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Tenure
- Tenure, Book 1
- By: Blaine L. Pardoe, Mike Baron
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Braxton Knox was a veteran, a university professor, a conservative family man—a good person, commanding the respect of those who knew him. Until the day when one innocent slip of the tongue brought down the merciless wrath of the woke social justice mob—ultimately costing him his career, his family, his home, and almost his life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting idea, but filled with caricatures not characters.
- By S. Cooper on 02-14-25
- Tenure
- Tenure, Book 1
- By: Blaine L. Pardoe, Mike Baron
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
lol no comment
Reviewed: 03-22-25
Well written. While the revenge fantasy shocks the conscience, the depiction of the present age is spot on.
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Tower of Silence
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,676
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,552
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,552
The assassination of the chief judge has pushed the Capitol to the edge. The Great Extermination has spread to all the land. The casteless must be annihilated. Their only hope is the fallen Protector Ashok Vadal. But Vadal is being held prisoner on the island of Fortress. In order to save those who need him most, he must escape and find his way across the demon-infested sea and return to Thera, the prophet of an illegal and forgotten god. It is she who has sent the Sons of the Black Sword to war against the warrior caste, hoping to buy time until Vadal’s return.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not enough MC content
- By A.E. Perkins on 03-20-24
- Tower of Silence
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Simply the best fantasy being written today
Reviewed: 03-30-24
Larry Correia is a great writer, and unless he stumbles and falls into a vat of moron, this is going to be the greatest series he has written yet. If he finishes as well as he started, it’s going to be a series only comparable to the Wheel of Time, the Sword of Shannara, Game of Thrones, and Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives. It’s better than the latter on the list, more important and moreover interesting. The adventure on its face is riveting, but Correia delves into existentialist philosophy as he confronts an atheistic world living with demons.
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Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
- Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Book 6
- By: Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Suzy Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 829
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 735
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 735
As a Knight of Crystallia, I, Bastille, swore to protect the Smedry clan from the Evil Librarians. (And believe me, screwups like them constantly need protecting.) But when Alcatraz Smedry got strapped to an altar of outdated encyclopedias to be sacrificed to the dark gods, I arrived too late―and instead his father took his place. Now Alcatraz is a blubbering mess, so it’s up to me lead the charge against his father’s killer: Biblioden, founder of the Evil Librarians―I was sure he died centuries ago!―who’s back to complete his goal of world domination.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Alcatraz, we will always miss you.
- By Bonnie on 09-24-22
- Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
- Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Book 6
- By: Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Suzy Jackson
Dumb, dark story
Reviewed: 03-22-24
There are plenty of entertaining and novel elements about this story, but it gets hackneyed and repetitive quickly. He took a good premise and then extended it into many books with cliffhangers based upon a promised ending that he couldn’t arrive at well. Skip the series.
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Cytonic
- Skyward, Book 3
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,737
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,342
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,324
Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus, and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell - the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. What’s more, she traveled light-years from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small planet home. Now, the Superiority - the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life - has started a galaxy-wide war.
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2 out of 5 stars
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SCUD!!!
- By Terre on 12-01-21
- Cytonic
- Skyward, Book 3
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Revising down my reviews
Reviewed: 03-22-24
Brandon Sanderson ruins this epic YA saga with early sexuality and profanity. I “read” it to preview for sharing with my children. They will not be reading it.
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Starsight
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22,791
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20,212
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20,144
All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true - he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat disappointed 😞
- By Eric Sellers on 12-16-19
- Starsight
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Revising down my reviews
Reviewed: 03-22-24
Brandon Sanderson ruins this epic YA saga with early sexuality and profanity. I “read” it to preview for sharing with my children. They will not be reading it.
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Defiant
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,760
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,332
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,332
Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she’s had about her own strange Cytonic gifts. The Superiority didn’t stop fighting for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. Spensa’s team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it’s only a matter of time until humanity—and the rest of the galaxy—falls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Form Skyward Flight!
