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Shoot the Messenger

By: Pippa DaCosta
Narrated by: Annie Ellicott, Jeff Hays
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A new space fantasy series where the guys are hot, the perils are many, and one rebel messenger holds the key to the survival of the human race. Lies aren’t her only weapons against the fae...

In the Halow system, one of Earth’s three sister star systems, tek and magic - humans and fae - are at war. Kesh Lasota is a ghost in the machine. Invisible to tek, she’s hired by the criminal underworld to carry illegal messages through the Halow system. But when one of those messages kills its recipient, Kesh finds herself on the run with a bounty on her head and a quick-witted marshal on her tail. Proving her innocence should be straightforward. Until a warfae steals the evidence she needs.

The fae haven’t been seen in Halow in over a thousand years. And this one - a brutally efficient killer able to wield tek - should not exist. But neither should Kesh. As Kesh’s carefully crafted lie of a life crumbles around her, she knows being invisible is no longer an option. To hunt the warfae, to stop him from destroying a thousand-year fragile peace, she must resurrect the horrors of her past. Kesh Lasota was a ghost. Now she’s back, and there’s only one thing she knows for certain: nobody shoots the messenger and gets away with it.

IMPORTANT: The Messenger series is a slow burn reverse harem. The girl doesn’t choose “one guy.” The harem elements develop during the series.

©2018 Pippa DaCosta (P)2018 Spoken Realms
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Such and intricate

This was such an interesting story! The character development was intricate that all you could do was continue listening!

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Amazing performance

What more can I ask for: Soundbooth Theater reading Pippa Dacosta books :) The characters are interesting & the story keeps me guessing as to what’s next. I’m curious as to who Talen really is!

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I don’t know why but it’s like the book just changes half way through

Don’t get me wrong the book isn’t bad it’s just about half way through it’s like someone else started writing where it left off and all the things that makes Mc kick ass just isn’t there anymore. It’s not a bad book just dont like how mc turns out

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Wonderful performances for a great sci-fi series

I personally did not have any audio problems like the other reviewer. Definitely worth the credit!

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Fantastic story | Poor recording quality

Luckily I’m familiar with this series, originally read the kindle version & this was intended as reread. This is a fantastic story & one of my favorite sci-fi series. The narrator’s character voice were excellent.

The big con: Poor audible quality. The recording skips & repeats at random. I’m unable to return it.

I’d recommend the series with out reservations. I’d suggest the kindle versions but would caution against wasting a credit on this audible version. Hopefully the quality will be improved soon bc it’s a shame.

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Better than expected

I can't exactly say I liked this book but the idea was interesting with an interesting main character. Honestly my expectations were pretty low. Books in the general sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal romance categories are usually technically and creatively mediocre at best and downright insulting to all human kind at worst. This book was above average and I was truly surprised by the ending which was refreshing. I tend to prefer low drama, fun, action packed stories and this leaned more towards personal drama and political intrigue so I'll probably never listen to it again but it was still pretty good. This author has restored a tiny bit of my badly damaged faith in the publishing industry. All my best wishes to her.

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Sexual Tension wrapped in poorly written story

Highly competent lead character with mysterious history of secret agent super soldier training repeatedly proves her sexual thirst easily overrides any intelligence or ability that is not specifically accomplished to increase or continue sexual tension.

19 Chapters in & the MC is somehow less competent despite now knowing her "super soldier" background and somehow has the ego to assume she is the only one who can succeed after nothing but successive failures while those she's absolutely certain will die if they help her despite a proven history of accomplishing what she's attempting without any help at all.

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C Grade action movie in literary form

1st sorry for the bad review. Usually I'd rather not leave a review before writing a bad one. My tastes don't reflect everyone's so if I don't like it, that doesn't mean it's bad; it just means I don't like it. But...

This book is bad. No one will convince me otherwise.

The characters from the movie Terminator had more engaging dialog than those in this book.
Scooby Doo and the Gang had more intricate plot sequences.
Count from Sesame Street has a deeper magic system. And
A stick figure drawing stuck to the paper on your shoe has more nuance and depth than the main character.

Please. Buy this book as a study of how not to tell a story.

The story's concept was great. It's execution on the other hand...

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