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Title: The Eternity War: Pariah

Author: Jamie Sawyer

Narrator: Katherine Fenton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-17

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The Eternity War series is an explosive tale of elite marines, deep-space exploration and warring galactic empires.

The soldiers of the Simulant Operations Programme are mankind's elite warriors. Veterans of 1000 battles across 100 worlds, they undertake suicidal missions to protect humanity from the insidious Krell Empire and the mysterious machine race known as the Shard.

Lieutenant Keira Jenkins is an experienced simulant operative and leader of the Jackals, a team of raw recruits keen to taste battle. They soon get their chance when the Black Spiral terrorist network seizes control of a space station.

Yet no amount of training could have prepared the Jackals for the deadly conspiracy they soon find themselves drawn into - a conspiracy that is set to spark a furious new war across the galaxy.

Set in the same universe as Jamie Sawyer's acclaimed Lazarus War novels, The Eternity War series is an explosive tale of elite marines, deep-space exploration and warring galactic empires.

Critic Reviews:

"Alien biomechs...starships sporting particle beam weapons, railguns the size of skyscrapers.... This, dear readers, is the good stuff." (Neal Asher on The Lazarus War)

"Jamie Sawyer is easily one of the best military SF writers working today - a must read for anyone who grew up watching Aliens and reading 2000AD." (Gavin Smith, author of The Bastard Legion)

"A gripping read that moves at warp speed." (Jack Campbell, author of the Lost Fleet series)

Members Reviews:

Not up to scratch

If you're expecting strong links to the previous Lazarus War books you are likely to be disappointed. Not only does the author struggle to realistically present the story from a female pov, the narrator does not clearly define characters well. It seemed to me that the narrator was confused at times and lapsed into the persona of other characters by mistake.The language used in this book had me in perpetual eye roll to the point I couldn't finish it. When the dialogue is littered with alternatives to the word SAID and the characters start exhorting (and similar substitutes) it becomes quite jarring to the listener. Male authors often fail to portray the perspective of a strong female lead with credibility. This is certainly the case here. More research please. (What woman would think of a sexual encounter as rutting? And come to think of it there was way too much introspection). Although I liked the Lazarus Wars series this was so disappointing and frustrating I couldn't finish it.

Great idea, but I got bored halfway through.

I like a good, long book and this is short by my recent standards. But although I stuck with it at first I finally gave up halfway. Some very good ideas in it but for me it just didn't hold my interest.

Another cracking sci-fi romp from JS

If you enjoyed the Lazarus War Trilogy, you'll know what your letting yourself in for. More sim op shenanigans featuring a new rag tag outfit as they fight their way from one explosive action scene to the next.

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Title: The Star

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: Alix Martin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-17

Publisher: Alix Martin Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

"The Star" is an 1897 apocalyptic short story by H.G. Wells.

In January (about 1900, presumably), the people of Earth awaken to the notion that a strange luminous object has erupted, into the Solar System, after disturbing the normal orbit of the planet Neptune. Indeed, such object is a luminous celestial body, whose luminosity is distinguishable on the sky about the constellation of Leo.

Although initially it is a matter of concern only for astronomers, eventually the world media announces that it is a whole star, heading in a collision course toward the center of our star system. In its way, the star had enwrapped Neptune indeed, bringing it inside. Although many people are concerned by this, the issue amounts to little more than a temporary fad...

©2017 Alix Martin Audio (P)2017 Alix Martin Audio

Members Reviews:

Don't buy this book!

It is a copy of a special version of this story by "The Simplified Speling Sosieti." "Isyud in Simplified Speling with the ciend permishon ov the Author." It is almost unreadable.

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Title: Soldiers of Tomorrow: Iron Legions

Author: Michael G. Thomas, Nick S. Thomas

Narrator: Rich Savage

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-17

Publisher: Swordworks Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The Nazis and their allies won the war, but peace in the twenty-first century is proving much harder to keep. It's twenty years since the failed British Mutiny left London a burnt-out husk. A reminder of the new world order that covers most of the globe. Yet even in this dark time there are rumours of growing resistance movements deep inside North America. The patriotic freedom fighters of New York City have the willpower to succeed, but what can they do against the unending numbers of Reich soldiers that occupy their defeated nation, and their monstrous walking machines of war, known as Landships?

