
The Better Part of Valor
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $15.47
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Marguerite Gavin
-
By:
-
Tanya Huff
About this listen
And Torin's reward - or punishment - was to be separated from her platoon and sent off on what might well prove an even more perilous assignment. She was commandeered to protect a scientific expedition to a newly discovered and seemingly derelict spaceship of truly epic proportions. And Confederation politics had saddled her with a commanding officer who might prove more of a menace to the mission's success than anything they encountered.
Only time would tell if the ship was what it appeared to be or a trap created by the Others - or the work of an as yet unknown alien race with an agenda that could prove all too hostile to other life-forms.
©2008 Tanya Huff (P)2009 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
-
Valor's Choice
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the distant future, humans and several other races have been granted membership in the Confederation - at a price. They must act as soldier/protectors of the far more civilized races who have long since turned away from war.
-
-
Military Future Past
- By Dave H on 04-21-13
By: Tanya Huff
-
The Enchantment Emporium
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, and they like to keep this in the family. Alysha Gale is tired of having all her aunts try to run her life, both personally and magically. So when the letter from her Gran arrives willing her a "junk" shop in Calgary, Alysha jumps at the chance. It isn't until she gets there that she realizes her customers are fey. And no one told her there's trouble brewing in Calgary - trouble so big that even calling in the family may not save the day.
-
-
A good fun listen, but an uneven reader
- By HealingMaven on 07-20-11
By: Tanya Huff
-
Into the Broken Lands
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Nicholas Techosky
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Shattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength, and sanity. To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they protect, to someone who shouldn't exist, who can't be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.
-
-
Story with a Heart
- By EC on 06-26-24
By: Tanya Huff
-
Sing the Four Quarters
- Quarters, Book 1
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ten years later, Annice has become the Princess Bard and her real life is about to become the exact opposite of the overwrought ballad her fellow students at the Bardic Hall wrote about her. Now, she's on the run from the Royal Guards with the Duc of Ohrid, the father of her unborn child, both of them guilty of treason - one of them unjustly accused.
-
-
not as good
- By Shannon Allison on 01-19-18
By: Tanya Huff
-
Magic Tides & Magic Claims
- Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Michael Glenn
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ilona Andrews, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series, invites you to a fresh start for Kate, Curran and Conlan, in a long novella and a short novel. The places and faces may be different, but they’ve brought some familiar friends and all the special brand of chaos they create!
-
-
great story; terrible narration
- By Romi Hill on 07-14-23
By: Ilona Andrews
-
Summon the Keeper
- Keeper's Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Claire Hansen was a Keeper, a member of that select group that kept the universe in one piece. And now she'd been Summoned to the Elysian Fields Guesthouse, a rundown bed-and-breakfast that seemed to attract the most unusual clientele. And Claire was not happy about this latest assignment, not happy at all. Not when she'd been tricked into taking over here by a horrible little gnome of a man who'd abandoned his post before she'd even figured out who he really was. Not when room six held a resident who'd been sleeping there for so many years that she really needed a good dusting - except that it was far too dangerous for anyone to get that close to her.
-
-
The Narrator does not fit the writing style
- By Alicia C Loughnane on 09-11-18
By: Tanya Huff
-
Valor's Choice
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the distant future, humans and several other races have been granted membership in the Confederation - at a price. They must act as soldier/protectors of the far more civilized races who have long since turned away from war.
-
-
Military Future Past
- By Dave H on 04-21-13
By: Tanya Huff
-
The Enchantment Emporium
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, and they like to keep this in the family. Alysha Gale is tired of having all her aunts try to run her life, both personally and magically. So when the letter from her Gran arrives willing her a "junk" shop in Calgary, Alysha jumps at the chance. It isn't until she gets there that she realizes her customers are fey. And no one told her there's trouble brewing in Calgary - trouble so big that even calling in the family may not save the day.
-
-
A good fun listen, but an uneven reader
- By HealingMaven on 07-20-11
By: Tanya Huff
-
Into the Broken Lands
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Nicholas Techosky
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Shattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength, and sanity. To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they protect, to someone who shouldn't exist, who can't be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.
-
-
Story with a Heart
- By EC on 06-26-24
By: Tanya Huff
-
Sing the Four Quarters
- Quarters, Book 1
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ten years later, Annice has become the Princess Bard and her real life is about to become the exact opposite of the overwrought ballad her fellow students at the Bardic Hall wrote about her. Now, she's on the run from the Royal Guards with the Duc of Ohrid, the father of her unborn child, both of them guilty of treason - one of them unjustly accused.
