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Atoned

The Wardens, Book 1

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Atoned

By: Steve McHugh
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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Civil War tore across the Union Empire, leaving countless dead in its wake.

It was a war started by one man once beloved by the Empire. His betrayal still lingers in the memory of those who lived through it.

Decades later, his son, Felix Drake, is a Warden tasked with both protecting the ruling members of the Union Empire and its Council and bringing those powerful and influential people to justice should they break the law.

Drake protects the very Empire his father sought to destroy.

When two members of a Council family are murdered, Drake and his team investigate, only to uncover corruption, resentment, and yet more death.

As the case deepens, Drake is forced back into a life he'd left long ago, bringing with it the same disdain and anger from the very people he's sworn to protect.

However, he's no longer a helpless child, and the people who try to intimidate him now are about to discover that Drake is so very much his father's son.

©2023 Steve McHugh (P)2024 Podium Audio
Adventure Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Space War
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Bok is the Best Synth

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It takes place 10,000 years after humans have left the Earth and it has an interesting mix of bioengineering, cybernetic augmentation, aliens, and ether manipulation. There are warriors in armor with swords, and others with high tech weapons, synthetic guardians, and telepaths. The banter between the teammates was fun. I liked that the novel followed two paths at first, following a mercenary group and a warden in their separate roles, and then they came together and worked well as a team. Having two teams plus the peripheral characters they interact with makes for a lot of people to keep track of in audio book form, so I did have trouble keeping track of who was who at first. When I got to the third chapter I rewound back to the start of the book and relistened to the first chapters, and after that it all made a lot more sense! I appreciated the way the story's investigation followed a natural path, with the characters starting their investigation of murders, then working their way up the organization from the thugs to the middlemen to the leader.

I really liked Bok (spelling?), the dedicated and deadly synth who really wanted to decorate the house because he was bored. He was awesome! I wanted Councilor Gusen to die pretty quickly after meeting him, and Sabas was a glaringly blatant caricature of evil who enjoyed hurting people.

Reynolds was great as usual, though there were some times when it felt like he wasn't really putting his best into the reading. He's a fantastic narrator, so it felt off when he'd read lines such as: ""Throat was slit," Etomas said sadly." But the line may have been, "I like cheese," Fred said blandly." for all the emotion in his voice.

I'm looking forward to continuing this series!

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Fantastic performance!

have to start off by saying I listened to this book, and I adore audiobooks. I absolutely LOVED the narrator - Tim Gerard Reynolds - and would happily listen to anything he has to read! His voice was just nice to listen to!

This book, however, is not a book I should have listened to. It required a lot of concentration and I got lost in the people and places. I am still not quite sure who everyone was, but I do know I loved Felix Drake. I'm glad I listened to it, as I have been dying to read it for a while. I haven't a scooby of everything that was going on, but I have to say I still really enjoyed it. Bokk was a great character, but it was Felix who stole these how for me. I am going to re-read this one definitely before book 2 comes out as this is such an exciting series. I know it sounds like I am contradicting myself as I don't 100% know the details but I got the gist of what was going on, and I enjoyed it. So much to unpack. That's why I need to give it all my attention next time because I can just tell it's going to be a fav of mine.

I love McHugh's writing! He won me over when I read Those Who Dwell in Darkness and I loved the writing in this. It's the details, there is much detail, and I fear I lost that by listening. The combination of McHugh and Reynolds is spectacular, it's me who was selfish and didn't concentrate.

I loved the banter within the team and the new addition at the end, I can see that is going to be a fun partnership. The world-building is just magic, and I could see the chase for the sniper when we had the panic with Hideo. I could picture the room and everything going on so perfectly, even all the technology that was introduced - some sound fun!!

I am definitely looking forward to the next book - but I think I will do it the justice it deserves and read it!

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I really wanted to like it

I like the narrator but the story was hella boring. fifteen word minimum is dumb

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