror, and hope. Thrust 300 years into the future she finds herself in a nightmare world of mystery, magic, super science, and creatures of myth and nightmares. As she makes new friends and comes to terms with her new environment Meg comes to realize she has been fundamentally changed by her transition to the dark future.

Members Reviews:

A very fun post-post apocalypse story

First off I thought the voice acting was very well done here as I've had more then a few stories drag with on only ok reader. Now onto the actual story. Josh Hilden did a very nice I thought of guide you through this world that is by it's nature so very different from our own without killing us with exposition. The story definitely pulled me in and I admit I can't wait to see what happens next if he choose to continue this story.

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Title: The New Earth

Subtitle: Discovery Series, Book 1

Author: James Handel

Narrator: Charles Craig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-16

Publisher: PracticaLife Communications

Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

From planet Earth, a discovery of a new Earth by NASA scientists. The US Army gets involved in the discovery, and discussions begin on travelling to the new Earth for a test run of a new spaceship travelling at the speed of light. Ten individuals are trained and two spaceships are deployed. But the discoveries on the new Earth are unspeakable. The digital age exists. Alien signals are detected. Battles are fought.

Members Reviews:

This is actually one of the worst books I have ever purchased

This is actually one of the worst books I have ever purchased. If there was a way to get the money I wasted back I would do it. I already know someone will say its not hard scifi, but it's not even close to good scifi. If you travel at the speed of light and you are one light year away, it's going to take a little longer than 90 minutes to get there. Plus at the speed of light you would not be able to see a asteroid outside the side window. Please if you are the writer and you read this, learn to research before you write, or even better, stop writing!!!!

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Title: Race to Refuge

Author: Liz Craig

Narrator: Julia Farmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: Elizabeth Spann Craig

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Race to Refuge rivets listeners with mild thrills in a novel that's not about the zombies, but about the people striving for elusive shelter and a future of hope..

Ty, who's only recently gotten his driver's permit, is abruptly thrust into adulthood as he desperately seeks to save his younger sister. He makes a fast friend in a German shepherd yearning for companionship and love in this new, dangerous world.

Charlie, restlessly searching for meaning in his life, learns meaning is elusive during an apocalypse. Tremendous obstacles provide him with new self-discoveries.

If they can escape the constant peril and find refuge, can they forge a new life from the ruins of the old one?

Race to Refuge rivets listeners with mild thrills in a novel that's not about the zombies, but about the people striving for elusive shelter and a future of hope.

Members Reviews:

Good read for all ages 12 and up

So okay I'll start with I did like this book. I liked all 4 characters and that we got put of view from main 3 ty, Charlie and Mallory. It did have some action I can see all being scared and in shock to killing yet all that. It's just the being of the infection. Reading flow was great.

Con's......

But even with growing and hunting all that they still need to go out and loot for item's more important weapon upkeep.

I don't see how anyone who read this didn't noticed but um when Mallory and Ginny made to her Friend's retreat house that it said had high wall around the whole place and it was gated with keycode to get in. But when Charlie and ty showed up they can see everything and pull right up and get in the house. Taking out zombies showing up and someone just comes knocks on the door. How is that with the wall and gate? I have to knock of star for this. Don't know how got passed the editor?

A Feel Good Zombie Tale

This was definitely one of those books where the story takes you places you don't see coming. It began with a lot of action, which is what I enjoy most about the genre of apocalyptic books, but the action and tension slowly drain out of it as the questions this story creates are unveiled. Not my usual zombie fare but I did really enjoy the way the characters were built, how easy it was to quickly become invested in them, and the fact that although there are multiple cliffhangers in the book itself, thankfully it didn't end in one!

A gentler zombie story

I love zombie and apocalypse fiction and read a lot of it. I found this story a nice change of pace. I would characterize it as young adult. Even the cover is wildly different from the general zombie illustration.

It follows different characters as they navigate the hazards confronting them as they cope with the unfolding disaster. Their lives converge toward the end of the story. There are the usual ruthless mobs stealing from the weak, zombie attacks, and narrow misses. Very little zombie gore description, and for this story, that seemed appropriate.

The pluses:

I liked the characters, finding them sympathetic. I rooted for all their survival. The story was suspenseful and on occasion, I paged ahead to learn outcomes. The characters were guilty of doing stupid things along the way.

