The Iron Duke

By: Meljean Brook

Narrated by: Faye Adele

Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

First in an all-new series where seductive danger and steampunk adventure abound in the gritty world of the Iron Seas.

After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero. Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power-and fear-of his name. And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession.

But when Mina uncovers the victim's identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England. To save them, Mina and Rhys must race across zombie-infested wastelands and treacherous oceans-and Mina discovers the danger is not only to her countrymen, as she finds herself tempted to give up everything to the Iron Duke.

©2010 Meljean Brook (P)2011 Penguin

WOW concept!!!!

I have never read(listened) a(to a) book like this. The concept is great, the story was a little predictable however and the narration was 'ok'. I did find I was rewinding and listening to things again as I felt I may have missed something. Other than that, again..the concept...Parallel universe HELLOOOOO, I did go on to listen to the other two books and I don't regret using the credit!
I also downloaded the kindle short stories.

How did I miss this book?!

I started this book on a recommendation and loved every mi ute of it. The story, the narrator EVERYTHING!

enjoyed

what an amazing steampunk romance. listening was a little intense at times for the details, however the world that has been created is steampunk genius.

Good steam punk, bad romance

excellent world building, unbelievable weak romance. Ends forced and predictably. hopefully the author continues in a different direction.

okay

narration a bit stilted and made some of the already melodramatic dialogue even cringier than it needed to be, but overall better than expected

Good stuff

I forgot how good this author is and had not read anything of hers in quite some time. I am so glad I found her again. This was everything a girl could want in an adult Steampunk Romance novel. Drama, air ships, adventure, automatons, steamy romance, swashbuckling, misunderstandings, angst, and suspense. Love it!

STEAMPUNK Fans will not be disappointed!

I have been waiting for this book to come out as an audio production for a while now. I had read 3 or 4 different raving reviews, from various book review sites I follow.
The reviews were right, I really enjoyed this book. I liked the characters, and the author did a wonderful job making the world they live in seem real.

The narrator was perfect for this book, and I was pleased to see that she is narrating the next book in this series also.

FYI: There are some pretty steamy love scenes, I found that they were well placed in the storyline, but I would not recommend to younger readers.

Great Adventure!

After reading the short story of “Here there be Monsters”, which is a prequel to this book, I was ready to consume all the steam punk that has been written in this series. I had never read steam punk before and didn’t have a clue what it means. So after looking it up it means in short using sci-fi technology, history, fantasy and combining them in a story. The story is a little confusing the first hour, but it prevailed and made a wonderfully fun adventure.

VT. FAN

What did you love best about The Iron Duke?

THERE IS NOT ONE THING THAT I DID NOT LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK. THE STORY, THE ROMANCE, THE ACTION, THE DIALOGUE EVERTHING. VERY WELL WRITTEN

What other book might you compare The Iron Duke to and why?

I AM RELATIVELY NEW TO STEAMPUNK SO I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.

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

I HAD LISTENED TO A LORRAINE HEATH BOOK NARRATED BY ADELE AND WAS SO IMPRESSED BY HER PERFORMANCE THAT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN OVER 700 AUDIO BOOKS PURCHESED I WENT LOOKING FOR OTHER BOOKS BASED ON THE NARRATOR ALONE. SINCE SHE DOES NOT HAVE MANY I DECIDED TO GIVER THE IRON DUKE A TRY EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT THINK I WOULD LIKE IT. L. O. V. E. D IT AND HAVE PURCHESSED THE REST OF THE AUDIOBOOKS .

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

THIS BOOK COVERED ALL EMOTIONAL REACTIONS THE ROMANCE WAS GREAT

Any additional comments?

THIS BOOK WILL TURN YOU ON TO STEAMPUNK AS NO OTHER WILL. AT 63 I AM NOW INTO STEAMPUNK ALL DUE TO FAYE ADELE.

Iron Seas is awesome!

I love this series and Ms. Adele is the perfect voice. The only complaint I have is, why aren't the rest of Ms. Brook's books and shorter work also on Audible? I'd buy them!