Excellent series!

The Children of Titan series is one of my favorites this year! Fantastic story and great narration! So sad to see this series end, but I'm excited to see what Rhett C. Bruno brings us next! And I hope he keeps R.C. Bray for the next project. Bray is the best!

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Excellent conclusion to a very unique story

This series was great. After the first two books I was so curious where it was going to go. Both sides in this series had traits you both admired, loathed, and related to. Not many stories make a listener empathize with the unique struggles of both sides. Not many stories make you understand accurately the conflict within the hero and the protagonist. Since most of the characters are playing both roles it was hard to see a clear way out. I envisioned this series falling apart and waiting for a deus ex machina to wrap up the series after writing eight books too many. I am so happy that this wasn't the case. This series was well thought out and never wavered from the course it set on. Rhett C Bruno is a great story teller and I look forward to diving into his other work. The narration was spot on (as always) by RC Bray. I hope that we will get more stories like this from a team I simply refer to as RCB squared. Great job guys! And thank you.

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Great ending

everythings all wrapped up and no questions....well mostly...are left hanging! great ending to a fun series.

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Fully satisfying roller-coaster

I've loved the rest of this series, and this one really through me for a few loops. The twists and turns were all believable, some of them very frustrating (but that's how real life is), but in the end a wonderful addition to the Titan series.

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A Hollywood ending, for better or for worse

The best thing I can say about Titan's Fury (besides RC Bray's always stellar narration) is that it definitely is an end. It wraps the series conclusively, which is more than I can say for many. My one knock on it is that it simplifies (a cynic may even say "dumbs down") many of the plot threads that were built in the first three books to get there. The characters become less multi-dimensional and the plot more predictable. Maybe even cliche in parts. In its place, action and pivotal moments fill in to smooth over the imperfections.

It's still a worthy read, and if you've come this far, for Earth's sake don't stop now! If the writing for the other books were a 10, this is a 7.5. And it is done so to help keep things moving towards the big grand finale. But jaded Game of Thrones fans may detect the faintest whiff of Season 8 here.

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Sooo good!

I just love this series, and have really enjoyed listening to Bray being it to life!

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Great ending to a more than decent series

I started this series like a start a bag of Doritos. Low expectations and with plenty of water on-hand. Sure it’s got plenty of interesting and entertaining things in it but at the surface level it’s not much different from any other hard boiled space-setting drama. It really has nothing unique to it, and that’s OK, because those were my expectations going in.

Now where the author diverges from most of the pack is where they throws and pulls their punches. There’s good plot twists. There’s tragic gut-churning deaths. There’s a lot of good stuff in this last book too that keeps the whole ride interesting.

The “Children of Titan” series is probably one of the better generic series to come out lately, and I have to say it will ironically be one of the more memorable ones.

So that might seem like a back-handed compliment kind of review but if you take a series like this that seriously, you’re probably not well-read enough to understand the competition, and should just be happy you stumbled across a gem in the rough.

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Awesome

Was the best in the series- one of the best series in Sci-Fi
Hopefully there will be more

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Brilliant Ending, Exceptional Character Work

In this 4th and Final chapter of the Children of Titan story, we see a fundamental shift in the characters that we have followed throughout this series. Kale Trass, having succeeded where others could not, and driven Pervenio Corp from Titan is not satisfied with this victory, and wants more, whatever the cost, even if this means his humanity and the love of those closest to him.
At the same time, the Collector, who has spent his life doing things that he is not proud of, Malcolm Graves, although not exactly repentant for his past, now realises the mistakes he has made, especially with Aria. He only wants to make up for these mistakes, and make sure that his Daughter is safe, so that he can move off into quiet retirement.
The different contrast of how the two have changed, how Malcolm has come to realise the importance of Family, especially after all that has happened not just with Aria, but also, with Zhaff, is a stunning contrast to how Kale has totally lost his way in light of the death of Cora, and the perceived betrayals of others.
Bruno’s character work in this book, and in this series as a whole has been exceptional. The overall development of both Kale’s and Malcolm’s characters (as well as the cast of other Major Characters, Rin, Aria, Rhyla, Pervenio, Sodervall, and Zhaff) from the very first book, through to this final chapter is not just outstanding writing, but shows true expertise in understanding of the emotional states of his characters and how to explain and explore them with the written word.
As well as the outstanding Character work, the other extraordinary aspect of Bruno’s work is his world building, from the clouds of Titan, to the rooftops of Mars, to the flight decks and cargo holds of some exceptionally well-designed spacecraft, each site has been described with graphic detail, allowing you to feel like you are really there in the room with the characters, feeling the bite of Titan, or the shake of the ships engines. It is this part of Bruno’s writing that really makes him a standout, creating a powerful backdrop for his Characters to work
In Titan’s Fury everything comes to a head, The Children continue with their plan of stealing the Venta engine, using Malcom and his Collector abilities to liberate necessary parts and plans for the engine, and Basaam Venta to put it all together. In the meantime, Kale whips the rest of the Titanborn into a frenzy to build a fleet of ships to take on the ships that are coming from Earth to wipe out Titan and take it back from the Children of Titan. Malcolm in the meantime has a single agenda, to save Aria at any cost, even if this means his own life.
So with everyone heading into each other at full steam, and nobody willing to blink, how will this end up?
This final book is a bit different in that there is a lot more introspection from all the main Characters, and we get to learn of some very interesting relationships and linkages between them, and how these relationships have impacted on the course of history, not just in the past, but in the present also.
Bruno has gone to a lot of trouble to tie up loose ends, close of various storylines that were left open from the first 3 books so that the readers are not left wondering, and as such, this is a very clever, well written final book.
Without any spoilers at all, the ending is brilliant, for once, I have not been left disappointed by a Sci-Fi Saga that I have become completely engaged in, instead being happy with how it was wrapped up.
Bruno has written a powerful and gripping story that anyone who is a fan of Mil Sci-Fi, a good Thriller, Action/Adventure will be totally enthralled until the very last pages. This is a series not to be missed, and this final book is not just a fitting end, it is a spectacular ending.
R.C. Bray’s narration has been nothing but masterful throughout this entire series, and that has continued in this final chapter. His character work has been outstanding, providing not just clear and concise voices that are easy to listen to and understand, but he has also provided such exceptional voices for both Kale and Malcolm. Bray’s version of Malcolm Graves is superior, no one else is going to be able to voice Graves like Bray does, he has provided such an iconic voice for Graves that it will be a legacy that no one will be able to match. However, he does not stop there, Bray has also provided fantastic character voices for each of the other characters, Kale as mentioned, but also Rin, Rhyla and Aria. This is a powerful and gritty narration of a brilliant story, and it is one of those Audiobooks that makes it better to listen to the book than actually reading it. Outstanding!!

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excellent series

Rhett C. Bruno created amazing characters for his space world plot that was somewhat predictable but richly human. RC Bray voiced every one of them to perfection.

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