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Title: Iris Wildthyme - The Land of Wonder

Author: Paul Magrs

Narrator: Katy Manning, David Benson, Steve Wickham, Lizzie Hopley

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-16

Publisher: Big Finish Productions

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

Publisher's Summary:

Exiled to Earth by her mysterious superiors, Iris has been amusing herself and Panda by working for MIAOW, the Ministry for Incursions and Other Wonders.

When a certain Professor Ramsbottom and his lovely assistant Audrey unearth a weird vehicle under a London railway station, Ms Wildthyme and her art critic chum are on the scene pretty sharpish. Among anachronistic skulls and crockery they discover the still-living forms of utterly perplexing, alien creatures.

And, before you can say 'Jabberwocky' Iris and her friends are on a mind-boggling voyage into a groovy Wonderland deep, deep beneath the Earth's crust....

Members Reviews:

Iris in Wonderland

While working for MIAOW, Iris and Panda encounter two strange creatures who appear to be the Rabbit and the Mock Turtle from Alice and Wonderland. Why are they here and what is MIAOW's true agenda? Iris will journey to the center of the Earth to find out.

An obvious parody of the Pertwee Era, right down to Iris being exiled and her sidekick Panda being an investigate journalist, this story is surreal with a couple of cases of breaking the fourth wall. There are a few leaps in logic, but that's almost to be expected as you have Paul Magrs writing a story about Iris Wildthyme in Wonderland. Overall, the story is silly,but has a serious point too, but you really have to dig for it.

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Title: Foundra: The Rift War

Subtitle: Foundra Series, Book 1

Author: Emmanuel Arriaga

Narrator: Melissa Reizian Frank

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-16

Publisher: EA Starchilde Company

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The legendary immortals Lanrete and Soahc find themselves in yet another war. Except this time, they don't know who or what is causing powerful beings from another plane of existence to attack the fringe colonies of the Huzien Alliance.

As the two enlist a team of elite specialists from across the galaxy to hunt down the source, they quickly find themselves outmatched by a being that defies all that they know. A creature from another time. A being from before existence.

Warning: This novel contains adult themes and difficult situations.

This is an Adult Science Fiction Fantasy novel.

Members Reviews:

Everything a great book needs.

What did you like?

I am a sci-fi fan so this book was good for me. It is different from other books because it combines details you don't find in your typical sci-fi. Also the different worlds and beings are very detailed to give you an exact picture in your head of the settings and characters.

Whom would you recommend this book to?

People that like sci-fi books that wouldn't mind extra detail of romance and character development.

I almost forgot. The reader/performer is great. Her performance really surprised me with sound effects for the telepathic talk. Well done. I will be looking for more books read/performed by Melissa Reizan Frank.

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Title: Acts of Defiance: Stories of Perseverance

Subtitle: Tyrant

Author: L. Douglas Hogan

Narrator: Ben Tyler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-16

Publisher: Leslie Hogan

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

Publisher's Summary:

This novelette reveals the initial days of martial law before it became known as the Flip. Live through the lives of the people that were a part of life-shattering changes and learn how difficult life can become when the laws of morality and ethics find no place in the human condition.

Stephen Gill was an Army National Guardsman when the Flip went down. His trials mirrored the lives of every patriot that lived under the yoke of unconstitutional fiat. His presence was sought after when Tori made it to Gorham, but his story was never told, nor the reason for his absence. Until now.

Members Reviews:

Wow what a prequel to the Tyrant series.

L Douglas Hogan takes us back to the beginning of the flip in this action packed prequel of the Tyrant series. His novelet has me wanting no demanding that the final chapter of this series get into my hands as soon as possible.

Some men are evil, some men passively accept it, and a few men have the courage to fight it.

Just finished Acts of Defiance and can't wait to start the rise, the first book in L Douglas Hogan's Tyrant trilogy. There are men filled with evil and void of compassion, those who cringe in fear and passively accept evil, and there are those who take action to fight against it, to conquer it. Acts of Defiance presents all three and sets the stage for the trilogy that follows.

Great book

Good read that let you know what was going on before the trilogy. Although short was enjoyable would recommend to friends