Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 1-3

By: Anna Hackett

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim....

When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet.

Includes:

Gladiator: When Earth space marine Harper Adams finds herself abducted by alien slavers, her life turns into a battle for survival. Dumped into an arena on a desert planet on the outer rim, she finds herself face to face with a big, tattooed alien gladiator...the champion of the Kor Magna Arena.

Warrior: It was supposed to be an exciting job on a space station, but instead, scientist Dr. Regan Forrest finds herself fighting for her life when she’s kidnapped by alien slavers. Far from Earth and forced into a violent gladiatorial arena on the outer rim, she finds herself swept into the brawny arms of a big, wild alien gladiator.

Hero: Raised from birth to be a soldier, Kace Tameron is a disciplined, military-trained gladiator. He is on contract to the Kor Magna Arena to hone his fighting skills on the blood-soaked arena sand and then return to the military. He lives for one thing: To protect his planet, and on his world, love is forbidden. But then he collides with a feisty redhead from Earth who threatens to shatter his legendary control.

©2016 Anna Hackett (P)2020 Anna Hackett

Strong women, alpha warriors, so much fun

I first read the books and then when this set came up for sale, I had to get it. And it was great reliving the stories via audiobook. The women are all strong- whether of body or mind (in all cases, both) but the point is that they contribute to the relationship and although they are "saved" by the gladiators after being abducted from a space station near earth, they provide a lot of support and strength through the relationships. The books are a bit formulaic in that the hero and heroine find themselves in a quandary they need to get out of but there is so much action I don't mind.

Vivienne Leheny does a great job with the narration and playing multiple characters. I enjoyed her telling of the story.

Three in one

This is a fabulous series and to have the first three in the series all in one spot is wonderful!

We meet Harper, Regan,and Rory of Earth and once they've been abducted by aliens through a wormhole, we also see the gladiators of the House of Galen upon their rescues. Mmmm. Think Stargate, a little K & R, mixed with the Coliseum games of Rome.

Love. Great stories, characters, and chemistry.

good story

the whole story ,narritive,, interaction with character was good. interesting with human interaction of the less fortunate/strong person. I 😍 loved it.

Not disappointed in the least!

Absolutely loved both the stories and the narrator! Listened to each story almost in one go! Cannot wait for the next one!

It’s sweet

Love box sets! First time read for me with this author and it was a nice surprise. The characters are developed and genuinely relatable people. The plot/suspense elements are good but by the third book it gets a little repetitive... like again.. why can you only rescue one person at a time/book... and if the guys have been doing this for years... why aren’t they better/smarter at it. I will purchase more form this author but will space it out... like when I need a simple uplifting romance.

Infuriating

The first story was quite good until it seemed like Harper wanting to go after her friend was more important than Raydon’s needs; and continued to make his need seem less than; to the point of apologizing to her; for what! Raydon needs to find someone worthy; Harper was more like a spoiled needy brat…it’s all about me! Regan in the second book is also a pain in the butt; makes me cringe with some of the absolutely dumb stuff she does; if I didn't like the gladiators so much, this series would be a rap; Thoron could do so much better than your air-headedness.

great start

The first three books are great start that are definitely gonna suck you in. Hi if this is your genre of books as it is mine I doubt you’ll make it through all three before you’re buying the fourth book. It is candy for the years the performance was excellent as was the writing in my opinion. Enjoy them

Fantastic story line, interesting characters.

Anna Hackett creates a fascinating world. Her characters are developed well, and truly engaging. The environment is easy to imagine, with controversy and developments that flow through to each book. Romance and Heroism.

But, are you not entertained?

You know exactly what you’re going to get with a series titled Galactic Gladiators, so it should come as no surprise to see multiple riffs on the movie. Each book has action, camp, and vamp with feisty gals and ab-y guys. The space setting isn’t so much about the science in science-fiction as it allows for the non-PC alpha male behavior to be all “the woman is mine” as she lusts after his abs and each pairing happens in quick succession.

I find that the author’s series devolve into a certain sameness after the first few books, but bundled into collections, these are short enough and fun enough to overlook the cookie cutter parts. I like that each book in this series builds on the one before.

Gladiator - Harper and Raiden play Who’s the Better Gladiator.
Warrior - Scientist Reagan plays Beauty to axe-wielding Thorin’s beast
Hero - Redheaded Rory gets under straight laced soldier Kace’s skin

Great fun

Anna Hackett has an amazing way of writing that makes it really easy to suspend disbelief for sci-fi romance. All her stories have women who can be vulnerable but are strong in different ways. There a believable level of “oh crap” and then there’s a slow escalation of moving forward that’s realistic. The pace is fast, the fights are sometimes even fun and the men as awesome in very different ways. There are sex scenes but very timely. All in all, I’d read anything she writes!