Members Reviews:

Wonderful Action Tale!!

Soldiers of Tomorrow, Iron Legions Kindle Edition by Michael G. Thomas and Nick S. Thomas is an interesting read that I completed recently and I was really fascinated by this tale. The flow is filled with action and being a fan of war stories this really inspired me in great deal. The flow is very unique and it glued me from the very beginning to the last. The descriptions and dialogues provided brings life to the tale thrilling the reader's mind helping to understand easily. I really like this novel and hope to read the successor The Winter War as well.

Good but full of elementry spelling errors. Sloppy.

Great book. But if I saw tires spelled tyres one more time along with other errors in spelling and structure I was going to have to put the book down. I mean he's a published author. Why these errors to ruin a great story.

enjoy!

Found these stories to be spell binding! An alternate universe in Manhattan in the 90's! We lost the big one and it becomes much more complicated...enjoy!

Great Book

Love this writers work. This is but one book I have purchased, the first in the series, but several other books.

Long names

Hey, I really enjoy your stories but it really makes it hard for me to get into them when you use long names and military titles. Could ya kind of set the idea at the start of the story then tone it down through the rest of the story? Would make it much more enjoyable for me.

Keep up the good work and watch the spelling and grammar.

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Title: Eclipse

Subtitle: Book Two of the Dark Tide Trilogy

Author: Dayne Edmondson

Narrator: Dan Carroll

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-17

Publisher: Dark Star Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The Federation burns.

They are called the Krai'kesh. They came from deep space. Creatures of claws, pincers, and endless malice, they ravage the galaxy.

As the war flares, as planets crumble, Admiral Martin Rigsby and his fleet blast into battle. They won one battle at the edge of the galaxy. Their next battle must be fought against the dark tide of the enemy.

Marine Lieutenant Derek Jamison, along with his Eternal allies, must race against the clock to save as many human lives as possible and stop yet another planet from being obliterated.

Agent Kimberly Hague finds new allies on Crossroad Station as she pursues a lead on the traitors to humanity. But she soon finds herself in grave danger.

The Krai'kesh will not rest until the last human is dead. Martin, Derek, Kimberly, and their allies must defeat them. They must win. Or the Federation and all humanity will fall.

Members Reviews:

Eclipse

Story is well written with lots of imagination Everything was described so I could see it like a movie in my head. Shocks and twists abound among the space battles. I liked the characters and could relate.

Needs a different narrator, couldnt finish

I cant say if the story is worth listening to, but I can say the narrator isnt. I was only able to get a couple hours into the audiobook before I had to stop, the narrators voice for the different characters was so bad I had to stop. The story for as long as I could stand it wasnt to bad, so if he gets a different narrator I would probably get it.

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

Good Book

Would you listen to Eclipse again? Why?

Yes, It was a little wild and hard to follow all the plots and counter plots. It kept me interested through the entire book

Which character as performed by Dan Carroll was your favorite?

He did a good job on vocies

Any additional comments?

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

Pass on the audio, but try the kindle version

I'm trying to find the nicest way to say this, but I couldn't stand the narrator of this story and it ruined the story as a whole for me. Although his normal voice was good, I found about 90% of his character voices to be unbearable. I usually love it when narrators do different voices for the characters, but his just didn't work for me. All they did was annoy me to the point where I found it hard to concentrate on the story. That being said, this book is still worth buying. Just make sure you do it in either the kindle or paperback versions. I'm going to add the first book in this series to my "to read" list because I think this series deserves the chance to be read without the narrator's voice in my head.

A cool mix of magic and science fiction

The story is an interesting idea, magic in space, aliens and all the normal sci-fi cool stuff. High action, high stakes adventure in an interesting world with a decent mix of characters.

The narration was clear and easy to understand. There were no errors that I noticed on the recording. In my opinion the narration was too calm during the action which made combat feel effortless for the main characters. The narration painted the characters as not being really bothered by what was going on even when it was a major event.

