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Ruins of the Earth
- Ruins of the Earth, Book 1
- By: Christopher Hopper, J. N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,729
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,230
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,220
A secret buried in the Antarctic. A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years. And a Brooklyn-born master gunnery sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out. But when Patrick "Wic" Finnegan finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come. Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to like this.
- By Jeremy Korpi on 04-06-21
- Ruins of the Earth
- Ruins of the Earth, Book 1
- By: Christopher Hopper, J. N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Worth the credit
Reviewed: 02-14-22
More enjoyable and less cringy than his ruins of the galaxy series (which was just a rip of of galaxy edge which is a Star Wars rip off lol). Definitely borrows heavily from expeditionary force but the story line is different enough it’s still enjoyable. RC bray is amazing as alway.
Hopper, Chaney, if you read this for the love of god please stop with the 3 letter acronyms they have to shout constantly, ktf was cool, otf and the galaxy ruin one makes it sound written by a high school kid.
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When The Bough Breaks
- The Empire's Corps, Book 3
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,475
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,355
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,353
The Galactic Empire is dying. In their high towers, the Grand Senators plot and struggle to grasp a larger share of power while on the streets, the poor struggle to survive just one more day. Chaos and anarchy are running through the megacities of Earth, while giant corporations tighten the screws and colony worlds plot to declare independence and escape the Empire's increasing demands for resources. Centuries of mismanagement are finally catching up with the human race.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The collapse of empire
- By Michelle MacDowell on 02-12-15
- When The Bough Breaks
- The Empire's Corps, Book 3
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Stop here
Reviewed: 10-27-21
If you managed to read the first two books and could get past the uncomfortably frequent talk about rape to the point where someone should probably do a background check on the author and the constant far right wing propaganda because the base story was interesting I recommend stopping here. The series goes off the deep end turning into a political rant with a vendetta against education and pretty much anything that’s not the marines.
I really tried to like it but holy hell was this awful.
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The Empire's Corps
- The Empire's Corps, Book 1
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,414
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,212
The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. After a disastrous mission against terrorists on Earth itself, Captain Edward Stalker of the Terran Marine Corps makes the mistake of speaking truth to power, telling one of the most powerful men in the Empire a few home truths. As a result, Captain Stalker and his men are unceremoniously exiled to Avalon, a world right on the Rim of the Empire. It should have been an easy posting...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Ark Royal
- By AGreviewer on 12-23-15
- The Empire's Corps
- The Empire's Corps, Book 1
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Painful
Reviewed: 10-27-21
I love military sci-fi and it makes up the majority of my library that being said this is just too painful to continue with. I keep trying to imagine it as a dystopia but I have a sneaking suspicion the author thinks we are actually heading for this absurd future.
The idea that the marines are the only honest people who are taught to see through the lies of society after two years in bootcamp but education is corrupting people is so off the wall I couldn’t get past it.
Long story short skip this far right political sob story and go read some Craig Alanson.
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Elvians
- The Silver Ships, Book 18
- By: S. H. Jucha
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
Two crises challenge the Omnians. Alex Racine’s fleet draws a first-contact conflict, which faces the Ollassa, a symbiotic flora race. The Omnian fleet sails from alliance space in an effort to interdict an alien ship that arrives at the Worlds of Lights, the Ollassa system. Soon after arriving, the alien ship deploys machines to scour asteroids for resources in the system’s far belt.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- By Jean on 01-10-22
- Elvians
- The Silver Ships, Book 18
- By: S. H. Jucha
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
Was the spaceship suppose to be that phallic?
Reviewed: 09-30-21
I thoroughly enjoy the story, each one feels like the author put the time into new ideas not just recycling the same plot over and over like is typical with this long of a series.
Please, god, please get a new narrator and send this one back to creating sound bytes for Siri.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- By: Seth Grahame-Smith
- Narrated by: Scott Holst
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,552
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6,737
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,821
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My friends thought I was crazy.
- By bluecat1861 on 03-23-10
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- By: Seth Grahame-Smith
- Narrated by: Scott Holst
Worth a listen
Reviewed: 05-27-21
Not as enjoyable as the last American vampire but still worth the credit. Narrator was enjoyable.
