
The Spy Lover
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Narrated by:
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Todd Haberkorn
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By:
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Kiana Davenport
Thrust into the savagery of the U.S. Civil War, a Chinese immigrant fighting for the Union Army, a nurse turned spy, and a one-armed Confederate cavalryman find their lives inextricably entwined.
Johnny Tom, a Chinese immigrant, is promised American citizenship if he serves with the Union Army. But first he must survive the carnage of battles and rampant racism among the ranks. Desperate to find him, his daughter, Era, becomes a Union spy while nursing soldiers in Confederate camps. She falls in love with Warren, a one-armed cavalryman, and her loyalties become divided between her beloved father in the North and the man who sustains her in the South.
An extraordinary novel that will stand as a defining work on the Chinese immigrant experience, The Spy Lover is a paean to the transcendence of love and the resilience of the human spirit.
©2012 Kiana Davenport (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"Todd Haberkorn's affecting performance of the story of Union solider Johnny Tom, Confederate cavalryman Warren Petticomb, and nurse/spy Era Tom, the girl they both love, is packed with emotion. Listeners' understanding of how the characters are indelibly changed by war is enhanced by Haberkorn’s delivery; for example, he makes a fluid transition from Warren's initial enthusiasm to a haunted emptiness, which is demonstrated by slowly morphing a confident boyish tone into the gritty, weary voice of a veteran." (AudioFile)
What made the experience of listening to The Spy Lover the most enjoyable?
Todd Haberkorn has a really nice, soothing voice. It was a good contrast to the violent imagery that comes with a Civil War novel.What other book might you compare The Spy Lover to and why?
This is really the first novel of this genre that I've read/listened to.Have you listened to any of Todd Haberkorn’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I've seen a few anime series that he's been in. This was very different from what I'm used to hearing from him, but I was pleasantly surprised.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
It was one I looked forward to coming back to. Definitely worth listening to.Interesting story, fantastic narration
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A thrilling study in human misery
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Engrossing!
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Excellent narrator!
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Get this audiobook...you won't be disappointed!!
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The narration was the only thing keeping me going but after 5 hours I just couldn’t listen to it anymore.
The multi-storylines thing seemed to trail off after a while and the perspectives swapped too often for my taste. As soon as you start to get into one character’s story, it changes to a different character. And once you go back to the character you liked, their story either changes or you forget what was happening completely.
After a while everything gets jumbled together and gets hard to tell who’s talking if you’re using it as background noise for work, errands or studies.
Big probs to the narrator Todd Haberkorn, despite me disliking the story he got me over halfway in before I gave up. His voice is like butter and you can tell he’s not one of those narrators that sound like they could care less about what they’re reading.
He never disappoints 💙
I couldn’t finish it
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