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Title: Rise of the Embodied

Subtitle: The Quantum Mechanic Series Book 2

Author: Jason Faris

Narrator: Judy Rounda

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-17

Publisher: Jason Faris

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

They're not machines, cyborgs, demons, or monsters, and yet they are all of those things and more. Spawned from a horrifying program of gruesome human experimentation, they walk the earth as living nightmares. For decades they served their masters by secretly manipulating world events, eliminating enemies, terrorizing humanity, and toppling nations. But then they found themselves facing the power of the Quantum Man, and the terrifying fury of his cybernetic daughter.

Broken, humiliated, and suffering the loss of a leader they once thought of as a God, The Embodied disappeared. But now they've slaughtered their former masters, moved beyond the limits of biotechnology, and set their sights on vengeance. Soon they will transcend to a state where their construction, and their rage ... will be beyond human comprehension. All living tissues will obey their commands, and they will unleash upon the earth a terrifying army of twisted abominations formed from the flesh of their victims.

But the Quantum Man still stands in their way, and he is no longer the broken soul that they once knew. More powerful than ever before, he will not allow these monsters go on murdering the innocent. So with the help of his friends from Valley Falls, a squadron of elite soldiers, and a daughter reborn as a living cybernetic weapons platform, the former mechanic intends to put a final stop to the Embodied. For the sake of every soul on earth, he will stand fast.

When the Embodied come, what will you do?

Members Reviews:

All the action... none of the issues of book 1

My review of the first book in this series was not very favorable. Basically a good story plagued by lots of issues. That is not the case here. If you made it through the first book (worth the effort in my opinion) then you will truly enjoy this one. I still cant figure out why this series is named after Jason when it is obviously a story about Jessica but its all in the family so its all good. This story follows a predictable pattern and fills out the fight between the Embodied and Jessica/Jason and the team from Valley Falls. New abilities are discovered by all and the plot thickens as to the skills of the team and their role in the final battle. The last chapter turns the story in a new direction and as is becoming normal for Jason Faris, the very last line of the story throws you a curve that you dont see coming and in this case I cant figure out where it came from.

Book 3 I am waiting

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Couldn't connect to any of the characters

Something happened to the Embodied. They disappeared for some time, but reappeared again in a new and more powerful form and slaughtered their masters. The Quantum Man, Jessica, and a whole team will be trained to fight back.

I was looking forward to this book after having listened to the first one. There is again a lot of technical babble that made sense sometimes, and lots of action, but there was something missing for me. It is clear that this is a transition book in the series and, although it makes the story move forward, there is not a lot of importance happening in it. Both sides try to get ready for battle, they get better, tougher, and with improved systems.

The book seemed a long winded, like the first one. At points there was not much going on, and some of the things were confusing.

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Title: The Dimension Travel Trilogy

Subtitle: A Three Part Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel

Author: Joseph Salvatore Pidoriano

Narrator: Don Hoeksema

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-17

Publisher: Joseph S Pidoriano

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The story of The Dimension Travel Trilogy: A Three Part Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel, is all based on a simply complex phone. Can you imagine a phone saving an alien city and a small town from a tyrannical alien, or divide and create friendships? Can you imagine a phone bringing you to a castle, an alien city, a garden city, a blank dimension, or a small town? Well, you will be able to imagine all of these in this audiobook. Enjoy the immersive Dimension Travel Trilogy.

Members Reviews:

Must read if you like science fiction

Wonderful science fiction!

Imaginative, fun read!

Interesting read! At first I didn't follow - but once I became used to the author's style of writing - well - I really wanted to know what happened! The story was great, but what really had my attention were the descriptions. I can see how some readers might think this is too wordy, or grammatically imperfect, or what ever the armchair editors may critique, but the words really allowed me to "see" what the author wanted a particular person, place or thing looked like! From the characters to the castle to the colors of the coats of arms!! The best is having that phone! Dang! Wish my "phone" could call up a Light Cycle to take me around a universe! Really enjoyed reading this and look forward to more from this author especially as this was his first foray into publishing. Hope his imagination grows as he matures! Terrific start for someone who started at 14 years old!

A great read!

I have waited so long to read this book in its entirety - well worth the wait! A great read!

