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Title: Nemesis

Subtitle: Roboteer Trilogy, Book 2

Author: Alex Lamb

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-17

Publisher: Orion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Years ago, one starship and its crew discovered an alien entity which changed everything. Its discovery finally bought an end to the interstellar war being fought between the masses of humanity and the few pockets of genetically engineered colonists. An uneasy peace was negotiated as the human race realised there was something else sharing our universe. Something that had plans for us.

But the aliens have remained silent. The earthers have begun to test the edges of the peace treaty. Will, once a roboteer, once a human, now the most powerful being alive, has been sidelined and ignored. And a system-wide conspiracy threatens to plunge humanity back into war.

Now one man, his head full of alien technology that lets him interact with machinery, must get to the bottom of the plot, find out what the aliens want, stop the oncoming war and save Will. And his journey will uncover a new threat to humanity.

Nemesis is coming.

Members Reviews:

fun sequel

Alex Lamb continues his very exciting tale of Will Kuno-Monet, a Roboteer (paper) who stopped a war and met with Transcended species to talk them out of destroying humanity as they had other species. Thirty years later humanity is fighting over the new area the galaxy given by the Transcended and filled with ruins from a species that was destroyed. A small cabal is afraid of a civil that will destroy humanity and they have found a planet of Nemesis (paper from Gollancz) filled with artificially intelligent life. An attack by Nemesis robots to destroy an illegal human settlement is set up to be discovered, and Will sends an expedition to investigate, with the scientific half piloted by is adopted son, Mark. Plots within plots soon set Nemesis to attack all human settlements including Earth, and only Will and Mark working separately can same humanity. This, like the first tale, is an edge of the seat, impossible to put down, exciting read. Thereâs a third book coming and I canât wait. Review printed by Philadelphia Weekly Press

Having a hard time working my way through this. ...

Having a hard time working my way through this. This follow up lacks the "pop" of the original in the series. Having difficulty identifying with any of the newly introduced characters and wondering why the original cast was relegated to secondary status or removed from the storyline altogether.

Great story & writing

Technology, bio, nano, electronics, aliens, tactical, war, transcendence, failure, dystopic future, page turner, flat characters, dimensional story, great read, thanks

Nemesis is one of the most imaginative and intriguing books I have ever read.

Nemesis is one of those books that is operating on many levels in its commentary on the human condition. It is a rare Sci-Fi book than can delve so deeply into humanity's greatest ambitions and horrific ugliness without being either dis or utopian. By refusing to pick a side Lamb does an extraordinary job of demonstrating how both are deeply entwined, and how those messy extremes play through lives of individuals. Through is grasp of both human character and exotic science Lamb manages to make the most extraordinary outcomes seem entirely believable.

The first part moves slowly deeply immersed in the inner workings of its characters and a complex web of political intrigue. As such it develops the characters much more richly than in the first book.

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Title: Invasion

Subtitle: K'Tai War Series, Book 1

Author: PP Corcoran

Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Humanity, previously dependent on the K'Tai for its Redlazore, discovers vast resources of the most valuable mineral in the galaxy on Agate and is now free to expand across the stars: Redlazore is also the key component to faster-than-light travel.

The planet Agate is, however, the human colony-world which lies perilously close to the K'Tai Imperium, and the K'Tai resolve to put the upstart humans back in their place.

The K'Tai Imperium invades Agate. On the ground, in the midst of the whirlwind conflict is the Carter family: Dave, a mid-level exec, is working in downtown Gemini City; his wife, Sue, a high school teacher, and their teenage twins, Jodee and Chris, are on a school trip to a Redlazore mine.

In space, the League Border Patrol face overwhelming odds as the K'Tai fleet advance.

The K'Tai soldiers of the infamous Black Legion descend on Agate, opposed by the meager, poorly armed militia and a sprinkling of regular marines. The planet and those upon it are engulfed in the flames of war.

The K'Tai, however, did not count on the Carters. For the Carters have a secret. A secret which will cost the K'Tai Imperium dearly.

The Carters are Agate's human population's only hope.

