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Fateful Lightning

By: William R. Forstchen
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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Can a desperate force led by Civil War soldiers survive a campaign of annihilation by a deadly alien foe?

Lost in another world and time, a regiment of Union soldiers find themselves part of a tactical retreat from the onslaught of the mysterious Merki hordes, reenacting the classic Russian retreats from the French and Germans.

©1993 William R. Forstchen (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
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Will they ever have peace??

What did you love best about Fateful Lightning?

The way the story line keeps the characters real and moving the story along with their strenghts and weakness of each of them

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed the air action it just makes you realize how little you know about airwarfare

What does Patrick Lawlor bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The reader was a pro and I enjoyed each of his characters and Look forward to listening to other works soon

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, if possible

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I enjoyed the book and look forward to listening to the next one

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Lost Regiment was the first, still the best

I stumbled upon these books in the 90s. I have to say they are incredibly well written. not a huge fan of the reader although he did well with the voices and material.

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The the series.

Have read the books ,but I find it very relaxing to have it performed. This is one of my favourite audio books . Excellent story ,with a lot of action and story development.

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A book

This "review" was written purely to satisfy Audible's offensive and ridiculous decision to require a review to rate books.

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something different

takes you to a world that picks you up and sweeps you away.. excellent read

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Patrick Lawlor rocks!

He does a wonderful job bringing these characters to life. I’m so glad that he is the narrator for the series.

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Great book

It's a great continuation of the previous books and I'm looking forward to the others.

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really good book

the narrator does a really good with this book. really enjoyed this book. would listen again

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The 35th Maine draw a line in the sand...

With this fourth addition to the series we finally bring the war with the Merki to a close. As a finale to the conflict, it works pretty well. After giving their all, the humans finally manage to turn the tide. If you've come this far, you'll want to stick it out.

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Every book in the series is amazing

Seriously the best series I have read and this was not an exception. I only wish the author wrote more of them.

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