An amazing read. A book for our times

An amazing read. A book for our times.

Great Stuff!

An incredible young talent with tremendous ideas!

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Title: Danarko: Book One

Author: Maxina Storibrook

Narrator: Stephanie Bentley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-17

Publisher: Maxina Storibrook

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

As my father's hand had brushed over the paper, I had wondered what influenced his drawing - what gave him inspiration? He would show me some drawing of a city, pointing out where the mage had built a wall, or designed that tower. I knew it wasn't real - but what if it was?

Five years after her father's death, Mara believed everything was going great. Her mother had a wonderful boyfriend, Bryce, and Mara was getting used to smalltown life.

Her world is turned upside-down when she comes home one day to find Bryce trying to kill them, and an old family friend mysteriously appearing out of nowhere. Injured, Mara passes out, only to wake up with a strange new power called Source, supposedly originating thousands of years ago, from a biochemical called Voyana.

She has to learn how to harness it before she hurts someone by accident. However, not everyone wants her to master her Source.

Will she be able to control her Source in time to keep it from being used against herself and those she cares about?

Members Reviews:

A pretty good start

Mara starts of good but then she just falls apart. Trained ADS a warrior from another world she should become a better bad add. She is too soft. being brought up on the most violent planet of all. earth and loving her father like she did. I just don't get why she such a cry baby. giving away her father's ring for the city he built and she loves is just crazy. it just isn't real enough yet.

An amazingly good read from a fresh new author!

What did you love best about Danarko: Book One?

You are drawn into the story in chapter one, hooking you immediately! It keeps you captivated the whole time!

What other book might you compare Danarko: Book One to and why?

This is a hard one because it takes place across several realms with different levels of technological development. So I would have to say Eragon by Christopher Paolini, Harry Potter, and the Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffery all wrapped into one!

Have you listened to any of Stephanie Bentleys other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I loved the interactive planetarium! It was so awesome to hear about how it worked. Would love one of these on Earth!

Any additional comments?

This is a fresh new author with lots of talent. She is great with her world and character development. She hit the perfect balance of fluff and meat. The story flows well and keeps you guessing. The Narrator did a fabulous job telling the story and keeping you seated on the edge of your seat! I was sad when it ended only because I wanted more!

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Title: GenTech Rebellion (5 Book Series)

Author: Ann Gimpel

Narrator: Gregory Salinas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-17

Publisher: Ann Gimpel Books, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Winning Glory

After years as a black ops CIA agent, nothing surprises Roy Kincaid, yet his current assignment is close to a bust. Burnt out and discouraged, he hunches over a meal in a backwater diner, when a half-frozen woman with the look of an abused runaway staggers through the door. His first instinct is to help her, make certain she stays long enough for the bluish cast to leave her lips. His second is to finish his meal and leave. The world is full of broken women. It's not his job to fix them.

Honor Bound

Honor wants Milton with every bone in her body, but it's a terrible idea, especially after she delves into his head and sees his ambivalence toward her kind. Need drives them together, but their differences create roadblocks every step of the way. Fueled by anger and fear, she shuts him out. So what if the sex was great, she's done.

Or is she?

Claiming Charity

Charity's luck never ran strong, because her original configuration was unstable. Her handlers designed experiments to fix the problem, but only made it worse. Sick to death of living under their thumb, she jumps at a chance to escape. She's barely settled in as a CIA special operative - a role where she can put her augmented mind and body to use - when her wobbly genetics decompensate.

Loving Hope

Charlie swore off women after his last marriage that went down in drama-tipped flames fifteen years ago. His first mistress is danger. He fell in love with the adrenaline rush when he signed on as a Navy Seal, right out of college, and he never got over the thrill of pitting himself against the impossible.

Keeping Faith

Reginald Thomas agreed to run the CIA's infirmary after a bullet nailed him in Afghanistan. He's one of a handful of scientists who produced the original batches of genetically modified humans, and he's laid low since their rebellion. The catastrophe rankles, but he hasn't given up finding a fix for their genome problems.

Members Reviews:

Gen Tech

Five books in this series once I started listening to these books I was not going to stop listening until they where finished.A well written set.

