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  • Armor

  • By: John Steakley
  • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
  • Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5,838 ratings)

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Armor

By: John Steakley
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Publisher's summary

The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water poisonous. It is the home of the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered.

Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected not only by his custom-fitted body armor, the culmination of 10,000 years of the armorers' craft, but also by an odd being which seems to live with him, a cold killing machine he calls "the Engine."

©1984 John Steakley (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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"Gripping, forceful, and compelling....A tour de force." ( Kliatt)

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I didn't know if I wanted to like it at first...

the author uses a writing style i was unfamiliar with and I didn't know if I was going to like it. by the end I'm more than willing to buy another.

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Awesome

One of the best Science Fiction books I’ve ever read. That is saying a lot.
I truly enjoyed this book.

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really fun to listen very simple

loved this book. quick, simple and action packed. a little harsh and hard to listen to at times but a rlly fun book none the less.

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Loved it

I along with the rest of my tank platoon read the entire book during REFORGER 1987 the week after black Monday. I was instantly transported back to “Banshee “ along with my crew and Platoon. We’d talk about this badass “Felix” and how we knew that this would someday become a block movie. I shudder to think maybe starship troopers was the attempt to bring it to the big screen. I hope with hope beyond somebody would be able to do that.

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Love this story!

I read this book when I was 14 or 15 years old and fell in love with it. The narration is top notch the story has heroes and villans and anti heroes, reluctant heroes, hero's of need and circumstance. People of heart and spirit, great people and small people and I could go on and on and wax poetic for paragraph upon paragraph. Remember, I fell in love with this story when I was a bright eyed teenager who couldn't wait to join the military to defend God and Country so I am not at all unbiased. If they could do it justice I so wish they'd make this into a movie. Enough said.

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Nice story

It was a good listen and the story coming together at the end was awesome

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Excellent Draw Away From Reality

Every time I put or shut off the book, I felt myself being drawn back to find out what was going to happen next to Felix. The twist at the end was unexpected with Lewis. However, the end of the store was done in a rush, with a lack of thought or flow. Disappointed compared to the rest of the store.

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Well

If you can get thru the first few chapters it really turns out to be one great Damm story stay with it it’s worth it.

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Love this book

I heard this one originally through the public library app but loved it so I got here too. Great characters. Lots of action.

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A bit confusing..

Can't say that I followed the story as good as I would like to. Characters were somewhat confusing...Had potential but was not very appealing to me.

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