Members Reviews:

Nice

This was definitely a page turning book that you will not be able to put down. It does start off slowly so you can get an idea of what is going on, but it keeps you interested so you want to know what is going to happen. Looking forward to the next book in this series.

patience required

Starts kinda slow but picks up about half way. I think will be a good series

Five Stars

I couldn't put the book down. Please Mr. Corcoran write part 2 quickly!!

Great story

Interesting story awaiting next book.

Excellent Book - South Africa

Great story , Can't wait for the next in the series. As an intro to the protagonists bodes well for the next in the series. Will definitely be on my order list .

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Title: War Factory

Subtitle: Transformation, Book 2

Author: Neal Asher

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-17

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

One seeks judgment, another faces damnation and one man will have his revenge....

Thorvald Spear is losing his mind as he drowns in dark memories that aren't his own. Penny Royal, rogue artificial intelligence, has linked Spear with the stored personalities of those it's murdered. And whether the AI seeks redemption or has some more sinister motive, Spear needs to destroy it. He feels the anger of the dead and shares their pain.

As Spear tracks the AI across a hostile starscape, he has company. Sverl, an alien prador, has been warped by Penny Royal and hungers to confront it. But will the AI's pursuers destroy each other or hunt it together? Sverl's prador enemies aren't far behind either. They plan to use his transition to prove human meddling, triggering a devastating new war.

Clues suggest Penny Royal's heading for the defective war factory that made it. So allies and enemies converge, heading for the biggest firestorm that sector of space has ever seen. But will Spear secure vengeance for his unquiet dead?

Members Reviews:

Another briljant book from Neal

A return to form for Neal, doing the polity universe justice. Starting with the next book in the series immediately.

Great book and great narration.

I wouldn't have expected the difference made by a narrator that goes goes the distance to give characters their own voice and keep it confidential consistent throughout a book to be as big as it was. Absolutely love it!

another great read marred by very low sound

very poor sound as many audible books of late (not the same for the audiobooks I have from the public library or other sellers). Had to turn the volume on max which made for some distorted narration.

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Title: Emergence

Subtitle: The Dark Tide Trilogy, Book 1

Author: Dayne Edmondson

Narrator: Dan Carroll

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-17

Publisher: Dark Star Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

They came from deep space. They came to destroy humanity.

Two thousand years ago, bloodthirsty aliens called the Krai'kesh devastated the world of Tar Ebon. Humanity almost perished. Now they're back to finish the deed.

But now the Federation is prepared. Now they fight back.

Captain Martin Rigsby was forged in the crucible of war. After the last war, he was assigned to the outer rim of the United Federation of Planets. Martin must lead his aging fleet to face the enemy in battle.

Marine Lieutenant Derek Jamison is stuck on a shithole planet at the far edge of the galaxy. But when destruction rains from the sky he must rally the troops and face this new threat, whatever the cost.

Agent Kimberly Hague is working routine security duty at a presidential summit when betrayal leads to an explosion and subsequent attempt on the president's life, turning her world upside down. She must pursue the traitors responsible and bring them to justice.

Against the alien onslaught, they each stand alone. But they will fight. They will rise. They will win, or die trying.

Members Reviews:

Great story - needs a different narrator.

Great story, just can't get past the narration. Kills it for me.

"This book was provided at no cost for a unbiased review."

Epic space battles await

Here we have the first book in a new series. The author delivers epic space battles interesting characters plot twists and more. All of that combines to immerse the reader/listener into an epic tale. Alien invaders out of legend, immortal guardians who have warned of this day, Magic and technology guts and glory. Enjoy this well written well narrated story. Can't wait for the next one. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Great space story

Audible book

Attempted assassinations, military assistance, battling with alien creatures and attempting to escape with their lives. There are some fast paced sections and some that are a little slow. I found the audible voice quality was poor initially - like the he was too close to the microphone but it got better farther in. Every now and then there was echoes but this was usually only a few seconds or a sentence. I like when they are talking over radio it actually sounds like a recording. Good overall story with enough detail to get you interested.

