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  • Welcome to Hell

  • The Tasmanian Special Forces Group, Book 1
  • By: C. R. Daems
  • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
  • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,681 ratings)

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Welcome to Hell

By: C. R. Daems
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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Jolie was 3 when she found she was ugly and deformed.

She was 5 when she found she was a subhuman and an outcast. She was 7 when five boys and two girls dragged her out of the orphanage and beat her unconscious, leaving her lying bleeding and broken in the street.

She was content to lie there and die, tired of being hated and abused. But a frail old man with wispy white hair and a long beard wasn't content to let her die. He not only saved her, but he adopted her and passed on his unique martial art to her.

She was 20 when she headed to Delphi, the center of the United Systems of Perileos (USP) and the planet of her birth father, to find her place in his society.

Based on her unique upbringing, she decides to join the USP military, requesting to be assigned to the Tasmanians SFG, an elite all-male unit. The military brass is reluctant to deny her request and admit their enlistment contract permits bait-and-switch assignments. Instead, they agree to let her enter the school, thinking she couldn't possibly succeed - a Chihuahua competing against Rottweilers — and plan to make an example of her when she fails.

Although Jolie is small, she is not what she appears. But can her adopted father's art enable her to survive the treachery of the military brass, the grueling of the school, the prejudices of the instructors, and the testosterone of an all-male class.

And if she succeeds, can she thrive in the high-octane and all male environment of the Tasmanians?

©2019 C. R. Daems (P)2020 Podium Publishing
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SciFi GI Jane meets Mulan

Reminds me of the movie GI Jane. As I listened to the recruiting process I couldn’t help but visualize scenes from the movie. As the Asian twist and you basically have GI Mulan in space

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Wonderful story.

Great female lead. She's worked for everything instead of being given it or just great at it for no reason.

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Great book

Can’t wait for the next book, looking forward to listening to it and all books in the series

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Great story. Good details.

Despite the woke assertions in Nathan's review, soldiers don't get to "side" with or against factions. Soldiers follow orders. As to the sexism, I'm not sure why the simple passing of time is supposed to fix that. It's been with us since the hunter gatherer times and is likely to remain. 🤷‍♂️ Shooting the messenger is rather pedantic.

The author captured several key aspects of military life and the spec ops mentality. Bravo for that.

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awesome book

awesome book ,hope to read more, grabs you at the beginning and keeps you through the whole book ,Arthur did a great job

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Liked this book

I really liked this book. There was some redundancy but I didn’t mind as I liked the story line and the characters.

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Awesome

Great book, kept my attention all the way to the end, amazing audio delivery, loved it. Will be reading again, every chapter was received amazingly do recommend you give it a read.

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Terrific listen

I loved it. Plot and narration excellent. I am buying next episode now Hope it stays as good

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Great listen for anyone who drives long hours!

Excellent story, very fast paced, definitely gets the mental images flowing. As a long haul trucker, it is well written stories such as this that keep my mind occupied and alert. The narrator is GREAT!!!

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Decent

Decent book, a little odd when using a woman’s voice for the men in the story. Lots of action, will be listening to the other books in this series

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