Eye of the Storm

Legacy of the Aldenata

By: John Ringo

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

In an instant the world changed for Lieutenant General Michael O'Neal. His beloved Corps of the last remaining ACS destroyed beneath the guns of the Fleet, his staff shot before his eyes, arrested on the charge of war crimes, he faces a short, one-sided trial, a trip to the Fleet Penal Facility and a bullet to the back of the head while trying to "escape".

General Tam Wesley faces trying one of the most beloved heroes in the Federation, not to mention a friend of decades, on trumped up charges. His alternative is having the last corps of humans that haven't sold their souls to the Darhel be taken apart like a chicken. Then he finds out the bad news....

With a new invasion from a previously unknown race threatening the Federation capital, Darhel Tir Dal Ron faces his ultimate nightmare: He is going to have to reinstate the one man human soldiers trust, a man with the power and knowledge to destroy the Darhel oligarchy forever. And instead convince him, against all logic, to save the Darhel.

Somebody is going to die. General Michael O'Neal, Supreme Commander, Federation Forces, just has to pick.

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Probably the best book of the Aldenata series

Have you listened to any of Marc Vietor’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Marc is awesome. His work continues to amaze me, and this was no exception.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

When the kinetic bombardment and the surprise tank landing came out of nowhere to attack the enemy world, I actually yelled "Yeah!!!" out loud in my car.

Any additional comments?

So many story lines coming together here. So much action and so many characters focusing their attention on saving the world. This is an incredible book. Obviously, there is another book coming after this one, and I absolutely cannot wait for it.

Great Story Continuation

If you could sum up Eye of the Storm in three words, what would they be?

War with reason!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Eye of the Storm?

The team coming together controlling the Dahal against a new enemy!

Which character – as performed by Marc Vietor – was your favorite?

General Mike Neal!

Nice to see Michael O'Neal back, and his daughters

If you have been checking my reviews then you know that there is a list of the correct order to read these books in, this is labeled as book 12 and that's actually where is belongs if you don't count "The Hero" because that's like way in the future but its labeled as book 5.

I have posted the order I think they should be read in before but here it is again, first names of the books titles only - "Hymn" "Gust" "Devil" "Hell" "Watch" "Yellow" "Tuloriad" "Cally" "Sister" "Honor" "Eye" and "Hero" - if/when the Author writes more books that take place in different places I will probably get them also and post another review with the updated order.

Now the review - it was good to see Michael O'Neal back in action again if only to be treated like crap at first, he goes on to be in charge of some really important stuff and he does a good job at it.

I was expecting to see more of the ACS here but you will find out soon that they are mostly destroyed which sucks but this book ends like there should be a few more right after this one ended, I hope that Ringo writes more of them because his work is just great only lacking in a few places but the greatness makes up for it with really funny parts that most Sci-Fi doesn't have a lot of - there is technical stuff also which is what makes things interesting, but comedy as well and that's what Ringo does best.

O'Neal is back with his daughters which is cool to see because the last time the 3 of them were together was when they were just kids like 3 and 6 years old and then there was the first 4 books if you read them then you know whats up with them not seeing each other.

This one is a must read if you are a fan of this series, The Watch on the Rhine and Yellow Eyes could be skipped but then The Tuloriad has some stuff in it you don't know about so I might have said in past reviews to skip "Watch" and "Yellow" but that's not the case now - they are slow but worth it, Yellow Eyes more so.

The Band is back together!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

To fully appreciate this book one needs to have read most of the earlier books in the series, I'd recommend doing that. If the first two books hook you then you'll like this one for sure.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Eye of the Storm?

I'm a huge fan of the Patrick O'Brian 'Master and Commander' series. There is ship boarding sequence in 'Eye' that O'Brian would have loved.

Which scene was your favorite?

It was great when the O'Neil family gets back together.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

I kind of got a little tired of this universe and so delayed downloading 'Eye'. It was wonderful to see Ringo bring back most of the really interesting characters and put them all on the same team.

It was great that for once I didn't have to suffer through hundreds of pages of humans getting their butts kicked, although by the end of this book our species is clearly not out of the woods.

I personally find Ringo's obsession with smoking, dipping, and breast ogling to be a bit tiresome, but I can put up with this minor fobble of his.

I'm a retired Air Force Navigator and really enjoyed his discussion of the psychology of 'tactical call signs'. He was spot on with this aspect of military life, or my name isn't Hootman!

Excellent scifi military apocalyptic story

The story is interesting, series plot well thought out narrator is excellent. I highly recommend the entire series. But be mindful the story's chrono order is not as published & released. Other reviews listed the correct order. I highly enjoyed this book and the series.

an excellent return to this series. very happy

looking forward to further installments in this series I love the storyline and I hope for many more books

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Where does Eye of the Storm rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I read constantly. Ringo always has a good read.

What did you like best about this story?

It brought together lots of my favorite characters

What about Marc Vietor’s performance did you like?

Sounded like he should

another great book

just like crack. a great read. I recommend this along with all the others of the series..

Fun, Cliff Hanger, and massive body count

like all ringo stories this one also has a massive body count, its fast paced, and we finally see humans taking a dominant role.

on the downside like all ringo books this one just ends, basically a cliffhanger, i like that we are seeing some new races and how they interact, i also like that we start seeing some more tech appear. if you like ringo you'll like this

Ringo and Vietor are an exclelant combo

I have been into this saga since the first book by ringo. I love the combonation of Ringo picking up the SS and bringing them into the main story, and bringing the ships from "green eyes"; These are both from books by Kratman, but they were writen so well I couldn't tell the diffrence between both writers. Vietor tops this all off by his superb reading style. It is too diffcult to decide which is better the reader or the writers, I'm just glad I don't have to they are together a wonderful combonation. You will enjoy this book, I garentee it