Walter Gottschalk
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Roadkill
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,511
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,343
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,298
Jack Kernigan is having a bad day...a bad year...a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits...something. Something big...something furry...something invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth. Fate can play funny tricks. Which is why Jack suddenly finds himself the planet’s best hope to unravel a conspiracy of galactic proportions that could spell the end of the human race.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The least helpful review of Roadkill
- By Joshua Kring on 08-05-22
- Roadkill
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Very Entertaining
Reviewed: 02-06-23
My Audible account has been pushing this story for a while and it seems to have been the case that I did enjoy thls listen. The story generally moved along in an interesting and fun way. No serious end of existence stuff. Yes would recommend for others
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Sky World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 18
- By: B.V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,488
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,243
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,231
Earth is locked in a dangerous arms race with Rigel. McGill’s efforts at diplomacy are disastrous. Events spin out of control and interstellar warfare consumes the outer provinces of the Empire. Great fleets are gathered, and troops are hurried aboard transports. Legion Varus is launched toward a secret target world. McGill leads an early strike against Rigel’s defenses, but his efforts are foiled at every turn. Who could be behind these betrayals? Could his own government be plotting his demise?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Book #18 Binged in 2 days.
- By Hunter on 12-30-22
- Sky World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 18
- By: B.V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
Very familiar feel and tone
Reviewed: 01-04-23
I enjoyed this story but it’s finally beginning to wear a little thin. The main character James McGill never seems to advance or develop more. I am sometimes having trouble separating this main character from the same in other series by this same author. I guess I will have to see if that occurs in future works
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Blue Shift
- Backyard Starship, Book 5
- By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,391
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,243
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,243
When Van gains rank as a Peacemaker, he becomes a bigger target for the criminals scattered among the stars. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. On a distant world under an alien sun, hunters and their companions—the Rovan—bond in a ritual as old as their civilization. But one of the hunters is missing, and Van, along with his growing crew, knows where to look. Climbing up into the rarified air of the super-rich, Van uncovers a new enemy: The Fade. And they are as cruel as the stars are many.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I had to stop
- By Mcclure on 03-10-23
- Blue Shift
- Backyard Starship, Book 5
- By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Another Positive Addition to the Series
Reviewed: 12-02-22
I had drifted away from this series but it feels good to return. Looking forward to continuing.
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The Wheel of Doll
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Ames
- Narrated by: Jonathan Ames
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Although badly scarred and down to his last kidney after the previous caper, Happy Doll is back in business. When a beguiling young woman turns up at his door, it’s Doll’s past that comes knocking. Mary DeAngelo is searching for her estranged mother, Ines Candle—a singular and troubled woman Doll once loved. The last he’d seen her she’d been near-death: arms slit like envelopes. Now, years later, Mary claims Ines is alive and recently made contact—only to disappear once again. Although his psychoanalyst would discourage it, Doll takes the case, desperate to see Ines again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another good Doll story
- By Deanna on 09-13-22
- The Wheel of Doll
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Ames
- Narrated by: Jonathan Ames
Another good listen from and by this author
Reviewed: 09-07-22
Our hapless hero and first person narrator again seems to lead with his face. Fortunately the face only receives lacerations from multiple sources adding to its scared story. The heavy blunt trauma is directed elsewhere without fatal results. Extra good character development. The story ends abruptly. Maybe to be picked up in the next story. Hopefully the main character will develop some insight and judgment on tactics plus will reap some financial security
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A Man Named Doll
- By: Jonathan Ames
- Narrated by: Jonathan Ames
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 550
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 481
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Story4 out of 5 stars 477
Happy Doll is a charming, if occasionally inexpert, private detective living just one sheer cliff drop beneath the Hollywood sign with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George. A veteran of both the Navy and LAPD, Doll supplements his meager income as a P.I. by working through the night at a local Thai spa that offers its clients a number of special services. Armed with his 16-inch steel telescopic baton, biting dry humor, and just a bit of a hero complex, the ex-cop sets out to protect the women who work there from clients who have trouble understanding the word "no".
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3 out of 5 stars
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interesting writing, too brutal!
- By Lyn Relph on 05-13-21
- A Man Named Doll
- By: Jonathan Ames
- Narrated by: Jonathan Ames
Not perfect but good !
