Martin A. Healey
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Beyond the Wall
- A Novel of Post - Roman Britain
- By: Jason Kyle
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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The legions are but a memory, the glory of Rome only a shadow of crumbling ruins and broken walls. A darkening tide of barbarism was washing across Britain’s shores and the lights of civilization were slowly flickering out into darkness, only kept burning by the legendary Red Dragons cavalry unit. Led by their Tribune, Arthur, who serves no kingdom but goes where the fight is hardest and most crucial, they wage desperate battles to keep back the tide.
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The realistic emotions felt by the main character
- By Anonymous User on 06-18-25
- Beyond the Wall
- A Novel of Post - Roman Britain
- By: Jason Kyle
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
Opening book in new series.
Reviewed: 06-14-25
Good first effort will certainly check out the future books. I say it is worth your time.
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By Blood, by Salt
- Land of Exile, Book 1
- By: J. L. Odom
- Narrated by: Micah Popp
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Azetla has served the Maurowan Army for thirteen years. There are seven left to pay. A pariah and a debt soldier, he is a commander with no rank, a soldier without citizenship, and wears a sword that it is unlawful for him to either own or use. He has learned to hold his tongue or risk losing everything. When Azetla’s battalion is sent into the desert to catch a Sahr devil—one of the famously brutal inhabitants of the region—his tenuous position is threatened. He discovers that there is far more to this mission than catching a fiend.
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A surprising take on the chosen One.
- By EL Montague on 06-16-25
- By Blood, by Salt
- Land of Exile, Book 1
- By: J. L. Odom
- Narrated by: Micah Popp
For a first novel the Author hits all the spots.
Reviewed: 05-13-25
Strong sense of the world interesting characters who you can believe are real. No magic here and the descriptions of place make you feel it.
Listen to it on Audible and very professional delivery. I will be looking for the next two books.
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The Vanished Series, Books 1-3
- By: B. B. Griffith
- Narrated by: Ryan Jordan McCarthy, Paul L. Coffey, Kirsten Leigh, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 43 mins
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When the crows gather over a remote Navajo Reservation in the deep Southwest, it is a sign that the thin veil that separates our world from the one beyond is about to open. Without a barrier between life and death, things pass between both worlds. Some of them are good. Most of them are not.
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Going to slog through to the end
- By KatieReviewsStuff on 04-28-21
Not great
Reviewed: 04-30-24
Tony Hillerman mixed with horror/fantasy lot of stereotypes and there are better books to spent your time on
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Tarzan of the Apes [Blackstone Edition]
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: James Slattery
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Deep in the heart of the Congo a small baby is adopted by Kala, a fierce anthropoid ape of the tribe of Kerchak. Here, protected by his savage foster mother, Tarzan (for so she named him) learned the secrets of jungle life - how to talk with all animals, how to move like a shadow, how to swing freely through the teeming forest, how to fight barehanded the great carnivores. Here he acquired the strength and agility of his guardian apes, and the same keen sense of smell and sound that all wild creatures need to protect themselves.
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Wonderful
- By Dee on 01-02-07
- Tarzan of the Apes [Blackstone Edition]
- By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrated by: James Slattery
Dated but if u can past that
Reviewed: 02-15-24
Listen to this and wow looking at it in 2024 really brings home how much the world has changed, Everything from science to social conventions is out of place. Published in 1912 I knew from my childhood reading back in the 70s that it be dated as even then it has moments where you come across a bit and find it jarring.
As an Adult found myself cringing at things that when over my head as a child but ERB still made an adventure yarn fun despite the abundance of racial stereotypes, and silly science, did people really believe Apes acted in this fashion?
So read but be warned it reflects it times and you will be triggered as they say today.
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Starship's Mage Omnibus
- Starship's Mage Series #1
- By: Glynn Stewart
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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In a galaxy tied together by the magic of the elite Jump Magi, Damien Montgomery is a newly graduated member of their number. With no family or connections to find a ship, he is forced into service on an interstellar freighter known to be hunted by pirates. When he takes drastic action to save the Blue Jay from their pursuers, he sets in motion a sequence of events beyond his control and attracts enemies on both sides of the law.
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A Fun Spacey Adventure
- By Matthew on 11-29-16
- Starship's Mage Omnibus
- Starship's Mage Series #1
- By: Glynn Stewart
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Interesting Concept
Reviewed: 11-19-23
Decent book the plot except for repeating ( OMNI) info as it has as a collection of episodes.
