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Of Humans and Empires
- Narrated by: Jack Voraces
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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In a galaxy filled with terrors, the brave men and women of the Union Special Services stand ever ready to defend humanity and those races under its protection from the dark. Listen for yourself the now declassified experience of one agent, codenamed “Friend”, on their mission to discover any possible threats to the Union within the Empire. And see through alien eyes how humanity’s meteoric rise to power is viewed in the broader galaxy.
Inspired by stories from the HFY Subreddit.
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It came from deep space. It sent the signal. Now our computers are killing us, helping the enemy drive us into extinction. But some of us refuse to die. We fight back. We learn. Jon Hawkins revives from cryogenic sleep in a drifting SLN battleship. The crew is dead and the main computer has been destroyed. Jon is a soldier, the start of the resistance, the one man with the will to beat the alien death machines that have terminated 1000 races. This is our hour as we face the ultimate evil, the galactic destroyer of life.
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Religious
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By: Vaughn Heppner
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A Fiery Sunset
- The Omega War, Book 1
- By: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
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The plot by the Galactic Union’s Mercenary Guild against the Four Horsemen has culminated in an invasion of Earth. Faced with an overwhelming force, the human mercs had no choice. They’ve fled, leaving Sansar Enkh to go to the Mercenary Guild headquarters on Capital Planet to stand trial for humanity. On the run, Jim Cartwright and Nigel Shirazi have travelled to the Winged Hussars’ secret base of New Warsaw, in an effort to convince Alexis Cromwell to join the fight, while the other mercenaries who escaped the fall of Earth have gone to the perceived safe haven of Karma.
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had a hard time finishing
- By Connie Uriarte on 05-17-20
By: Chris Kennedy, and others
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Storm Clouds
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- By: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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The Peacemaker-enforced ceasefire brought an end to the hostilities, but not a resolution, and now it’s up to the Four Horsemen to forge a lasting peace. Alexis Cromwell, despite her pregnancy, heads off to Capital with Nigel Shirazi to obtain justice from the enigmatic Mercenary Guild Council, but when they arrive, they’re quickly embroiled in galactic politics, and find out the situation is far, far worse than they could possibly have imagined.
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wow I can't wait for the next installment!!!!!
- By Mike on 06-24-20
By: Chris Kennedy, and others
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-04-17
By: Craig Alanson
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Earth at War, Books 1-3
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As a sci-fi author with a hit TV show, I have a few ideas about what alien invaders are supposed to look like. In my stories, they’re technologically advanced monsters, with tentacles, and no faces. Turns out I was right about the technology. And about how angry they’d be. But the way they look…that’s more terrifying than even I could have imagined. They look exactly like us. Because they are us.
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A Space Journey With ‘The Feels’
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Triplanetary
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"Triplanetary" is a science fiction novel and space opera by author E. E. Smith, published in 1948. It consists of two parts. The first explains the series background, which consists of a conflict between the evil Eddorians and the benevolent Arisians. This conflict is carried out throughout the history of an oblivious humankind on Earth. The final part of the book, which was originally published as a magazine story, takes up the tale after civilization has been rebuilt.
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Doesn’t hold up as well as some in the “test of time” . . . 😱
- By David D. Schneider on 11-21-20
By: E. E. Smith
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Omega Rising
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- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
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Jason Burke was a man hiding from himself in a small cabin high in the American Rocky Mountains when his simple, quiet life was shattered one night by what he first assumed was an aviation mishap. But when he investigates the crash, what he finds will yank him out of his self-imposed exile and thrust him into a world he could have never imagined.
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Entertaining but nothing special. Take a look.
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By: Joshua Dalzelle
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Andromeda Rising
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- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
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An industrial hell. The foulest and most decrepit slum on Parsephon. A nest of human misery, where hope is word long forgotten, and the dead are carted away every day. It is the worst pit in the Confederation’s great industrial machine known as the Iron Belt. Among the millions born into misery, poverty, and despair under the dark and smoky haze that covers the planet, Andromeda Lafarge is unique. One lost soul among billions, she is tough, relentless, determined to get out, to escape, to blaze her own trail, and to make a name for herself across the stars.
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Jay Allan Doesn’t Disappoint!