Meh

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The narration was pretty decent, the story line was nothing new to the genre... typical alien invasion/humanity fights back concept. The dialog was, at times, hokey. This book seemed rushed somehow. Like the author had all of these great ideas and tried to put them all into the story.

A good idea, in a rush to jam in far too much.

-Story-

This book had a lot of good ideas, but for what I think is the first time on audible I actually wish this small book had been substantially longer. I don't particularly mean that in that I was especially attached to any of the cast and couldn't let go. Instead I mean that this book feels like it was the script for a bad action movie, or maybe even an anime, the way it moves from action scene to action scene while force-feeding you more and more exposition and new caveats.

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Title: The Castle in Cassiopeia

Subtitle: Dead Enders, Book 3

Author: Mike Resnick

Narrator: Christian Rummel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

A crisis has arisen. On their first mission as a team, Pretorius and his Dead Enders kidnapped the real General Michkag and substituted a clone who had been raised and trained in the Democracy. But now they find that the clone likes being the most powerful man in the hundred-world Traanskei Coalititon - and having been raised on Earth, he knows how humans think and react.

This becomes a many-layered problem for Pretorius and what is left of his Dead Enders. As the only humans on a totally militarized alien world, they must first find where the best-guarded member of the enemy's military - Michkag - is hiding and how many aliens, or regiments, or divisions, are guarding him, and then they must find a way past all his lines of defense to kill or capture him.

Members Reviews:

An imaginative, entertaining blend of space opera and military action, led by a team of mercenary misfits

Pretorius and what's left of his Dead Enders team are back in action, and their new mission basically could be described with one word: "Impossible." In the first book in this promising new series, Pretorius and the Dead Enders pulled off an incredible feat. They sneaked into the Traanskei Coalition, kidnapped its despotic leader, General Michkag, and left behind a Michkag clone who had been raised and trained in the Democracy. The goal was to create lasting peace between the Traanskei Coalition and the Democracy. But the Michkag clone has gotten drunk on power and turned into an even worse despot than the kidnapped original. Compounding that, he also understands the ways of human beings. So, in this fast-paced, entertaining tale that blends space opera and military action, the clone of Michkag has become a major threat to the Democracy. Pretorius and the Dead Enders -- a mixed but talented bag of mercenary fighters, lawbreakers, and space scalawags -- now must track down the clone, break into the most highly guarded castle in the known universe, and try to take him out, amid odds of a million to one (at best) that they will survive. In the prolific author's new book, Pretorius's leadership abilities get plenty of tests, and the deadly or stealthy skills of each Dead Ender are needed. Also, a new, self-confident team member, Apollo, must be convinced to fight by the Dead Enders' loose rules. And well-made plans and tactics must be changed on the fly once the Dead Enders enter a realm where humans are killed without question--and Pretorius and his team just happen to be the only humans within many light years. Amid all of these actions and challenges that must be survived, a reader can wish that the Michkag clone's evilness could have been given a bit more emphasis, too. But Mike Resnick's Dead Enders is emerging as an imaginative, entertaining series to check out now and keep watching for the next book.

My thanks to Pyr for sending an advanced reading copy for review.

Four Stars

good followup in this series.

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Titel: Peripherie

Autor:: William Gibson

Erzähler: David Nathan

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 16 hrs and 1 min

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-17-17

Herausgeber: Ronin - Hörverlag

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

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Flynne und Wilf leben auf zwei Seiten des "Jackpots", der Apokalypse, die gegen Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts große Teile der Menschheit hinweggerafft hat. Jahrzehnte liegen zwischen ihnen, doch als ein Mord geschieht, nimmt Wilf Kontakt zu Flynne auf...

Flynnes Heimatdorf liegt an der amerikanischen Ostküste, wo sie ihr Geld in einem 3D-Kopierladen verdient. Dort lebt auch ihr Bruder Burton, der heimlich Computerspiele testet, um seine spärliche Veteranenrente aufzubessern. Flynne springt eines Tages für ihn ein und findet sich in einer virtuellen, dunkelfremden Welt wieder, die an London erinnert. Sie ahnt nicht, dass diese Welt die Zukunft ist, in der Wilf lebt, ein PR-Mann, der Promis betreut und ein Problem hat, als eine seiner Kundinnen ermordet wird.