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The Laran Gambit
- By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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Terran child psychologist Bryn Haslund has her hands full, treating the traumatized young victims of the interplanetary Star Alliance. She’s tried to stay out of politics, leaving that to her charismatic statesman father, Ernst. Despite her best efforts to remain neutral, she gets caught in the crackdown of a protest-turned-riot. Then Ernst delivers a robotic speech in support of the Alliance’s tyrannical leader and goes missing.
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If you're a Darkover fan
- By Martin A. Healey on 06-21-23
- The Laran Gambit
- By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
If you're a Darkover fan
Reviewed: 06-21-23
You will enjoy, great to revisit the world and this had flashes of what could of been a better story.
Each time the author took the safe path.
She can close to doing a modern take on the formula but instead she stayed true to the path MZB had walked.
I will always want more and maybe someday the writer will allow the newcomer to Darkover to be taken aback by the lack of modern stuff. I mean who wants to deal with chamber pots, no books. Instead, everyone new to the world is suddenly ok with wearing the same clothing and not being able to use a modern toilet, or eating food cooked over a fire. If you camped or done a long hike ir done without toilet paper in your travels this lack of resentment just rings untrue.
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Search for the Star Stones
- By: Andre Norton
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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Murdoc Jern's father, an interstellar gem trader, was murdered by outlaw competitors and left behind an odd ring, large enough to fit over the finger of a space suit. With his companion Eet, a strange feline mutant with phenomenal mental powers, he soon discovered that the stone in the ring was actually a Zero Stone - an alien device left behind by an ancient vanished race - and it was the key to powers beyond human imagination. Murdoc and Eet had to solve the secret of the Zero Stone, and very quickly, because very greedy and dangerous people wanted that ring.
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Classic Sci-fi at it's finest!
- By Reese on 05-21-21
- Search for the Star Stones
- By: Andre Norton
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
Both Star Stone books
Reviewed: 05-18-23
Great to have an audio version of a pair of books that lived as a kid. They held up well. Left wanting more, or maybe just trained in todays world of book series- these two a linked and sequels in her Forerunner universe.
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The Changeling
- The Fey, Book 2
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: David DeSantos
- Length: 23 hrs and 33 mins
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In the years following the invasion of the Fey, Blue Isle has maintained an uneasy peace. But the marriage between the Islander prince, Nicholas, and the Fey king's granddaughter, Jewel, has not brought their peoples together in true unity, as they had hoped. And worse, the firstborn son that Nicholas and Jewel had hoped would bring the Fey and the Islanders alike to accept their union has proven to be an empty husk of a child, seen by both races as an ill omen.
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A delightful surprise!
- By Mysticalsister on 07-23-10
- The Changeling
- The Fey, Book 2
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: David DeSantos
Better than the first
Reviewed: 05-10-23
The story moves along and there are enough twists that your not bored. Some of the Characters get more depth and the stage is set for the future
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The Black Wolves of Boston
- By: Wen Spencer
- Narrated by: Ian Alan Carlsen, Corey Gagne, J. Paul Guimont, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Silas Decker had his world destroyed when he was attacked by vampires outside of New Amsterdam. He has rebuilt his life a dozen times in the last 300 years - each time less and less successfully. Now he lives alone, buried under a hoarding habit, struggling to find some reason to wake up with the setting of the sun.
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One heck of a fun book
- By Elisabeth Carey on 04-15-17
- The Black Wolves of Boston
- By: Wen Spencer
- Narrated by: Ian Alan Carlsen, Corey Gagne, J. Paul Guimont, Jennywren Walker
Great premise
Reviewed: 05-01-23
Always enjoy her work, wish she had done more in this world. The book has a bit too much of a romance feel in a few spots but not enough to put me off. The magic system was fresh and the she do s a great job with characters. A Standalone book but worth your time
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Ogres
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Emma Newman
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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It's always idyllic in the village until the landlord comes to call. Because the landlord is an Ogre. And Ogres rule the world, with their size and strength and appetites. It's always been that way. It's the natural order of the world. And they only eat people sometimes. But when the headman's son, Torquell, dares lift his hand against the landlord's son, he sets himself on a path to learn the terrible truth about the Ogres, and about the dark sciences that ensured their rule.
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Short but very fun
- By Thomas on 05-19-25
- Ogres
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Emma Newman
Great story
Reviewed: 04-25-23
Yes you can see some stuff coming but the world is laid out in away that makes you want to go on. Remind me of the Tripods and this is more a YA. Nice break from doom and sex. Great what if story
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