- By Loraki on 08-17-19
By: Jay Allan
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Savage Wars
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- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
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They were the Savages. Raiders from our distant past. Elites who left Earth to create tailor-made utopias aboard the massive lighthuggers that crawled through the darkness between the stars. But the people they left behind on a dying planet didn't perish in the dystopian nightmare the Savages had themselves created: they thrived, discovering faster-than-light technology and using it to colonize the galaxy ahead of the Savages, forming fantastic new civilizations that surpassed the wildest dreams of Old Earth.
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A Great Voice Actor can make or break a book/serie
- By bart on 03-01-20
By: Jason Anspach, and others
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The Soldier
- Rise of the Jain, Book 1
- By: Neal Asher
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations. Neither the Polity or the prador want the other in full control of the disc, so they’ve placed an impartial third party in charge of the weapons platform guarding the technology from escaping into the galaxy: Orlandine, a part-human, part-AI haiman.
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disappointing.
- By golly folye on 01-16-19
By: Neal Asher
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- Jennifer C.
- 07-27-22
Great listen!
This was a fun story about humanity's first steps into space travel as recounted by a secret agent reporting from recently declassified files. For a short novella, it was engaging, and I wish it had lasted longer.
I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Jack Voraces. Apart from a little strangeness from my brain resulting from having just listened to Voraces narrate a chapter from the Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality podcast and thus having it sound like Harry Potter was the special agent reporting on humanity's ascent to space travel - though that could be a fun in-the-future episode for Harry and his gang - I really enjoyed Voraces' narration. As with his other works, his narration is engaging and pulls me right into the story. As a result, it was over almost before I knew it and I was wishing for more.
I guess that means I'm going to have to listen to the sequel.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-30-20
A creative if limited look into a interesting future.
I enjoyed this story and it reminded me of the story “One Ship” by Alexander Bruce which is a very good thing.
I would love to have more then a cursory look at this world as it leaves a lot of questions but I enjoyed what was here.
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- Will
- 04-26-24
Very immersive story by S tier narrator
Big Fan of the narrator and he brings this series to life. I enjoyed the unique writing style and will purchase the others in the series.
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- Mark P. Rafter
- 05-03-24
Straight out of left field. In a good way!
Jack Voraces blew my socks off with this over the top narration. Hilarious!
Imagine a drunken Scotsman regaling you with a crazy sci-fi tale.
So much energy.
I just wish, like others, that it was longer.
Oh well, I'm now in a hurry to read part 2!
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- jonas thomsen
- 05-07-24
Awesome Story
I can't remember ever listening to a story like this that was basically a mass of flashbacks and also this awesome.
A story about humanities challenges and encounters with the greater universe, if it wasn't so empty as it seems to be in reality, all told from the perspective of an outside observer.
The only other series i remember like this, were the entire story is essentially flashbacks, complete with interruptions is Kane Chronicles, but that one didn't lean into it this much.
All in all i really liked it and can't wait to continue this series.
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- Stephanie Rosenstengel
- 12-17-20
Not long enough
I really enjoyed this story and want to know more about it. I wish it was longer. I seem to like these types of “storyteller” stories. Would definitely recommend to someone who likes this type of tale and science fiction.
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- David J Bushman
- 04-13-21
Historical SciFi
This was an interesting story. it's short for sure but reads like historical fiction while being science fiction. basically the human races ascension toa space catering people is recounted on a bar room stool.
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- CL
- 05-12-24
Fantastic Short Story
Of Humans and Empires is a fantastic short story perfect for listening while doing something like. washing dishes. The story is something of a mix of an interview for a news article and a spy novel, in a wonderful sci-fi setting where humans have recently been introduced into the galactic stage.
The naration done by Jack Voraces is awesome as always, while the story only has a couple of characters he does distinct accents so it is always obvious which character is talking.
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- Jon
- 06-04-24
Humans are Space Orcs, in 15 seconds
Entertaining, quickie of an audiobook. It’s in an interview style where the interviewer is never heard and the interviewee rambles about his experience with humans.
For what it is, it’s good but, I would love if there was an actual plot and the interviews provided a backdrop to the “other side” of the conflict.
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- Mel Woods
- 12-18-20
Humans are weird
~Disclaimer: I got this audiobook for free~
As someone who spends time on tumblr scrolling through “Humans As Space Orcs” stories, this was certainly something up my alley.
The narrator does an amazing job giving our storyteller a clear personality. A quick humorous look at the perception of humanity from the eyes of an alien race. Worth a looksee.
The only downside of the listen was that it was too short.
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