Marines: Crimson Worlds

By: Jay Allan

Narrated by: Jeff Bower

Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Erik Cain joined the marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes.

In the 23rd Century, assault troops go to war wearing AI-assisted, nuclear-powered armor, but it is still men and blood that win battles. From one brutal campaign to the next, Erik and his comrades fight an increasingly desperate war over the resource rich colony worlds that have become vital to the economies of Earth's exhausted and despotic Superpowers.

As Erik rises through the ranks he finally finds a home, first with the marines who fight at his side and later among the colonists - men and women who have dared to leave everything behind to build a new society on the frontier, one where the freedoms and rights lost long ago on Earth are preserved.

Amidst the blood and death and sacrifice, Erik begins to wonder. Is he fighting the right war? Who is the real enemy?

Now Included: A sneak peak at Crimson Worlds II: The Cost of Victory. Read the first three chapters, immediately following the end of Marines in this Kindle edition.

Crimson Worlds II: The Cost of Victory - Available Now!

Crimson Worlds III: A Little Rebellion - December 2012

©2012 Jay Allan Books (P)2012 Jay Allan Books

Good Story, Poor Narration

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Let me start off by saying the story itself is pretty great. If you enjoy space and warfare, then you'll enjoy this series.

But be warned the narration was less than perfect. There were two things in particular; the narrator doesn't speak with confidence like you would expect a marine to sound like. He just sounds depressed about every little detail.....

The other thing involves what could be described as "sound effects", Whenever a character is speaking with a radio, they add an echo which I found very distracting. I wish they hadn't done that.

This first novel got me hooked on the series.

If you like Space Operas, Definitely try this first novel and you'll be picking up the rest of the series.

Rough

It sounded as if it was narrated by a civilian, high school, science teacher. Difficult to put with a military style book.

Good Story but poorly narrarated

Jeff Bower would be an above average narrator if he stopped trying to do women's voices and bothered to check the pronunciation of words he doesn't know!

Sci Fi and US Marines!

space-opera, space-marine, sci-fi, military, aliens, action-adventure****

Interesting military sci-fi with US Marines' Space Force. Lots of shoot-em-up and all that. Not my usual read, but I AM fond of USMC. As for the story, it needs work just like any first in series by any author. The good news is that it sets up characters and situations for the rest of the series, AND, unlike film/TV, books only get better as the series grow.
I have the audio narrated by Jeff Bower. I haven't listened to him before, but I think he just needs more practice. He did OK with the differentiations and I found that I preferred to listen at 1.10 speed.

Okay

I expected more. Interesting premise just overly drawn out. I have read better dystopian fiction with almost same premise. Not certain if I will continue with this series.

Be Still! That's a shaky four stars....

This was a pronounced "middle of the road" listen. Several times about the sixth and seventh chapter, my finger wavered above the stop icon as I debated whether Crimson Worlds was a military sci fi or a first person rendition of "Military History 2060 thru 2347". Jeff Bower as a narrator would have done better producing "White Noise" to sleep by. But then the pace picked up and there was a plot slowly evolving instead of endless happy face promotions and lackluster battles. By the last chapter I was happy that Jay Allan was not lost to us! Tho this will not be a rival to his best, it won't be lining the garbage can either. I've already ear marked a credit for the next full length book in the series.

Great story good narrative. Definitely recommend👍

Everything was great as are all of the Jay Allan novels highly recommended. The narrative was OK. Good enough to picture different characters.

Sapce Marines, whats not to like?

If you like "Old Mans War" your going to like this - it follows the same type of story, Marines fighting bad guys, and not winning every time; Earth is a mess, your only real chance at a life is to get off the crumbling rock. There's the "Have's" and the "Have-nots", screw up and you go from being a "Have" to a "Have-Not", or even worse prison, and death. Maybe if you're lucky the Marines will come and recruit you.

okay story. dry narration.

The story is OK but the narration lacks in feeling. if you can get past the narrator the book is interesting. I like when it goes into the explanation out the various governments.