Triumph of the Trailblazer
Colony Ship Trailblazer Series, Book 8
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This is the eighth and final book in the Colony Ship Trailblazer series.
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Forerunner
- AI Fleet, Book 1
- By: Isaac Hooke
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Jain was the lieutenant commander of an elite SEAL team. He was accustomed to order and discipline, which he used to give the men under his command that particular brand of killer instinct his unit was known for.But one day that semi-comfortable, ordered life ended when he opened his eyes to find his body replaced by a starship. His mind had become its AI core. He is somewhere in deep space. Most of his systems are badly damaged. He has no memory of how he got here, or what his mission is. Evidence points to an attack by an unknown entity.
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Ugh
- By General Tso on 05-11-21
By: Isaac Hooke
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Omega Rising
- By: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
- By Desmond on 10-31-15
By: Joshua Dalzelle
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Winter's Rising
- Dystance, Book 1
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From birth to death, The War is all the citizens of Dystance know. As children it is drilled into their heads that war is the purpose behind all existence. Winter doesn't agree. She's stumbled across remnants of life the way it was before The War began, and now she longs to be as free as her ancestors. With help from her best friend Cedar and the boy she is forbidden to love, Tallow. She believes she can do it. Winter can see a life beyond the Pickets, beyond the constant hunger and the threat of death, beyond the war machine.
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Unbelievable, melodramatic romance.
- By Lynn A Blankenship on 03-28-19
By: Mark Tufo
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The Last Reaper
- By: JN Chaney, Scott Moon
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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When a high-value scientist is taken hostage inside the galaxy's most dangerous prison, Halek Cain is the only man for the job. The last remaining survivor of the Reaper program, Hal is an unstoppable force of fuel and madness. A veteran amputee-turned-cyborg, he has a history of violence and a talent for killing that is unmatched by any soldier. With the promise of freedom as his only incentive, he'll stop at nothing to earn back his life from the people who made him, imprisoned him, and were too afraid to let him die.
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Ray Ray!
- By David on 06-23-19
By: JN Chaney, and others
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Beyond Kuiper
- The Galactic Star Alliance
- By: Matthew Medney, John Connelly
- Narrated by: Kyle Perrin, Dylan Sprouse, George C. Romero
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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The Galactic Star Alliance has been alive and well for millions of Earth years. Hundreds of thousands of worlds and trillions of beings move across the many home worlds of the Alliance. This revelation invites many questions: How is faster-than-light speed travel possible, and could cohesive, interstellar civilizations exist without it? Is it conceivable to govern a coalition not of different countries but of different species?
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Dirstracting Sound effects.
- By adam on 11-12-20
By: Matthew Medney, and others
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Last Day on Mars
- Chronicle of the Dark Star Series, Book 1
- By: Kevin Emerson
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is destroyed. Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.
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Great story, great narrator
- By Allie-Lex Funk on 01-17-21
By: Kevin Emerson
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Diving into the Wreck
- Diving Series, Book 1
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found adrift in the blackness between the stars. Sometimes she salvages for money, but mostly she's an active historian. She wants to know about the past--to experience it firsthand. Once she's dived the ship, she'll either leave it for others to find or file a claim so that she can bring tourists to dive it as well. It's a good life for a tough loner, with more interest in artifacts than people.
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NOT Clive Cussler in Space
- By W. S. on 03-18-10
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- Rayc
- 03-15-20
Sad to see the end of the series
So sad to arrive at the end of this series.
A great story and superbly narrated by Katrina Medina.
Sort of classic sci-fi.
I do hope there is more in this universe to come.
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- Layla
- 02-12-20
Triumph of the trailblazer.
I would recommend you read the books in order, otherwise you would get confused. A lot of things happen in the series and the characters also change.
If you like science fiction with plenty of suspense then this is for you.
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- Margaret
- 03-01-20
Really liked books about other colony ships
This is the sixth book I’ve read/listened to by this author and third in this series (I’ve listened to the first two already). I am really intrigued by the stories in this world and wish to listen to most of them, but i find this series has some negative aspects to it that I do not find in the others i have listen to. I am not sure I could handle listening to the remainder of this series with all the literal negativity.
Boy, do I dislike Janae! This character is irritating, over emotional, constantly pines for Constance (often at inappropriate times), and speaks often with superfluous, sarcastic, sanctimonious alliterations. Are used to think the authors ability to make me dislike one particular character so much and yet enjoy all the others was quite an achievement. However, I found it I came to dislike the attitudes of many characters in this book.
Many of the characters ask the AI units for information and advice then tell them to shut up, top stop talking and be concise and precise. I found the negative attitude disturbing. The lack of respect often carried over to interactions with people.
Often a character would chatter on or simply discuss a topic in depth and then the other character would become impatient and tell them to stop talking or be concise and precise. Sometimes the characters would be giving information that expands on the story for the reader/listener, but often I felt those parts could have been eliminated and avoid the negative intercourse.
Repetition of certain phrases was tiresome. For example: ‘be precise, concise and on topic’ or ‘I do not mean to be snarky, snotty or sarcastic...’. These were phrases spoken by both the humans and AIs.
This series has such a different feel to it than the others I have listen to, that it seems it has been written by a different person.
Having not listen to books 3 through 7, I am missing a huge chunk of the story, yet this book still made sense and tied up the story.
This is the first book I’ve listened to by this narrator ( Katrina Medina ).
There are some editing issues with repeated sentences. She also often mispronounces words.
The narration volume is too low and the voices are muffled with the effect she uses when the characters are having a phone conversation. I got tired of rewinding, then increasing the volume and trying to re-listen. Often I would then get my ears blasted with the normal volume before I could pause and readjust. I ended up just ignoring it and therefore missing out on parts of the story.
Not all her character voices are distinct. Some have very subtle differences which made it difficult to decipher which character was speaking. For those characters she does give a voice, it is done well. She also does the AI voices appropriately. She brings out the emotion and personalities of the characters. Her ability to do snarky probably only exacerbated my dislike of Janae, which is a plus for a narrator.
There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence or swearing.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
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