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  • Troop of Shadows

  • The Troop of Shadows Chronicles, Book 1
  • By: Nicki Huntsman Smith
  • Narrated by: Anne Lentino
  • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (162 ratings)

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Troop of Shadows

By: Nicki Huntsman Smith
Narrated by: Anne Lentino
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Publisher's summary

A catastrophic pandemic ravages the globe, reducing the human population to extinction levels and cleansing the world of mediocrity.

A doomsday prepper, a molecular geneticist, a journal-keeping loner, and a martial arts-trained nerd survive the disease that annihilated almost everyone else on the planet. Despite the miles between Kansas and California, Texas and Arizona, the four share a connection.

They realize that not dying was the easy part.

Now a year later, they navigate a bleak world...one without technology, without modern medicine, and without law and order. They must unify their diverse strengths not only to rebuild civilization but to battle those who would forge empires through brutality and oppression.

"There is one who would rule the world or see it burn."

Fans of Stephen King’s The Stand, Hugh Howey’s Wool series, and Markus Sakey’s Brilliance trilogy will love this novel. Intricately plotted, superbly paced, and brought to life by fully-developed protagonists, quirky supporting characters, and charming villains, the Troop of Shadows Chronicles is a tour de force. It is the unfolding story of the greatest threat humanity has ever faced, and is populated with some of the most entertaining people you’ll ever meet.

©2016 Nicki Huntsman Smith (P)2020 Nicki Huntsman Smith
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outstanding narrator and great story

I'm disappointed that the second book is not available on audible since that's the only way I can enjoy books now. I don't understand why an author would have the first book on audible and not the rest of the books in the series. For anyone losing there eyesight, this is a huge loss.

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Well constructed story -- audio quality spotty

I think Nicki Smith is a good storyteller and that is high praise. I enjoyed the first book in this series and will definitely listen to the next. I hope the sound quality is better. The narrator was fine, but at times her voice came in strong and at other times the volume dipped for no apparent reason. Really enjoyed the author's character development coupled with a good plot. And for good measure there is some nice descriptive writing as well. Glad to have found this author.

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Terrible Narration

Scarlet Johansson does not need to read this, she makes it hard to discern which character is speaking and also does not use inflection very well. I listened to 2 hours, I will read the rest.

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Good story

Good story. However, the performer needs to learn how to pronounce K-bar (pronounced like it is spelled, say the letter k then add bar).

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Enjoyable

Good dystopian novel. Interesting twists on the theme. Looking forward to book two and how she brings it together.

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Attention grabber

The characters in this book are developed well and easy to follow. Not everything adds up the way you would expect. Kept my attention and very entertaining.

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Good book

Trying to find the next books are kind of a pain even when i look up the author.

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a welcome change

I have been reading a lot in this genre lately and this book is a departure from many of the offerings. There is a complex plot with indepth development of varied characters. However the narrator is a particular problem for this book with all it's characters and threads because of her one dimensional delivery. In spite of this I would definitely recommend it.

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Too much misery!

The protagonist was subjected to much environmental and human torture for me to continue listening.

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Above average Post Apocalyptic story

UPDATE:

Folks, I am 7 or 8 hours into Troop of Shadows. I was reluctant to take on a post apocalyptic audio series narrated by a female. Let me tell you how wrong I was. Ann Lentino is just absolutely excellent. After the first hour I no longer thought about the narrator, she’s just that good. And that’s a mark of excellence when you no longer notice the narrator. A previous reviewer called Lentino “awful”. Man , I don’t know how high your bar is but it must be in outer space somewhere. Lentino is a great narrator.

Nicki Huntsman Smith has crafted an engrossing tale of the survivors of an extinction level pandemic trying to find a place to rebuild. Granted, all the major post apocalyptic tropes are present but she does it so well that you’re drawn into the story of each group of survivors. I’ve read so many post apocalyptic novels that most of them bore me now. Not this one. I’ll be buying the next one in the series and if the writing (and narration) continues at this level of excellence I’ll get them all.

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