-
-
not as good
- By Shannon Allison on 01-19-18
By: Tanya Huff
-
Magic Tides & Magic Claims
- Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Michael Glenn
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ilona Andrews, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series, invites you to a fresh start for Kate, Curran and Conlan, in a long novella and a short novel. The places and faces may be different, but they’ve brought some familiar friends and all the special brand of chaos they create!
-
-
great story; terrible narration
- By Romi Hill on 07-14-23
By: Ilona Andrews
-
Summon the Keeper
- Keeper's Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Claire Hansen was a Keeper, a member of that select group that kept the universe in one piece. And now she'd been Summoned to the Elysian Fields Guesthouse, a rundown bed-and-breakfast that seemed to attract the most unusual clientele. And Claire was not happy about this latest assignment, not happy at all. Not when she'd been tricked into taking over here by a horrible little gnome of a man who'd abandoned his post before she'd even figured out who he really was. Not when room six held a resident who'd been sleeping there for so many years that she really needed a good dusting - except that it was far too dangerous for anyone to get that close to her.
-
-
The Narrator does not fit the writing style
- By Alicia C Loughnane on 09-11-18
By: Tanya Huff
-
Smoke and Shadows
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tony, a former street kid, is now a production assistant on a TV series about a vampire detective. But the special effects wizard is actually a real wizard who's come from another dimension-along with a dangerous foe. And Tony will definitely need the help of vampire Henry Fitzroy if he, his friend-and the world-are going to stand any chance of surviving this invasion.
-
-
Really Good Performance
- By Sires on 01-01-13
By: Tanya Huff
-
Sassinak
- The Planet Pirates Series, Book 1
- By: Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sassinak was 12 when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength. Maybe it was her friendship with the captured Fleet crewman. Maybe it was her spirit. Whatever it was, it wouldn’t let her resign herself to the life of a slave. She bided her time, watched for her moment. Finally it came, and she escaped. But that was only the beginning for Sassinak.
-
-
Definitely dated, but very enjoyable sci-fi story
- By Melinda on 04-16-22
By: Anne McCaffrey, and others
-
Clean Sweep
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast.
-
-
Story was good, narrator did not fit.
- By Letitia on 11-18-15
By: Ilona Andrews
-
By a Silver Thread
- DFZ Changeling, Book 1
- By: Rachel Aaron
- Narrated by: Naomi Rose-Mock
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the world’s most magical metropolis where spirits run noodle shops and cash-strapped dragons stage photo-ops for tourists, people still think fairies are nothing but stories, and that’s exactly how the fairies like it. It’s a lot easier to feast on humanity’s dreams when no one believes you exist. But while this arrangement works splendidly for most fair folk, Lola isn’t one of the lucky ones.
-
-
Good, not great
- By Tango on 05-05-23
By: Rachel Aaron
-
Beyond
- Founding of Valdemar Series, Book 1
- By: Mercedes Lackey
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Korda's father set out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny.
-
-
Exceptional Listen
- By Amazon Customer on 09-27-21
By: Mercedes Lackey
-
Dark and Stormy Knights
- By: Ilona Andrews, Jim Butcher, Shannon K Butcher, and others
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman, Joe Barrett, Marc Vietor, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It was a dark and stormy knight, and nine dark defenders embarked upon a most perilous quest. They're the ultimate defenders of humanity, modern day knights who do dark deeds for all the right reasons. In this all-star collection, nine of today's hottest paranormal authors bring us thrilling, all-new stories of supernatural knights that are brimming with magic mystery and mayhem.
-
-
Bought this for Dresden, loved the rest!
- By Moon River on 06-27-12
By: Ilona Andrews, and others
-
Trading in Danger
- Vatta's War, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Moon
- Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The first of the acclaimed Vatta's War books, the exciting military science fiction series that features a swashbuckling spaceship-captain heroine who mixes commerce with combat.
-
-
Highly Recommend
- By L'Aura on 11-28-09
By: Elizabeth Moon
-
American Assassin
- By: Vince Flynn
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Before he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terrorist's worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world...and then tragedy struck.
-
-
Flynn never disappoints
- By lesley on 10-12-10
By: Vince Flynn
-
Astray
- The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist, Book 1
- By: Jenny Schwartz
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past. She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space. Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it. Dirty commoners aren’t meant to lay their hands on royalty. He has no regrets.
-
-
Disappointingly YA
- By Gretchen on 07-17-23
By: Jenny Schwartz
-
Trading in Danger [Dramatized Adaptation]
- Vatta's War 1
- By: Elizabeth Moon
- Narrated by: Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Casie Platt, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down.