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The Last American Vampire
- By: Seth Grahame-Smith
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,166
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,999
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,990
In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Werewolves, READ THIS! Not as good as Abe...
- By avoidthelloyd on 01-13-15
- The Last American Vampire
- By: Seth Grahame-Smith
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Excellent
Reviewed: 05-27-21
Even better than Abraham Lincoln vampire slayer, more action and a fantastic story all around.
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Forgotten Ruin
- An Epic Military Fantasy Thriller
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
- Length: 18 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,845
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,607
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,602
Orcs. Trolls. Wraith riders. Dark wizards. Together, they form an unstoppable force. Or so they thought. Dark Army...meet the US Army Rangers. When a Joint Task Force of elite Rangers are transported to a strange and fantastic future where science and evolution have incarnated the evils of myth and legend, they find themselves surrounded, pinned down, and in a desperate fight for their very survival - against nightmares of flesh and blood made real. Which means only one thing. It’s time to Ranger up and stack bodies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't decide between Military Sci-Fi or Fantasy?
- By Garion Adkins on 03-01-21
- Forgotten Ruin
- An Epic Military Fantasy Thriller
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
Ooph
Reviewed: 05-27-21
You probably found this book after making your way through the galaxies edge books like I did. The core GE books are excellent but like this book many of the offshoot books are pretty bad. These books are thick with the authors very strong political views and lack any imagination or creativity. Like in the GE universe they have not really created anything new, in this case they just threw lord of the rings into a military sci-fi instead of blatantly ripping off Star Wars.
Long story short, save yourself the credit and move on.
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Requiem for Medusa
- Galaxy’s Edge: Contracts & Terminations
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,571
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,175
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,171
The scum hiding deep inside the Reach out along galaxy's edge thought they could kill her and not pay the price. For years these hardened killers have run roughshod over the lawless worlds where Republic justice is never as fast as the blaster in your hand and where double-crosses and death are a part of every deal. They thought this time would be no different. They were wrong. This time, the Guild sent the legendary bounty hunter Tyrus Rechs. As the infamous Rechs pursues the men who murdered his colleague, he's hell-bent on justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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10 stars
- By L.R. on 07-07-19
- Requiem for Medusa
- Galaxy’s Edge: Contracts & Terminations
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Overly political
Reviewed: 04-25-21
I’ve been very much enjoying the Galaxy edge series but may break off the series after these books. I don’t mind some political undertones in my books but I don’t need it shoved down my throat. Last book in this series is pretty much just a conservative fantasy of how current US politics are controlled by Soros and vividly talks about hanging his version of AOC. Kind of books school shooters and disillusioned old white men love.
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Madame Guillotine
- Galaxy’s Edge: Contracts & Terminations
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,769
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,557
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,542
On Detron, a simmering protest boils over and turns deadly when militants hiding among the demonstrators deliberately shoot down a group of legionnaires, executing one survivor and taking two for ransom. The only Republic asset the captured leejes can rely on is a lone marine sniper who defies orders in a desperate attempt to save them. But a troubled sea of hostile riots, looting, and murder is too much for anyone to navigate safely.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Performance, story, perfect. Audio, wtf.
- By Philip Burgess on 10-31-19
- Madame Guillotine
- Galaxy’s Edge: Contracts & Terminations
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Political much?
Reviewed: 04-25-21
There’s always been a hint of political undertones in these books that I could just try and enjoy the story and look past but oh boy he didn’t even try and hide it in this book.
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Alpha Fleet
- Rebel Fleet, Book 3
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,182
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,958
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,951
The Imperials have devised a cunning new method of destroying Rebel worlds. Captain Leo Blake is largely responsible for both our survival and our current predicament. He and his crew are infamous among the stars. As a result, when ships of an unknown configuration begin flowing out of swirling rifts above Earth, Blake is called upon again to deal with the problem. But the approaching fleet isn't what it seems. They're employing an entirely new way to exterminate Rebels.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best of the Rebel Fleet series
- By Jason on 10-17-17
- Alpha Fleet
- Rebel Fleet, Book 3
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
Batman takes to space
Reviewed: 10-28-19
Story is entertaining but the narrator has decided second in command should sound like an off brand Batman or someone who had their larynx smashed.
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