Jaco du Preez
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Hedgewitch
- Spellmonger, Book 14
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,626
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,083
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,052
After Alshari Court Wizard Pentandra survives her third assassination attempt in the Tower of Sorcery, she sends her deputy, Sir Rondal, to investigate the mysterious origins of the attempt while she contends with Alshari court politics. Matters come to a head when he and Kitten rescue an old woman and her grandson from certain death...only to discover she is the lost hedgewitch who gave Pentandra a book of secret prophecies about the future.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nothing happens.
- By Amazon Customer on 02-04-22
- Hedgewitch
- Spellmonger, Book 14
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
Time and profecy for background
Reviewed: 03-08-22
While this book is only a small part of the series of provided a good backstory for the happenings during the previous book. Having another viewpoint of the saga is a great strategy.
With this book focus on profecy and knowing what will happen, as the events are at the same time of the previous book, you feel like you have knowledge of profecy that is of the story.
Great narration and a good addition to the series and just enough bad, good and suspense to not just make it a happy go lucky 'we always win' book.
Now there is danger all over and your allies are also dangerous as time is now against them.
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Breakaway
- Expeditionary Force, Book 12
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,082
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,538
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10,499
The Merry Band of Pirates offered the bad guys a ceasefire. We won’t mess with them, if they don’t mess with us. Easy, right? No. The aliens chose to do things the hard way. So, the Pirates are racing around the galaxy to clean up the threat to Earth. The infant UN Navy has their own mission with the Alien Legion: Get humanity some allies in the fight. And the Ethics & Compliance Office might have to do something...ethical. Unless they can find a way around it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By John Putney on 06-03-21
- Breakaway
- Expeditionary Force, Book 12
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Just end the series already
Reviewed: 01-27-22
It is so tiring to have the same story arc in every book feeling stale and frustrating. Just wrap up the current story and focus on a new story in the same universe from this series. It feels like in every book in this series a nonsensical plot is derived to push the pertagonist into a panicked rush to fix a wold ending issue, resolve it and then face another cilamity as a twist ending. It is aspecially evident in this book the last couple of books are filler books. Not sure if I can push through another book in this series.
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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124,908
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107,776
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107,665
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This classic deserves better
- By Matthew Salvo on 07-01-21
Interesting story but heavy on gay vilification
Reviewed: 01-11-22
The book was writen a long time ago so the backstory that is not really expanded on of how AIs had a war which resulted in the weird use of technology in analogue form. It sets the tone for how the world works and why certain things are done that way instead of just using machine learning to find or create bots you need to control that are not automated.
The main downside of when this book was writen is also how fasionable is was to vilinise the gay community as the main bad guy schenes of depravity is explained in detail which has no bearing on the story. Which means the writer was a massive bigot. That alone almost made me so I could not finish the story. Due to the undertones making the story unpleasant I will just stick to the new renditions of the movie.
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Iron Prince
- Warformed: Stormweaver, Book 1
- By: Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 33 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,205
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,045
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,033
Reidon Ward will become a god. He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly, and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him. However, his perseverance has not gone unnoticed, and when the most powerful artificial intelligence in human history takes an interest in him, things began to change quickly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I've heard all year!!
- By Reading Obsessed on 03-23-21
- Iron Prince
- Warformed: Stormweaver, Book 1
- By: Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Nice concept and building the of a great series
Reviewed: 09-20-21
This book is coming of age type story that starts from a seed of an idea and builds into a nice concept and setup that can be good in the continuation of the story.
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The Sandman
- By: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52,881
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46,190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46,011
When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely Epic!
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 07-16-20
- The Sandman
- By: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, Michael Sheen
Nice performance with lots of DC universe tie in
Reviewed: 09-20-21
The story is a little jaring jumping from scene to scene and can get pretty gorry if its not what you expect, The descriptions of the scenes are relatively ok and the sounds added build the scene a little better where it is lacking in the narration.
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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 190,545
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 174,186
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Story5 out of 5 stars 173,633
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
Refreshing emotional fun and exciting book
Reviewed: 09-11-21
This book is a bit of a rollercoaster with complex theories and suspenseful events which keeps you guessing. A great book that I would recommend.
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Students of the Order
- The Order, Book 1
- By: Edward W. Robertson, Sam Lang
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 22 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,103
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 988
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 979
In the realm of Isodoro, just two things stand between Alliance lands and the spears and muskets of the orcish hordes: the wizards of the Order and constant infighting amongst the orcs themselves. In the Alliance capital, young Wit has just been promoted from apprentice to full wizard - and saddled with the very unglamorous task of traveling to a distant iron mine to inspect it for fraud. Worse yet, he's partnered with Wa'llach, a drunken dwarven prisoner who's killed more people than most plagues. Yet those skills are about to become very handy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Tedious and lacking heart
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 01-02-21
- Students of the Order
- The Order, Book 1
- By: Edward W. Robertson, Sam Lang
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Long winded and confusing as an Audiobook
Reviewed: 08-30-21
The book started with so much potential but drags on for way to long before getting to the main story.
The use of jumping between characters and time is extremely yarring and you have to re-listen section because its so confusing. This book does not work well as an Audiobook as it leaves you confused many times but teasing with the promise of a good story but never deliveres on that.
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The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38,694
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34,418
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34,314
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?
- By L. Newman on 01-11-20
- The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Even better than the movie.
Reviewed: 02-28-21
The book has more details than the movie and is just as captivating. The narration is top notch and tone and speed is good.
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Reckless Magic
- By: Rachel Higginson
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,210
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,798
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,783
Sixteen-year-old Eden Matthews has been in and out of private schools for the last two years. She can't seem to stop herself from closing them down. Kingsley is her last chance to finish high school. Only Kingsley isn't like the other schools she's been to. The students are different. But, then again, so is she. After meeting Kiran Kendrick, the mysterious boy who seems to be the source of all her problems, she is suddenly in a world that feels more make-believe than reality.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Main Character is an Absolute Idiot.
- By Elizabeth on 03-04-20
- Reckless Magic
- By: Rachel Higginson
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
Painfully predictable and zero imagination
Reviewed: 10-26-20
This story follows so many tropes from Twilight and Harry Potter it feels cliché. The story is so painfully predictable with terrible character development and pacing; creating a feeling like its written for the brainless. Anakin Skywalker's love story is more interesting that this boring teen romp. The 'Ex Machina' event are shoehorned into the plot to push the dumb story further. I gave up half way through as I cannot stand the main character or supporting cast of rebels.
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Valkyrie
- Expeditionary Force, Book 9
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 21,956
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19,928
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19,846
After saving the world many times, the Merry Band of Pirates have accepted the inevitable: Earth is doomed. All they can do is try to bring a few thousand people to safety, before vicious aliens arrive to destroy humanity's home world. No. There is one other thing they can do: hit the enemy so hard that the aliens will regret they ever heard of humans.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A chore to read. A disappointment and repetitive.
- By Kevin on 02-04-20
- Valkyrie
- Expeditionary Force, Book 9
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
More of the same with twist ending
Reviewed: 03-04-20
This book series has good narration with the story feeling a bit repetitive at this point with each proceeding book following the same story arc. The arc was always find out they missed something in past book, launch mission to fix it, have some drama with the solution and finish with completion of current task before setting the stage for the next calamity. This book they finally break with the monotonous story with a cliffhanger to set the stage for the next phase of the story. It's a shame the cliffhanger is completely illogical.
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