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Beneath a Blood Red Moon
- The Alliance Vampires, Book 1
- By: Heather Graham
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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For more than a century, Maggie Montgomery has hidden her true nature from the humans around her. But when Lieutenant Sean Canady follows a trail of blood from a drained corpse to the door of her New Orleans boutique, the ethereal beauty realizes the comfortable life she’s made for herself is once again in danger.... Despite her fears that her secrets are no longer safe, it’s the past that could ultimately be Maggie’s undoing. Sean Canady, a Civil War hero, was the love of her life.
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Somewhat disappointing...
- By karen on 05-08-14
- Beneath a Blood Red Moon
- The Alliance Vampires, Book 1
- By: Heather Graham
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Boring!
Reviewed: 09-11-14
I gave up listening to this, I just did not connect with the characters and found the story line boring.
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The Drowned Cities
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man - a bioengineered war beast named Tool - who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses.
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Another grim, gripping collapsed-world adventure
- By Ryan on 09-01-12
- The Drowned Cities
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Too grim and brutal for me
Reviewed: 11-21-13
I tried to like this book, but there was nothing in it that I could like, it was dark, grim and brutal. The book was well written and well read but just not for me.
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Invasion
- Book One of the Secret World Chronicle
- By: Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey, Cody Martin, and others
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
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The world had become used to the metahumans - people sometimes perfectly ordinary, but sometimes quite extraordinary in appearance - who mostly worked with their governments as high-powered peace officers, fighting crime, and sometimes fighting rogue metahumans who had become super-criminals. Then that comfortable world ended in just one terrifying day.
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It's ...okay.
- By C Yohe on 10-16-12
- Invasion
- Book One of the Secret World Chronicle
- By: Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey, Cody Martin, Dennis Lee
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
I did not warm to this book
Reviewed: 10-26-13
Baddies vs goodies, black hats vs white hats. Definitely no shades of grey in this book.
Silly names Yankee Doodle, Red Saviour Belladonna Blue and an uninspiring story means I won't be buying the second book. Pity because I normally like Mercedes' books, maybe she just put her name to this one and the other authors did the writing? Too many cooks?
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The Course of Empire
- By: Eric Flint, K. D. Wentworth
- Narrated by: Chris Patton
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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Conquered by the Jao twenty years ago, the Earth is shackled under alien tyranny - and threatened by the even more dangerous Ekhat, one of whose genocidal extermination fleets is coming to the solar system. The only chance for human survival is in the hands of an unusual pair of allies: a young Jao prince, newly arrived to Terra to assume his duties, and a young human woman brought up amongst the Jao occupiers. But, as their tentative alliance takes shape, they are under pressure from all sides.
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ERIC FLINT'S VENTURE INTO FULL SCI-FI MODE
- By Professor on 11-01-12
- The Course of Empire
- By: Eric Flint, K. D. Wentworth
- Narrated by: Chris Patton
Good, with interesting takes on alien thinking
Reviewed: 09-13-13
I found it a bit slow to start with but once it got going I really enjoyed it. The psychological differences were interesting
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Schism
- Triad, Book 1
- By: Catherine Asaro
- Narrated by: Suzanne Weintraub, Catherine Asaro
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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In 2002, Catherine Asaro won the Nebula Award for The Quantum Rose, the sixth novel in her Saga of the Skolian Empire. This very same novel was also named Best SF Novel by the Romantic Times. Schism: Part One of Triad is the 10th novel in this multiple award-winning series
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Pre teen girl stuff
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 07-23-11
- Schism
- Triad, Book 1
- By: Catherine Asaro
- Narrated by: Suzanne Weintraub, Catherine Asaro
Good intro to Skolian empire
Reviewed: 07-18-13
Well written but I was annoyed by the narrator pronouncing the silent P in Psion, It should be the the same pronunciation as Psychology, or any other Ps words.
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Driving Mr. Dead
- By: Molly Harper
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Miranda Puckett has failed at every job she’s ever had. Her mother just wants her to come home, join the family law firm, and settle down with Jason, the perfect lawyer boyfriend. But when Jason turns out to be a lying cheater, Miranda seizes on a job that gets her out of town: long-distance vampire transportation. Her first assignment is to drive vampire Collin Sutherland from Washington to sleepy Half Moon Hollow without incident—no small feat for a woman whom trouble seems to follow like a faithful hound dog!
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Molly Harper can't write fast enough for me!!!!
- By d.e.matthews on 01-14-12
- Driving Mr. Dead
- By: Molly Harper
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
Wanted it to be longer
Reviewed: 02-13-13
I enjoyed the story and the narration was good. But I was just getting into it when it finished, I wanted more!
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Pathfinder
- Pathfinder, Book 1
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg’s strange talent for seeing the paths of people’s pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him - secrets about Rigg’s own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.
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Entertaining and Irritating.
- By DJM on 01-06-11
- Pathfinder
- Pathfinder, Book 1
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, Kristoffer Tabori, Scott Brick
Kept looking to see how much longer it go on for!
Reviewed: 02-13-13
I have enjoyed Mr Card's books in the past but found this one heavy going, with long involved explanations and unappealing characters. It started off well enough but then seemed to lose its way. It needed to be sharper and punchier with a quicker moving story line for me.
I also found the changes in narrator distracting, not sure what this added but I did not like it. I won't be buying any more books in what is obviously the start of a new series.
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The Last Centurion
- By: John Ringo
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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In the second decade of the 21st century, the world is struck by two catastrophes: a new mini-ice age and a plague to dwarf all previous experiences. Rising out of the disaster is the character known to history as "Bandit Six", an American Army officer caught up in the struggle to rebuild the world and prevent the fall of his homeland - despite the best efforts of politicians, both elected and military.
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Enjoy the story and forget the politics
- By Lindsay on 01-28-11
- The Last Centurion
- By: John Ringo
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Too Macho for me
Reviewed: 01-14-13
Whilst Dan did a good job on the narration the main protagonist was just too full of himself for my taste and the unnecessary use of F*** all the time was just plain annoying. Did not get past the first couple of chapters so returned it.
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No Going Back
- Jon & Lobo, Book 5
- By: Mark L. Van Name
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Haunted by memories of children he could not save, Jon Moore is so increasingly self-destructive that even his best friend, the hyper-intelligent Predator-Class Assault Vehicle, Lobo, is worried. When Jon risks meeting a woman from his distant past and undertakes a high-stakes mission, Lobo fears this will be their last. The job is illegal. They have to take on one of the oldest, most powerful men alive. Two different security forces are tracking them. And Jon is falling in love.
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REVELATION
- By Professor on 11-24-12
- No Going Back
- Jon & Lobo, Book 5
- By: Mark L. Van Name
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
Can't get on with narrator's voice
Reviewed: 01-12-13
I have read the Jon & Lobo books and looked forward to hearing the next instalment, unfortunately I couldn't get on with Tom's voice and delivery method. I found it lacked emotion and even in the exiting passages I found the delivery to be flat.
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Dead Until Dark
- Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1
- By: Charlaine Harris
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn't get out much - not because she's not pretty - she's a very cute bubbly blonde - or not interested in a social life. She really is . . . but Sookie's got a bit of a disability. She can read minds.
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Fangtastic!
- By Donnna-marie on 12-15-09
- Dead Until Dark
- Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1
- By: Charlaine Harris
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Not to my taste
Reviewed: 01-12-13
I found this a whiney story with Sookie an annoying character. I won't be buying anymore.
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