Ricky Heaston
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Carpathians
- By: Paul Dixon
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Story4 out of 5 stars 273
Humans have reached the stars. There is no evidence any other species survived its own sentience long enough to do the same. Until now, when the Magellanix deep-space scout Accipiter discovers the Artifact, a million-year-old alien construct resting in a dormant volcano on a faraway world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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couldn't make it through this book....
- By Will S. on 09-26-24
- Carpathians
- By: Paul Dixon
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
NM
Reviewed: 12-06-24
no thanks it was not that good so no review and I don't want to leave 15 words
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Practical Adept
- Spellmonger, Book 17
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,331
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,184
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,184
After facing war, death, unruly gods, and unmitigated evil, Minalan the Spellmonger is forced to return to Farise, the site of his earliest battles, with the simple assignment to conquer the subtropical city-state and expel the pirates that plague the kingdom’s shipping. Tired of warfare, Minalan embarks on a clandestine campaign to do so, assuming an alias and setting up shop in Farise as a mere Practical Adept as cover for his operation. Recruiting a cadre of talented agents to assist, he reluctantly begins the task of infiltrating and observing Farisian society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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there is a magic to writing this good
- By Sherry on 09-24-24
- Practical Adept
- Spellmonger, Book 17
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
please hurry book 18
Reviewed: 11-19-24
I am literally addicted to the spellmonger books. I have re listened to the entire series 4 times now to ensure I have the proper context for the latest books. I'm ready for book 18 now.
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High Mage
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,492
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,427
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,375
Things were starting to look up for Magelord Minalan the Spellmonger: The magic mountain in his domain not only made him a wealthy man and the most powerful mage in history, it also produced a lode of magical gemstones with unique properties - properties the Alka Alon, the masters of magic on Callidore, are fascinated by. When Minalan gets his chance to trade some of his magic rocks for irionite, he finds himself in a position to raise hundreds more magi with the stones...making them High Magi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series can not wait for the next
- By Joseph on 05-22-18
- High Mage
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
A true classic in the making.
Reviewed: 08-26-24
I am 62 years old, on my 4TH play through. Yes these books are that immersive. The Spellmonger series is easily destined to go down as one the great fantasy series of our age. Sometimes Tolkienesk but often unique, always funny, very adult and witty and clever and massively entertaining. Never boring, multi faceted plot lines and never juvenile. This is truly a classic in the making. oh and John Lee is the ONLY narrator in my veiw.
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Decayed Legacy
- Ruins of the Earth, Book 4
- By: Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 960
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 892
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Story5 out of 5 stars 891
In the wake of defeating Gornath of the Ontishog, above the streets of Manhattan, and saving Earth from a devastating plague, Wic and Phantom Team believe their work is done. But Major Insarka Kindesh has other plans for the heroes and invites them back to Karkin Four. Phantom Team cross through New York’s origin ring to find the Blood Guard orchestrating covert operations against an Androchidan Empire in the throes of war. But galactic battle is not this trip’s focus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have only one word…. Outstanding
- By NubianGod on 10-26-23
- Decayed Legacy
- Ruins of the Earth, Book 4
- By: Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
well that's it I'm out!!!
Reviewed: 04-28-24
the sample of the next book was more than I could stand. why would anyone switch narrators in the middle of a series. just an amateur move. I wouldn't have even listened to the first three books with this guy over acting every syllable.
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Perdido Street Station
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,530
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,136
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,123
The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night. For a thousand years, the Parliament and its brutal militias have ruled over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, crooks, and junkies. Now a stranger has arrived, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand. And something unthinkable is released.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, wonderful book -- horrible recording
- By James on 08-19-09
- Perdido Street Station
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: John Lee
Booooring....
Reviewed: 01-21-24
Endless stacking of three and four word descriptions is not the same as actually world building. Almost 5 hours in and still Nothing noteworthy has happened yet.
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Stars End: The Complete Series Box Set
- M.R. Forbes Box Sets
- By: M. R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 26 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 686
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 639
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 637
One man's epic story of loyalty, perseverance, and hope in a galaxy at war. Now in a single volume. Alliance Navy Commander Grayson Stone is patrolling a nearby space station when a mysterious starship appears. It emerges from a storm of fire, its shields impenetrable, its weapons overwhelming, attacking without provocation and annihilating everything in its path.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Jim
- By Kindle CustomerJim on 02-21-22
- Stars End: The Complete Series Box Set
- M.R. Forbes Box Sets
- By: M. R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
like a b sci-fi movie hosted by Rod Serling
Reviewed: 10-27-23
The dialog and character interactions are juvenile sounding, there seems to be no real story arc its just endless melodramatic situations and the whole thing is made much worse by the very Rod Serling like narrator droning on like an infinite introduction to Night Gallery... Maybe good for someone but not for me.
