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  • Lines of Departure

  • Frontlines, Book 2
  • By: Marko Kloos
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (7,879 ratings)

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Lines of Departure

By: Marko Kloos
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Vicious interstellar conflict with an indestructible alien species. Bloody civil war over the last habitable zones of the cosmos. Political unrest, militaristic police forces, dire threats to the solar system....

Humanity is on the ropes, and after years of fighting a two-front war with losing odds, so is Commonwealth Defense Corps officer Andrew Grayson. He dreams of dropping out of the service one day alongside his pilot girlfriend, but as warfare consumes entire planets and conditions on Earth deteriorate, he wonders if there will be anywhere left for them to go.

After surviving a disastrous spaceborne assault, Grayson is reassigned to a ship bound for a distant colony - and packed with malcontents and troublemakers. His most dangerous battle has just begun.

In this sequel to the best-selling Terms of Enlistment, a weary soldier must fight to prevent the downfall of his species...or bear witness to humanity’s last fleeting breaths.

©2014 Marko Kloos (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Hooked!

Just finished book 2 and downloading #3 right now! I'm burning through these while working and driving. Great story! No complaints :)

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Great stuff!

Could have had more in depth scientific principles and tech. Still best read this year!

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Really enjoying the story and the narrator does a great job and has impressive range; but I could do without all the yelling.

The yelling is far too loud when compared to the normal narration.

I understand completely they're in combat and folk yell, but I find myself constantly adjusting the volume while wearing headphones.

Which isn't the narrators fault, but rather whoever mixed and equalized the volume - or in this case, simply didnt.

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Marko Kloos Rocks!!

What a refreshingly different military space opera! I certainly didn’t see the surprising turn of events coming! And Luke Daniels does his usual great job of narrating the action.

I can’t wait to start listening to the next book in the series! Kloos is officially now one of my favorite authors!

The only thing I am having trouble swallowing is the idea of an alien that is 80 ft. tall.

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Entertaining soft science fiction

The story is entertaining and I enjoyed it. However, if you're looking for hard science fiction, meaning physics are obeyed, Lightspeed matters, etc., this might not be the book for you. If you're willing to put that aside, it is an entertaining story.

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Narrator makes this great story even better

I finished this book and can't wait to move on to the 3rd. i like how then author doesn't make Grayson a super hero who takes Command and saves the day every time. sometimes shit goes really bad with no happy resolution.

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Top tier book

Love the narration, love the first person. All done flawlessly! Didn't have any point where I wasn't engaged.

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A revenant of Heinlein.

This is now my go to book for Military science fiction. Although there's nothing truly new, this story could have been written 30 years ago, it is masterpiece of the genre. The author has done his research and I can confirm as a pilot and an officer that he nailed the feeling of military life from boot to deployment.

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A little slow

The first one was great, it seems like this book was the go between for the next one in the series. At least I hope so. I was kinda bored with this one til the end.

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Solid Military SciFi

I really enjoyed this and the first Frontlines book. I find the characters to be truly interesting and the world building really draws me in. I read this book last month, and I'm finding myself with a need for another Kloos fix. I'll probably get the next book very soon.

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