Art & Beth Manansala

Retread of an old story line and very bad hero.

Revisado: 02-22-24

I'm sure you've read the other reviews that the story line is copied from Expeditionary Force. I was ok with this and stayed through the chapter 20 but couldn't get further. The lead character in the story is a military veteran who is an expert in weapons and tactics. For some reason the author makes him an idiot when it comes to adapting to the aliens they meet and the artifacts that come into their possession.

R.C. Bray was fantastic as usual.

I won't be continuing.

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Great Summertime Read

Revisado: 06-26-23

I really like the narrator and the story. the characters were interesting and kept you engaged. Near the end, the story does last a little bit don't close the book.

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Enjoyed Revisiting the Merry Band of Pirates

Revisado: 04-08-19

First, RC Bray was fantastic and was the best part of Renegades.

Second, the overall story was very well done. I enjoyed the story line and how all of the problems were solved.

Third, I didn't enjoy some of the banter between Skippy and the monkeys. At times, I think the dialog was overdone, repetitive and tedious. This is why I gave the Story only 3 stars.

The irreverent humor was great. I loved when the story goes into the aliens point of view and wish there was more of that.

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Nice Story Line but Terrible Ending

Revisado: 03-28-19

I loved the first 75% of this book and was happy to learn about this origin story of the main character. The last few missions were really pretty disappointing and really felt rushed (although with only 7.5 hours I don't know why they'd want to rush the end).

It would be nice to see the follow up story and I will get it once available.

The narration by Cris Dukehart was solid.

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Nice Return to the Black Ocean

Revisado: 03-28-19

Coming back to the J.S. Morin's Black Ocean and the great Mikael Naramore's narration was like meeting an old friend.

Although I do miss the original characters (and probably enjoyed their cameo's the most) the missions around Esper were a bit more one dimensional and straight forward with less turns and twists. I did enjoy seeing Espers and Kubus growth in this series and hope that continues.

The narration was fantastic. I can't wait for Mission pack 2.

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Great side story!

Revisado: 03-28-19

I was worried after the first few chapters that I would not be able to get invested in the characters in this story but I'm glad I hung on because I ended up loving it.

I loved getting the back story of the main characters and the band of Marines and very much enjoyed seeing a Points perspective.

Mark Boyett was great (I was worried about not having RC Bray) and did a great job keeping the pace going and providing the needed emotions in the right places.

My only regret is that the story is a bit short - 7 hours...

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Great story telling and top notch narration

Revisado: 02-13-19

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I'm always leery of getting books from authors and narrators that I'm not familiar with (I've been burnt too often) but Christopher Woods and Marc Vietor surprised me.

The story has plenty of great dialog, humor and action. My only complaint is that there are sooo many characters and various aliens that it gets overwhelming at times.

I look forward to reading more books in this series.

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Funny and Honest Baseball Story

Revisado: 01-22-19

Solidly written, consistently funny and extremely well narrated. I don't normally read this sort of book, but I do love baseball and Ray Porter so I decided to give it a try.

This is an interesting account of the authors life as a minor league baseball player and gives great insight into that world. It kept me interested through most of the chapters but at times some of the player pranks got a bit long winded.

Again, Ray Porter was perfect.

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I loved the focus on Goth and the history lesson

Revisado: 01-16-19

Imperator is a side story from the previous story and written in a time jumping, mind altering, mushroom tripping perspective. The history of Goth is really the history of the galaxy in this series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So many threads are tied together here. I wish I had read the other books more recently so that my memory of events that are mentioned in Imperator were clearer (now I want to reread them).

RC Bray is perfect and always a treat to listen to, so 5 stars for him.

My only critical point is that the story is bloated at times. I understand the need to "set the stage", but I think it was done excessively at times.

Other reviews complained that this series is a rip-off of Star Wars. I think they miss the point - this series gives Star Wars fans an alternative to that theme without the handcuffs of the established canon. I enjoy this alternative and it's innovation execution and delivery.

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Well Worth the Read

Revisado: 11-09-18

This is a great follow on to the original trilogy. It expands the story into multiple points of view, each with it's own narrator.

First off, the production quality (as other reviews have mentioned) gets low scores due to poor volume control - it really is very annoying.

Next, I personally enjoyed the new narrators. I loved TGR in the original series but these new ones made for a good change and each did very well. I guess my only complaint is that the Lysander narrator's pace a bit rushed in my opinion - otherwise I did enjoy him.

I liked all the story lines and new perspectives. Pierce Brown builds solid characters with full and colorful backgrounds. The dialog and interactions are on point. At times the story is long winded and bloated but it's not too distracting to me.

I look forward to the next installment.

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