- By Anonymous User on 11-22-23
- Defiant
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Completely inappropriate profanity and sexual behavior
Reviewed: 03-22-24
I don’t understand why this Mormon author thought it necessary to add sexuality and profanity to his novels. I understand he wanted to make it more realistic, but that actually is a problem with a fantasy work. Fantasy is not realism, which is why it is imperative that the author connect with the Everyman. A child’s Everyman journey is distinct from an adult’s. Some children may be pushed into early sexuality, but the whole point of everyman is to create a universal consciousness that readers can connect to as they advance into the fantasy realm. By introducing sexuality and profanity, the author is not connecting with all of us. Ironically, he’s not connecting with those who profess his same values. Christians and Mormons do not want their children engaging in early sexuality and profanity, and so if this is not for them then it makes sense. Yet, I would suggest that my children are actuallydemographic he wants to target. In that sense the whole story is ruined. My children will not connect with this novel. I barely could, even as a child of the world raised by a single mom and molested. I think his privilege is showing.
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The Wizard's Stone
- By: Herman Hunter
- Narrated by: Steve Fortune
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Odo didn't know what was in store for him when the wizard called him into his study. The wizard gave him a simple task—deliver a stone, wrapped, sealed, and warded to a king halfway across the world. And to this end, Odo will be protected by a band of skilled mercenaries, paid a staggering fortune in gold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a good book.
- By Rob on 03-10-23
- The Wizard's Stone
- By: Herman Hunter
- Narrated by: Steve Fortune
A beautiful book
Reviewed: 03-01-24
I greatly enjoyed this book. The narrator did a fabulous job, has a wonderful voice for storytelling. I want to find more books by this author, and read them all.
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Superluminary
- The Complete Trilogy
- By: John C. Wright
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4 out of 5 stars 108
The Lords of Creation rule the Nine Worlds through its control of the ultra-advanced technology that has permitted the colonization of the entire solar System. More gods than men, the Lords of Creation have cheated Death itself. But although they rule the solar system with their god-like scientific knowledge, there are even more powerful forces to be feared lurking out in the dark depths of space. And when an unthinkably terrible enemy that rules a vast network of dead stars and planets comes to the Nine Worlds, it falls to them to stop it, though entire worlds may perish.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sci-fi on a scale most authors can't even dream of
- By Zach on 04-17-19
- Superluminary
- The Complete Trilogy
- By: John C. Wright
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
A beautiful story, if your mind can handle it
Reviewed: 12-19-23
While it might sound absurd to say, this book is one of the rare science-fiction novels that requires a firm grasp of science to enjoy. Sharpen your astrophysics, your post, Newtonian physics, your theology, your philosophy, your math. The conclusion is epic, but it is an extensive process to get there, the journey across galaxies and back.
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Blue Dawn
- By: Blaine L. Pardoe
- Narrated by: Edward Thornton
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 124
Almost five years ago, America—as everyone knew it—came to an abrupt end in a spectacular coup d'état. It was called the Liberation by those progressives and radicals that screamed for its outcome; the Fall by its victims whose freedoms were trampled. The White House and the Capitol were overrun by anarchists, and the leaders of the once-proud nation were either imprisoned or sent to social quarantine camps. The president was arrested and eventually died in prison, or so everyone was led to believe. America was rebooted in a new progressive/socialist image, Newmerica.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cautionary tale or prophecy? Only time will tell.
- By W on 12-22-22
- Blue Dawn
- By: Blaine L. Pardoe
- Narrated by: Edward Thornton
Excellent story
Reviewed: 05-02-23
Arguably, this book is merely a faithful update to the famous Red Dawn, fighting against the same ideologies as that prior work. The only difference is that this time the invaders are domestic, rather than Cubans and Russians. Pardoe is a good writer, and the Audible version of this book is very satisfying. This book certainly won’t win any awards, nor is it likely that anyone will make a miniseries. However, it is worth five stars because it’s well executed.
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A Killer in the Wind
- By: Andrew Klavan
- Narrated by: Andrew Klavan
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150
Three years ago, working vice for the NYPD, Dan Champion uncovered a sex slavery ring run by a kingpin known only as the Fat Woman. Obsessed with bringing her down, Champion infiltrated a world of sexual obsession and perversity. He broke the case, but the case also broke him. He started taking drugs and soon began to form hallucinations...a dead child prowling the streets of New York...a beautiful woman named Samantha who would have given him the love he always wanted - if she'd only been real.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reality or a dream? Flashback or Hallucination?
- By Kent Covington on 01-24-13
- A Killer in the Wind
- By: Andrew Klavan
- Narrated by: Andrew Klavan
Riveting
Reviewed: 03-23-23
I loved the pacing of the story, like a constant pursuit, until the very end. I like the play on words in the title. It was compelling to have the author read his own writing. In the way he intended it, I think it added punch to the writing style. A riveting thriller, worth the read, and the money.
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