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Galaxy's Edge, Part II
- Galaxy's Edge, Book 3, 4
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,100
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,247
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,219
Legion Dark Ops calls upon Chhun, Wraith, and the survivors of Victory Company to form an elite Kill Team of legionnaires in the aftermath of the Battle of Kublar. Their mission is clear: find and eliminate those responsible for the Kublar disaster. Standing between them and their objective are a maze of corrupt Republic officials, a spy on the verge of losing himself in deep cover, and the Zhee - a murderous species that will stop at nothing. But the biggest threat of all might be the truth they seek to uncover - a truth that could ignite a revolution. And engulf the galaxy in flames.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not sure what happened here.
- By Joe A. Consumer on 10-17-18
- Galaxy's Edge, Part II
- Galaxy's Edge, Book 3, 4
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Thinley masked Star Wars universe
Reviewed: 01-08-23
I'm going to continue this series because I'm bored not because it's good. Everything about this Book reeks of Star Wars rip offs. Without the Star Wars universe this book would not exist. There's far too much intellectual property list, right down to character names, the faulty physics concepts and the exactly similar tech, and so I'll just leave it at that. Its not a horrible story. In fact it tells a little peoples viewpoint that has alway been quite week in the SW universe but it would have been better if the writers had just gotten permission and wrote an actual SW story so they could have the legend that comes with it. Instead I spent too much time try to catch them at copy cating.
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Kantovan Vault
- Spiral Wars, Book 3
- By: Joel Shepherd
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,486
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,346
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,341
The UFS Phoenix is on a mission to find a lost data-core that may contain the secret to defeating the alo-deepynine alliance. But the means to find the data-core is hidden deep in tavalai space, in a highest-security vault where the tavalai's manipulative State Department keep all their most treacherous secrets. To recover it, Phoenix must pull off the most daring heist the Spiral has ever seen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ready for book 4
- By Skipper on 04-08-17
- Kantovan Vault
- Spiral Wars, Book 3
- By: Joel Shepherd
- Narrated by: John Lee
don't like straight combat scifi this isn't that
Reviewed: 11-11-22
on my second listening since the latest book in this series recently dropped. characters are mostly developing, plot is twisty, story has a minimum of holes and blind alleys. while primarily a military novel its got more depth than most. im all in
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Fallen Empire
- Born of Ash Series, Book 1
- By: Marc Alan Edelheit
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
After years of catastrophic fighting, the rebellion is over. The First Galactic Empire has fallen. Instead of liberation and a return to democracy, freedom, and a new golden age, humanity has been plunged into darkness. Eighteen years after the Great Fall of civilization, stranded on the wrecked world Asherho, Keira Kane struggles to make her way. Adopted, protected, and raised by former Imperial Marines, Keira has been trained as a mechanic and technician. Her skillset is indispensable to maintaining the decaying infrastructure of her dying planet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't pay attention to those John Lee haters
- By Ricky Heaston on 08-27-22
- Fallen Empire
- Born of Ash Series, Book 1
- By: Marc Alan Edelheit
- Narrated by: John Lee
Don't pay attention to those John Lee haters
Reviewed: 08-27-22
I love John Lee and won't often listen to anyone else. Most of the women narrators make me feel like some kindergarten teacher is reading a nursery rhyme which might work for some people but is all wrong for my scifi. Others like the raspy one character voice of Bray are fine for first person war novels where the hero describes all the action and no other characters exist outside of protagonist perspective. John Lee is an exceptional voice actor and once you understand his cadence, you will find it disappointing to listen to anyone else. Looking forward to John Lee reading the next in book this series because I feel like the story arc has alot of unique potential.
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 190,924
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 174,548
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Story5 out of 5 stars 173,996
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Good good good!
Reviewed: 04-12-22
Definitely needs to be a feature length movie with Chris Pratt. Ray Porter must have been working directly with Andy Weir, the emotional connection to the story was the best Ive ever heard. Maybe Ray should star in it. Very good hard science story.
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