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  • Centurion

  • Eagles of the Empire, Book 8
  • By: Simon Scarrow
  • Narrated by: Steven Pacey
  • Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (154 ratings)

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Centurion

By: Simon Scarrow
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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In the first century AD, the Roman Empire faces a new threat from its long-standing enemy Parthia. Parthia is vying with Rome for control of Palmyra an officially neutral kingdom. Palmyra's royal household is on the brink of open revolt, and so a task force under the command of experienced soldiers Macro and Cato is dispatched to defend its king and guard its borders.

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Good book, but a mediocre point in the series

I write this based on listening to the Abridged version, since there is not unabridged version. But you definitely blow past it pretty quick. The voice acting was acceptable, but not amazing. Previous audio books had superior voice acting with better attention to accents and more imagination.

Altogether, a decent read. But not something I'll listen to again unless blowing through the whole series.

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Great story

Listen to all the other audible books on the series the voice of the Macro and Cato didn't go well with them but I love this series and will read or listen to the rest. Scarrow is the best historical fiction author I have read. This was my least favorite of the series so far but I still loved it.

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To be determined

Too short was very surprised. I like the story however and will continue the series

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Believable

Interactions between protagonist, plot development , having been in the sand there was attention paid to water.

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Packed with action.

The narrator read the book perfectly. He brought it to life.

I will look forward to more books from this author.

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Abridged books are trash

I love Scarrow's writing, and the story line is good. However, abridgement destroys the writing. Complete or nothing!

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Avoid - this is abridged

I didn't know this was abridged but i should have noticed due to the running time. Not a well abridged book, i felt like I missed a lot. I love Steven Pacey but Jonathan Keebler is the better fit for this series.

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Abridged version

Same price as the other unabridged versions. Why do you need to seek a 4 hour book, just put the whole book on audio or don't bother. WILL NOT buy another one- I'd rather quit the series in the middle then listen to basically a commercial.

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Weakest book in the series

Last time I heard narration this bad I was listening to R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. I hope this was an abridged version of the book cause if not I'm very disappointed in Scarrow with this title. Everything was rushed. There was little or no time to build anything up. Easily the weakest book in the series thus far.

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WARNING: Cover says "unabridged", that's a lie!

Unfortunately I realized too late that I had fallen for a trap here. The cover art clearly says "unabridged" - so I assumed this book in the series is just shorter than the others. Turns out, it is in fact the abridged version!
Exchanged it to the full version - the re-listen will be a thing. Also, i like the voice acting on the actual unabridged version (Jonathan Keeble) way better.

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