This is an awesome series, worth listening to

Each book has drama and romance, and a background plot worth thinking about.

Fun and exciting series!

This was a fun series to listen to. It starts with the CIA going after some rogue enhanced super soldiers only to find that there are enhanced females being held against their will. The series follows the danger surrounding these females and the men they fall in love with. Action-packed series and I loved it!

Unlistenable!!!!

The was predictable and feeble at best and narrators diction was torturous in his exact articulation of EVERY word. Complete waste.

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Titel: American War

Autor:: Omar El Akkad

Erzähler: Uve Teschner

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 13 hrs and 10 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-27-17

Herausgeber: Argon Verlag

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

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Amerika in der Zukunft: Der Meeresspiegel steigt, Teile des Landes stehen unter Wasser, der Norden führt Krieg gegen den Süden. In einem Flüchtlingscamp in Mississippi lebt die junge Sarat Chestnut mit ihrer Familie hinter Stacheldraht. Sie haben sich gerade in einem der Zelte eingerichtet und zurück in ein halbwegs normales Leben gefunden, da droht das nächste Unheil...

Omar El Akkad entfaltet mit großer erzählerischer Kraft die dramatische Geschichte einer Radikalisierung. Spannend bis zur letzten Minute - brisant und aktuell.

©2016 / 2017 Buchvorlage: Erschienen bei S. FISCHER. Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel "American War" bei Alfred A. Knopf. Copyright: Omar El Akkad. Für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main. Übersetzung von von Gabriele Kempf-Allié und Manfred Allié (P)2017 Argon Verlag GmbH, Berlin

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Title: The Killbug Eulogies

Author: Will Madden

Narrator: Will Madden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-17

Publisher: Square Straw Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

Disemboweled by the razor scythes of a six-foot mantis, lobotomized by hungry larvae, or roasted on an exoskeletal skewer: these are only a few of the disgusting ways to die in humanity's hopeless war against giant space insects. Deployed on a brutal bug planet without a chaplain, a depleted infantry unit has entrusted its eulogy duties to the soldier standing closest at time of death. Somehow this rotten privilege keeps falling to Pvt. Timothy Archon.

Archon's speeches explore the strange obsessions the men have developed since the war began - from archiving killbug death psalms to trying to seduce the enemy. Did these manias somehow redeem them, or only bring them quicker to their messy ends?

But more importantly: Why does Archon keep having such terrible luck?

Members Reviews:

Eulogies from a bug war

The book showed promise. I LOVE sci fi. I loved starship troopers. I've read a few other great bug based sci fi books. I was quite disappointed. Let me clarify why. The first few chapters were eulogies of sexually deviant troopers screwing bugs and were rather descriptive and sexually obsessed. Later chapters were good and the last two were exceptional. The narrator had a great range of very expressive voices for the various characters. If you can get through or fast forward past the first couple you will very much enjoy the later aspects of the story. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Short stories about life and death of men in war

Earth has been destroyed by the killbugs, an alien race similar to insects but much larger and dangerous. Now stranded on a killbug planed, several man are participating in this war, and dying. Since their chaplain has also died, Timothy Archon will be in charge of the eulogies for his fallen friends.

This book is a satire about humanity and war. Madden uses a lot of black humor to illustrate the lives and deaths of nine men of Archons battalion. Some are hilarious and some just entertaining, but there is a dark and sad undertone that did not leave me indifferent.

Each chapter is a short story telling the life and death of one of these men. Most of deaths are quite absurd, as I guess happens in real life.

I have read rave reviews about this book, and I had great expectations. I found the idea quite original, but for some reason it was not my cup of tea. I think it is a book to be enjoyed in small doses, and not just in one sit.

The book is narrated by the author himself, and he did a wonderful job, artistically and technically both. He gave voices to the different characters and delivered wonderful interpretations. The audio production quality was perfect, at the level of a professional narrator.

I received a copy of this book in audio format from the author in exchange for an honest review.

The title said it all

One long book of Eulogies. Lots of tongue in cheek humor with shades of Heinlein's Starship Troopers. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Good read

This one was a little bit different but not in a bad way.