Flynne ist die einzige Zeugin des grausamen Verbrechens - und wird von Wilf mithilfe eines Peripherals über den Zeitsprung hinweg kontaktiert. Dadurch wird sich Flynnes Welt ein für alle Mal ändern, während Wilf erfahren muss, dass die Vergangenheit einen langen Schatten hat und die Zukunft kein Spiel ist.

©2016 Tropen (P)2017 Ronin Hörverlag

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Title: Discovery

Subtitle: Taurian Empire

Author: Nate Johnson

Narrator: Daniel F Purcell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-17

Publisher: Nate Johnson

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

First contact. Star traveling humans. Pre-industrial aliens. Ship's mechanic, Nick Barns, is temporarily transferred to the research vessel Discovery. His job, to keep the ship in orbit, and its three scientists alive. A job that is becoming harder due to repeated sabotage.

Xeno-sociologist Amanda Rogers' dreams have come true. Humans have finally found an intelligent species. They may be primitives, barely out of their own bronze age. The last thing these Eundai need is to be overwhelmed with human technology. History is filled with examples of primitive cultures being ruined after initial contact. It is her job to make sure that doesn't happen.

Priorities change when the four humans are forced down to the planet's surface. Staying alive long enough to get rescued is now the most important thing in their lives. A task that may not be possible.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining story!

I typically don't like these kinds of books but I found myself looking for time to listen.

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Title: War for the Planet of the Apes: Revelations

Subtitle: The Official Movie Prequel

Author: Greg Keyes

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Driven from their woodland home, Caesar and his apes are still recovering from the takeover by renegade ape Koba. Caesar is desperate to avoid war with the humans, but it is a faint hope, as his enemies are about to receive military reinforcements headed by the ruthless Colonel McCullough.

While trying to hold off McCullough's soldiers, Caesar sends his son Blue Eyes on a mission to the south to try to find a safe haven for the apes, despite rumors of terrible things happening there. Meanwhile supporters of Koba's revolt are spreading dissent among Caesar's ranks....

Members Reviews:

Better than I expected

This was my very first POTA book and I adored it. It gives the reader (listener) a true and pure look into the apes' minds, and with a great narrator and story to boot. All in all, I'm definitely recommending it!

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Title: A Peace Divided

Author: Tanya Huff

Narrator: Maguerite Gavin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Ex-Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr drew together an elite corps of friends and allies to take on covert missions that the Justice Department and the Corps could not officially touch. When the scientists doing a preliminary archaeological dig on a Class Two planet are taken hostage, Torin's team is sent to free them.

The situation is further complicated by the fact that the mercenaries holding them are a mix of Confederation and Primacy forces, and are looking for a weapon with power beyond anything previously known. Torin must contend with the politics of peace that have added members of the Primacy, former enemies, to her team. She will have to sift through shifting loyalties as she discovers that the line between us and them is anything but straight.

Critic Reviews:

"Huff works in plenty of backstory for new readers.... Once the action hits the planet running, Huff kicks it into high gear." (RT Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Another Torin Kerr Adventure

In this episode Warden Torin Kerr and her team have to rescue a bunch of scientists exploring a planet which might have evidence about the plastics that manipulated both the Confederation and the Primacy into an intergalactic war. Rumor has it, a weapon against the plastic has been found.

The scientists have been captured by mercenaries who want the weapon. They are two factions. The first is a war veteran broken by the war who will do anything to keep his ship flying and his people safe. The second faction has been hired by the mastermind to find the weapon. This faction is very willing to use violence and intimidation to force the scientists to find a weapon that may not even exist.

The Wardens aren't going on the rescue alone. They have been given "help" from the Primacy. The war is over but the two sides are just learning how to work together and neither side trusts the other. Luckily, a number of the being on the Primacy team are known to Torin because they all escaped from a prison together.