-
-
Well played
- By Brian R Kelly on 11-23-22
By: Elizabeth Moon
-
Crown of Slaves
- By: David Weber, Eric Flint
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Star Kingdom's ally Erewhon is growing increasingly restive in the alliance because the new High Ridge regime ignores its needs. Add to that the longstanding problem of a slave labor planet controlled by hostile Mesans in Erewhon's stellar back yard, a problem which High Ridge also ignores.
-
-
poorly done
- By Kyle on 04-17-10
By: David Weber, and others
-
Steel World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 1
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn't the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers....
-
-
A 14 year old boy’s idea of a “Real Man”
- By C. Brown on 04-16-19
By: B. V. Larson
Editorial reviews
The second book in Tanya Huff's Valor Confederation series has staff sergeant Torin Kerr sent on a secret mission after mouthing off to a superior officer. She leads a group of Marines in an exploration of an enemy alien spaceship, leading to a dangerous and mysterious chain of events that has Kerr relying on her cunning and smarts in order to survive. Marguerite Gavin gives an invigorating and quick-witted performance that complements the tough-talking protagonist, turning her into a charismatic and lovable heroine in this suspenseful piece of military science fiction.
Critic reviews
"Torin is everything you want in an action heroine (or hero, for that matter), and this book will leave [audiences] anxious for her next adventure." (KLIATT)
What listeners say about The Better Part of Valor
Highly rated for:
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Lou K
- 02-15-17
excellent book
Great book! delivery of voice was sort of off but I still liked it for my third time though the book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kris Rudin
- 04-28-22
Better than book 1, still not spectacular
I only took a chance on this one because a reviewer said it was better than the first book, which I thought was just so-so. And they were right, this book is better. It’s still not great, but it was pretty good. Entertaining. I definitely liked the main character more in this book. She’s growing on me. I might take a chance on book 3, but probably not immediately.
The narrator did a better job, too, but she needs to learn how to pronounce “loll” and “timbre”. But she made Kerr a little more human in this one.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
- Lydia
- 11-06-09
great series
I really enjoyed this series, enough that even though I had read the books in print, I picked up the audible versions for a different take.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- J. L. Harrison
- 12-08-16
Very good
The depth of the characters is getting better in this second novel. Not too many cliches of where the plot was going.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
- Prrothd1
- 02-24-11
Tanya Huff should write more!!!
I really love this series!! Great action, well developed characters and humor amid the war.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Brian
- 02-11-15
Irritating voice
Marines don't whine. Marines don't shorten a superior's or even a inferior's rank white the exception of Gunny. I barely made it through this book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- ZeraGirl
- 03-28-16
Did you say bugs? Raid!!!!!!
Well, I liked this book but it was a little tedious to get through. If I had to start all over, I.would opt to read it as opposed to listening. Nothing wrong with the narrator's delivery. For some reason I had problems with visualizing what I was hearing. The storyline was great, no problems there. The characters were captivating and I thoroughly enjoyed Torin Kerr's tough no nonsense attitude.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Joki
- 02-01-15
Kicks Off The Main Story Arc For the Series
I enjoyed the first book in the Confederation series, Valor's Choice, but didn't love it. The story was decent yet it was also somewhat cold and impersonal. But wow, Huff really kicked up the story and characters in this second book and by the end, I was absolutely passionate about the entire series. Each book would end up getting better and better but the seeds for the overall story arc starts here in the second book.
Torrin is sent on a special mission after upsetting the brass - one with a great deal of uncertainty and unpleasantness. But in dealing with an unknown type of alien - as well as her greatest threat of all, having to work with civilians - Torrin will really have to use all her intelligence and military skills in order to survive what is about to be thrown at her.
Book two makes book one seem like a standalone or prequel to the series since it is here that we get to meet so many of the many characters who will end up in important roles in the rest of the series. Of course, there is also plenty of action and a heck of a lot of mystery for Torrin to solve or overcome.
I've listened to all the books in the series and admittedly didn't like the narrator in the beginning. But wow, what she does with the voices becomes canon (ah Prezit, I love you!) and she does them so well. I hope she will always do the narration for all future volumes.
This rapidly rose to become one of my favorite series - all begun here in this very important second volume.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Connor
- 11-09-14
Much Better Than Series Opener
A Military Sci-Fi book that features furious battles with an unrelenting enemy. The officers are arrogant but incompetent. The soldiers are highly trained and their repartee is witty. The only one with common sense is the Sergeant.
The second book in the series and much more fun.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Dale
- 11-30-23
Gritty realism
Humor and characterization. The author must have been a grunt or knew one personally. The descriptions the characters were extremely well done
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!