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Title: The World Walker

Subtitle: The World Walker Series, Book 1

Author: Ian W. Sainsbury

Narrator: Todd Boyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1224 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Just outside Los Angeles, a prisoner hidden away for 70 years sits up, gets off the bed and disappears through a solid wall.

In Australia, a magician impresses audiences by producing real elephants. Nobody realizes it's not an illusion.

Across the world, individuals and ancient organizations with supernatural power suddenly detect the presence of something even they can't understand.

At the center of it all, Seb Varden, a 32-year old musician with a secret in his past, slits his wrists, is shot dead and run over on the freeway. He's had better days.

Seb is about to discover the universe is a far more complicated place than he'd ever imagined.

Members Reviews:

Good Stuff

Very good read w/ some sneaky creativity... First you think SF, then you think fantasy, then you thin SF again... It literally is SF&F perfectly blended, w/ a strong influence of the Clark assertion that anything not sufficiently understood is indistinguishable from magic... Genre bending and fusing... Kinda urban/contemporary fantasy, but only slightly as the SF elements become more recognizable... Some really good characters, complete w/ a decidedly dastardly bad guy... The narration is adequate, but adds little to the experience... Which is fine, bc this story is where it's at and the narrator has it easy w/ such a smooth flowing yarn... Feels like there's a dash of Larry Niven's Magic universe influencing w/ better results imo...

Decent read

Different plot direction that I initially assumed was happening. I liked the direction, was just blind sided by it. This doesn't happen often so I'm happy with the result. Can't wait for book 2.

Returning - too many naked, sexy outwitted women

A long time ago I read Robert Heinlein's stories, and those pushed the boundaries of sex in science fiction. Yet the stories were good sci-fi for the time and he was a favorite author for many years. (Recent listens years later . . . the stories aren't as good in comparison to recent sci-fi works) There's going to be some sex in some stories and that's fine. But sometimes an author goes too far and then the story suffers.

6 more hours left in this book and I am giving up as two characters are going to go back to the "7 naked women" they left in another room. Enough already.

Listening to audio books is entertainment for me. All I can keep thinking about while listening to this author's writing is how he is affecting the thinking of the young men who listen to this and will think this is how women should be treated.

This book normalizes misogynistic behavior.

Plus, the narrator has mispronounced a few words - which is also irritating in an audio book.

Great series starter

This book was published spring of 2016 and two sequels have already hit the stands coming out about every six months. This first book features Sebastian "Seb" Varden, a 32-year-old musician who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is intent on suicide. Instead he's touched by an alien who heals him and gives him what appear to be magical powers. He becomes a World Walker.