The viewpoint shifts from that of one of the scientists to Torin and her team so that we can see events from both sides. I liked that the scientist who is a Niln is trying to understand the invaders who are from the Younger Races. I liked her relationship with one of the young human mercenaries.

This was an exciting space opera. Torin and her newly integrated team need to rescue the hostages but keep getting sidetracked by the potential presence of the plastic. Torin would very much like revenge for all the millions of life the war caused. She is still haunted by her many dead.

Old threats, new relationships, and Wardens

Huff does a great job of fleshing out characters, strategy, humor, and examining issues left after a war affecting a galaxy-wide scale of humans and aliens. All in the midst of a hostage situation and illegal arms cropping up, and defining how the newly formed Wardens need to respond...a constant battle of reality vs Elder races dictates. Complex, intelligent, engaging characters...great read! Hardest part was keeping straight all the alien names/groups.

Warden Kerr, Hostages, Mayhem

Warden Kerr confronts human and alien terrorists, deals with a hostage situation, confronts the psychological cost of war, runs into a host of old friends, and may find out more about the plastic menace. I love the plotting, the pace, the aliens, the jokes, the insights, and Torin's ability to get into and out of highly dangerous encounters.

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Title: Prehistoric Beasts and Where to Fight Them

Author: Hugo Navikov

Narrator: S. W. Salzman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-17

Publisher: Beacon Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

In the depths, something waits....

Acclaimed film director Jake Bentneus pilots a custom submersible to the bottom of Challenger Deep in the Pacific, the deepest point of any ocean of Earth. But something lurks at the hot hydrothermal vents, a creature - a dinosaur - too big to exist. Gigadon. It not only exists, but it follows him, hungrily, back to the surface. Later, a barely living Bentneus offers a $1 billion prize to anyone who can find and kill the monster. His best bet is renowned ichthyopaleontologist Sean Muir, who had predicted adapted dinosaurs lived at the bottom of the ocean. But Muir is in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison for the death of his wife on a dive meant to confirm his theories. That doesn't matter - Jake Bentneus has the means to get Muir out. He also has the means to put him back in prison forever if he doesn't kill Gigadon. With a mind badly warped by a year in solitary confinement, can Muir solve the mystery of his wife's death while also traveling to the bottom of Challenger Deep to hunt and kill this impossible dinosaur? If he wants to remain a free man, he'll have to do both.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining.

When famed film maker Jake Bentneus pilots a custom submersible to the bottom of Challenger Deep in the Pacific, he finds that life does adapt and there is a hot hydrothermal vent at the bottom. Swimming in these thermals he discovers things that shouldn't exist. Pre-historic beasts. He sees Megladons but he also sees something that devours the Megladon in one bite. It's ginormous!! He names it Gigadon. In the Submersible Jake decides to get the heck out of there but the Gigadon follows him. Something happens to Jake and he barely survives. Now, a year after the accident, he offers a $1 billion reward to whomever kills Gigadon and brings his head to his hospital in Guam. Can they kill something that has adapted to live in the depths of the ocean?

I really enjoyed this! I went in with no expectations and ended up enjoying the ride. It's the type of book that reminds me of those movies on the sci-fi channel. You know the ones where you think they will be stupid, but you end up watching till the end and find that you enjoyed it. A guilty pleasure!!

Anyway, this was a fun and entertaining read. It's well written (if you suspend disbelief) and well researched. I love a good deep sea adventure, especially if there are prehistoric beasts in them and this one had them in bounds. There is a lot going on apart from the beasts. There is mystery, suspense and science. While the start of the book is slow enough, it plods along at a decent pace. I listened to it in two days!! The characters are varied and well developed. I pretty much liked them all. The descriptive writing was another plus. I could picture the dinosaurs perfectly!! It would make a good movie!!

In all, a good read and I must check out more from this author.

S. W. Salzman sounded like he enjoyed reading this. He was enthusiastic and energetic and it made for a great listen. He had plenty of tones and voices and even did the female voices really well. I thoroughly enjoyed his performance!!

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