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Beyond Visual Range
- Mark Rollins Adventures, Book 6
- By: Tom Collins
- Narrated by: Eric Bryan Moore
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The Outer Space Treaty prohibited nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed in or used from Earth’s orbit. What no one could imagine was that mankind would conceive of the simplest weapon ever deployed - one with extinction power - to launch from space. The military named this weapon “Rods from God". And yet, it is not nuclear, biological, or chemical. Two women drone pilots battle in outer space to defend their country from a rogue military element threatening to overthrow the government.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Let Down
- By Preston26 on 08-18-20
- Beyond Visual Range
- Mark Rollins Adventures, Book 6
- By: Tom Collins
- Narrated by: Eric Bryan Moore
Beyond Good!
Reviewed: 11-24-20
A friend recommended this book so I listened to the sample. Never heard of Eric Brian Moore but I loved the narration immediately so I say sure, worth a credit.
I've listened to 500+ titles (going back to the 1900's with Books on Tape) and this reader is as good as any I have ever heard. George Guidell, Frank Mueller, Arthur Morey - even Dick Estell (now you know how long I've been consuming Audible).
Now the story. I re-read one of the other reviews and I can't help think, GOSH, she's nitpicking. Is Tom Collins the next Vince Flynn? OK, maybe not. BUT Mark Rollins does remind me of Mitch Rapp :)
I like super detailed tech thrillers and Collins does a superb job of weaving in the interesting facts to support the plot. I like it when a book has the President of the United States as a character. As I write this in November of 2020, this book foreshadows the populist president questioning the validity of an election and even hinting at a military coup.
Collins could not have been more timely and spot on with his observations about the polar divide in the USA today.
I especially like authors who get better with every book. Based on other reviews, I can't wait for the next effort from Mr. Collins.
PS - Really? Tom Collins? Probably a pseudonym. Next you'll tell me his wife's name is Margarita!
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,511
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,183
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- By Mel on 03-19-15
- In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Daring and Brave Men
Reviewed: 12-11-15
Very much enjoyed reading this book very well written and the quotes of the characters that the author selected to include were also very expressive and moving. Deep appreciation for how rough and committed and hard these men were Who sailed the ship up into the Arctic in 1880s. Arthur Morey is becoming one of my favorite narrators as well. He was fantastic in the Elon Musk biography and stellar in his reading of the Warrior Elite, Dick Couch's Navy Seal book.
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