Reviewed: 06-25-22
Recommended by audible and "free " with the level of my membership. Yes felt cliche but a good pot boiler plot. Will spring for the next in series. Appreciate the length. It kept on chugging along but wound up at a good pace.
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Firefly: The Ghost Machine
- The Firefly Series, Book 3
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,215
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,987
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,984
Mal and the crew take receipt of a sealed crate that they are being paid to transport to Badger, no questions asked. Yet once their cargo is safely stowed aboard, River insists Mal should "space" it out of the airlock, for it contains, she insists, ghosts.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Diisturbing.
- By Prolific E-Shopper on 09-19-20
- Firefly: The Ghost Machine
- The Firefly Series, Book 3
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
Early In March 2022 too intense to finish cheated went to end
Reviewed: 03-03-22
Here and now with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on going I found this story too intense and had to extricate myself from it. It all felt too close to current reality to remain an entertaining listen / read. Apparently my looking to Sci-fi for some form of escapist entertainment is wrong for me. The author did quite the job of dragging me through the so called depths of despair. Call me soft headed and worse but that is my visceral reaction.
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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 11,727
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,334
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,316
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
Wow! Strong Story but Complicated Ending Chapters
Reviewed: 11-27-21
I have to admit to listeing to to the last 4 or so chapters a second time. Yes many plot lines were resolved with enough left open for more. I am interested in hearing more but will resolve to be less distracted while listening. Maybe comprehend more the first time through.
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Divine Collector
- A Progression Fantasy Harem Series
- By: Mark Torr
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Erin Bateman
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 228
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4 out of 5 stars 200
Today, he has nothing. Tomorrow, he'll have power beyond reckoning. When a powerful mage slew his parents, Pryvet had nothing left but revenge. Now, a desperate wager with a distant goddess is his only path to vengeance. He'll risk everything for power undreamt. Yet, when he discovers that three gorgeous women need him, he realizes everything includes so much more than just his own life. He holds not only their lives in his hands, but also their love. For growing his family is the key to this wager and the power he seeks.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Half Decent Story But Lackluster Storytelling
- By Avid Fantasy Reader on 10-04-21
- Divine Collector
- A Progression Fantasy Harem Series
- By: Mark Torr
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Erin Bateman
An Entertaining Surprise Find
Reviewed: 11-05-21
This story felt originally slightly formulaic to the genre but then picked up. Some of the story characters felt recycled from similar quest stories. That did lend an air of revisiting some long not seen friends. I assume there’s a volume two and more?
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Midnight in Washington
- How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
- By: Adam Schiff
- Narrated by: Adam Schiff
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,655
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,298
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,283
In the years leading up to the election of Donald Trump, Congressman Adam Schiff had already been sounding the alarm over the resurgence of autocracy around the world, and the threat this posed to the United States. But as he led the probe into Donald Trump’s abuses of presidential power, Schiff came to the terrible conclusion that the principal threat to American democracy now came from within. In Midnight in Washington, Schiff argues that the Trump presidency has so weakened our institutions and compromised the Republican Party that the peril will last for years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- By Lynn on 10-18-21
- Midnight in Washington
- How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
- By: Adam Schiff
- Narrated by: Adam Schiff
Continued trouble ahead, are Republicans the new Iraqi Baathist.
Reviewed: 10-31-21
I have recently listened to and completed Peril and other similar books I certainly have a sense of deja vu. All Americans were introduced to the Baathist in the Iraqi wars. A political party that was population wise a minority with very conservative group that controls a larger majority with whatever violence is necessary. Violence in both political and domestic terrorism. Sounds like the current US Republican Party under McConnell and Trump.
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Locked On
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- By: Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,521
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,338
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,292
Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can--even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns to become President of the United States again. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and personal have just become equally dangerous. A devout enemy of Jack Sr. launches a privately-funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a mysterious killing in his longtime ally John Clark’s past. All they have to do is catch him.
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2 out of 5 stars
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WHAT? WHEN? WHO? WHY? WHERE?
- By Jackie on 11-14-13
- Locked On
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- By: Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Conservative Republican Political Garbage (CRPG)
Reviewed: 08-29-21
Over the years I have both read and listened to Tom Clancy military techno thrillers plus the various movies based .. . This time around I was astounded by the sheer amount CRPG foisted onto us listeners. I reckon this may well be a combination of Clancy and Greeny. No more future time will be spent listening to either of these writers. They're off my wish list
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