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Star Legions: The Terran Wars, Book 1
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An apocalyptic war looms, and few believe it is a war that can be won. As Terran colonies evacuate, the mighty Laconians stand alone against the merciless Median Empire. They will never surrender, and their new King, Agesilaus, has a scheme that could transform the fortunes of all Terrans.
As leader of the most powerful of the Terran states, he plans the unthinkable. Inspired by the valor and adventures of the infamous Ten Thousand mercenaries, he launches a pre-emptive strike against the Empire. Agesilaus and his twin sister, the warrior princess Kyniska, will lead the attack, and they will not stop until their enemies are brought to their knees.
Little do they know that the God King and his trusted warlords are mustering powerful legions from deep inside the Empire. Soon thousands of Median foot soldiers, hordes of monstrous Taochi warriors, and even large numbers of deadly fighting machines from the Robotic Domains are preparing for war. As the Terrans launch their battle of liberation, the God King puts his own deadly plan into action.
Warrior King is the first book in the Star Legions: The Terran Wars series by Michael G. Thomas, the best-selling author of the Star Crusades series.
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It's meant to be a large sweeping saga but I never cared enough about the characters to want to listen to the next 10 hours worth. Also, I didn't care much for the main protagonist. He's a little too cocksure and arrogant for my taste. Although, I was rooting for the ship captain.
The narrator has a good, clear voice and his narrations were easy to follow. I would have wanted the character voices to be more varied as I was having some trouble with which characters were speaking since a lot of the voices sounded alike.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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The narrator has a very wide cast of voices that he can display for both male and female parts. The distinctions in his voice become very important in this particular narrative as character dialogue versus narration usually marks the beginning or end of large-scale conflicts.
Unlike cinematic storytelling, where large-scale battles can take place in a matter of minutes, the battles in this narrative are explained over the course of quarter hours all the way to full hours. Therefore if the listener is the kind of person who enjoys the attention to meticulous detail in military conflicts, then this book can be quite enjoyable. On the other hand, if the listener is not a fan of large-scale battles waged from capital ship to capital ship in orbit, to space fighters in more classic aerial combat maneuvers, to dropship invasion forces taking large land-based installations, then the aforementioned character dialogue distinction in the narrator's voice cast becomes much more critical as large portions of the battle descriptions can be left to fade to the background without much consequence. Given that the author has already used several major telling points from previous stories, it will be interesting to see how he develops a further storyline into series.
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I did not feel the characters were passionate about their roles and tasks; overall. There were times they were focused but only to get distracted and go in a different direction. They all seemed to operate at the same pace and urgency, at times it was hard to tell characters apart from one another. I wanted more depth and backstory on the main characters and their various people groups. I wanted to truly understand their desires and struggles, which I just did not get a feel for. Give me, the listener, a reason to care or have feelings for the book’s characters. The world and scenes were painted with vivid detail and color, but the characters themselves felt flat and uninteresting. I wanted to care for one side or the other, yet neither were interesting enough to expend such energy upon. I wanted more of the science fiction elements such as the Great Expanse, more technology, and more character development making the book more fun and interesting to listen too.
The audiobook’s narration was done well by J. Scott Bennett. Although the characters were not multi-dimensional the voicing of them was good. Mr. Bennett was able to add inflection and some subtle sound effects making the book feel grander and fuller. There were times the performance seemed a bit flat or monotone, yet this could have been due to the material he was given. The overall audio quality and performance was decent and above average based on other books, I have listened too. I have a few of his other works and I enjoyed them very much.
In summary, the book felt incomplete and unpolished. It was average when placed alongside the many other books found in the genre. Could it have been a great science fiction space opera? I think so, but it feels like it needed to be more cohesive and tighter in the storylines and the characters needed to me much better defined. The audiobook’s performance was solid with only a few slight blemishes, most of those are my own preferences. Being that this is the first in a series, I have to give the author some leeway in my critique. Yet, this is not his first published work and I expected more than what I felt was delivered in the end. I hope the other books in the series are more defined, more interesting, and more action.
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So, this is nothing super unique in the sci fi genre. There was a little mythology mixed in from the Greek and Persian pantheons, which was a nice addition. The narration is pretty good as well. All in all, though it isn't Earth-shatteringly unique, it is well executed. I would say this is a book that is worth checking out.
Not unique but well executed
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Narrator was spot on. Lots of characters. His voices were clear and definable.
Very nice job!
Great first in the series
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